| John Donohue |
John Donohue has been banging around dojo for more than 30
years. He's an expert on the study of the martial arts.
Fascinated with the themes of human action and potential he
uncovered in his research, John began thinking about the fictional
possibilities inherent in the world of the martial arts. He began
working in earnest on Sensei , the first Connor Burke thriller, in
2000. It was released in 2003 ( a paperback edition followed in
2004). The sequel, Deshi, was published in 2005 (paperback in
February 2006). The third "burkebook," Tengu, was published in
Fall 2008.
Current writing projects include the fourth installment of the
adventures of Burke and Yamashita (Kage--due in Summer 2011)
, a new series Wave Man, as well as a non-fictional memoir of
martial arts training, Lessons from My Sensei.
John has always been fascinated with other cultures and was
attracted to the Asian martial disciplines because of their blend of
philosophy and action. He began studying Shotokan Karatedo in
college. He joined practical training with more formal education,
completing a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the State University of
New York at Stony Brook. His doctoral dissertation on the cultural
aspects of the Japanese martial arts formed the basis for his first
book, The Forge of the Spirit .
John has worked in the hospitality, advertising, and publishing
industries, but for the bulk of his non-writing career he has been a
higher education professional, working as both a teacher and
senior level manager at a number of colleges--strapped, as he
says, to the wheel of administrative karma (for further information,
click here.) .
During that time he continued to think about and do martial arts.
He wrote Warrior Dreams: The Martial Arts and the American
Imagination as a companion piece to Forge of the Spirit . Always
interested in the spiritual dimension of martial training, he wrote
Herding the Ox: The Martial Arts as Moral Metaphor . Fascinated
with the process of learning the modern Way of the Sword
(kendo), he wrote Complete Kendo . He recently edited a book of
martial arts readings, The Overlook Martial Arts Reader, Vol. 2.,
published in 2004 John is also the author of many articles on the
martial arts (to see a complete list, click here ). Fusing the way of
the pen and the way of the sword, while writing John has trained in
the martial disciplines of aikido, iaido, judo, karatedo, kendo, and
taiji. He has dan (black belt) ranks in both karatedo and kendo.
years. He's an expert on the study of the martial arts.
Fascinated with the themes of human action and potential he
uncovered in his research, John began thinking about the fictional
possibilities inherent in the world of the martial arts. He began
working in earnest on Sensei , the first Connor Burke thriller, in
2000. It was released in 2003 ( a paperback edition followed in
2004). The sequel, Deshi, was published in 2005 (paperback in
February 2006). The third "burkebook," Tengu, was published in
Fall 2008.
Current writing projects include the fourth installment of the
adventures of Burke and Yamashita (Kage--due in Summer 2011)
, a new series Wave Man, as well as a non-fictional memoir of
martial arts training, Lessons from My Sensei.
John has always been fascinated with other cultures and was
attracted to the Asian martial disciplines because of their blend of
philosophy and action. He began studying Shotokan Karatedo in
college. He joined practical training with more formal education,
completing a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the State University of
New York at Stony Brook. His doctoral dissertation on the cultural
aspects of the Japanese martial arts formed the basis for his first
book, The Forge of the Spirit .
John has worked in the hospitality, advertising, and publishing
industries, but for the bulk of his non-writing career he has been a
higher education professional, working as both a teacher and
senior level manager at a number of colleges--strapped, as he
says, to the wheel of administrative karma (for further information,
click here.) .
During that time he continued to think about and do martial arts.
He wrote Warrior Dreams: The Martial Arts and the American
Imagination as a companion piece to Forge of the Spirit . Always
interested in the spiritual dimension of martial training, he wrote
Herding the Ox: The Martial Arts as Moral Metaphor . Fascinated
with the process of learning the modern Way of the Sword
(kendo), he wrote Complete Kendo . He recently edited a book of
martial arts readings, The Overlook Martial Arts Reader, Vol. 2.,
published in 2004 John is also the author of many articles on the
martial arts (to see a complete list, click here ). Fusing the way of
the pen and the way of the sword, while writing John has trained in
the martial disciplines of aikido, iaido, judo, karatedo, kendo, and
taiji. He has dan (black belt) ranks in both karatedo and kendo.
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