John Donohue
Writing about culture, identity, and action
MARTIAL ARTS
aspects of the Japanese martial tradition (a list of articles and
various martial arts.
Some of my fiction is designed to show a broad audience of
readers selected elements of what make the martial arts special.

And I also have tried to create martial-arts themed fiction that
bucks the trend in popular fiction and is grounded in reality (or
my version of it).

Perhaps one of the nicest things about my study of the martial
arts is to have had the opportunity to share my enthusiasm with
my son Owen, a fine kenshi in his own right (he does men-uchi
on me like someone driving a nail).