Description

In 1999, after a series of wildly adventurous jobs around the world, Sam Sheridan found himself in Australia, loaded with cash and intent on not working until hed spent it all. It occurred to him that, without distractions, he could finally indulge a long-dormant obsession: fighting. Within a year, he was in Bangkok training with the greatest fighter in muay Thai (Thai kickboxing) history and stepping through the ropes for a professional bout. That one fight wasnt enough. Sheridan set out to test himself on an epic journey into how and why we fight, facing Olympic boxers, Brazilian jiu-jitsu stars, and Ultimate Fighting champions. Along the way, Sheridan delivers an insightful look at violence as a career and a spectator sport, a behind-the-pageantry glimpse of athletes at the top of their terrifying game. An extraordinary combination of gonzo journalism and participatory sports writing, A Fighters Heart is a dizzying first-hand account of what its like to reach the peak of finely disciplined personal aggression, to hitand be hit.

Author: Sam Sheridan
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 01/21/2008
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 8.16h x 5.55w x 0.98d
ISBN: 9780802143433
Language: English