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13 August 2008
Angry White Pyjamas: A book about Aikido and Japan
I have read many negative reviews of Angry White Pyjamas. I will state here that I think these negative reviews are undeserved.
Angry White Pyjamas (AWP) is a book about a man living in 1990's Tokyo Japan. He is looking for a purpose in life and realizes that he may find his purpose by taking a martial art.
He decides to eventually do the Senshusei Aikido Course.
Over the course of the book he relates his experiences and perspective on the boot camp style training course.
The author presents the views of someone who is not seeking martial mastery but instead simply is looking for a purpose in life. He presents the course through his perspective.
Many of the criticisms against this book have come from martial artists who claim that the author doesn't have true budo spirit. This is to be expected though as he doesn't do the course to be a great martial artist. He does it to gain discipline. In many ways he seems to represent the average person who takes a martial art. He doesn't hold the style in high esteem or give the practitioners undue praise. Instead he shows what a normal person feels when subjected to extreme levels of brutality on a daily basis. The author is not particularly mean in his descriptions of the teachers or fellow students. He presents them as his experiences showed them. Indeed I feel that he really held the teachers in high esteem for the most part.
Over all I think this is a good book to read. It give a perspective on martial arts that is rarely considered. The author shows that even those who think they don't have budo may still have it after all.