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Loren W. Christensen / book / 144 pages / ISBN: 1880336693 We all have within us a crouching tiger, that is, a warrior spirit that may be aggressive, intense, easily unleashed, or it may be quiet and rarely show itself. Within some its buried deeply, the result of profound religious beliefs, psychological factors or other influences. Though deep, it is nonetheless there, waiting. With the majority it lies in wait just under the thin veneer of todays societal graces. These people are soldiers, police officers, martial artists, street thugs, athletes, hunters, barroom brawlers, corporate executives, politicians, mothers and fathers. Loren W. Christensen soldier, policeman, martial artist has called upon his warrior spirit in a wide range of violent encounters: grueling karate and jujitsu matches, brutal barroom brawls and street fights as a military policeman in Saigon, Vietnam, shootings, riots, and gang warfare as a police officer in Portland, Oregon, and fights in the mean streets. Loren says: ?Within this small volume are anecdotes of times when I was heroic, stupid, fearful, and when my warrior spirit was clearly out of control. Im proud of some of the experiences I share and embarrassed by others. But I have included both, because from each of them Ive learned valuable lessons about violence, life and myself. While these are my experiences, you will find in them, a little or a lot of yourself. If they help you to begin to understand your warrior spirit your crouching tiger -- my efforts have not been wasted.?
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