DKK BOOKS
The Traditional Path
to Building the
Complete Fighter
by Gavin Mulholland
A Sudden Dawn: The Story of Bodhidharma, who brought Zen and Martial Arts to the Shaolin Temple
Born to the Indian warrior caste, the young Bodhidharma gives up a promising future as a soldier to become a monk and seek enlightenment. After many years of searching in vain, he finally becomes enlightened in a single moment.
He accepts a mission to venture into China and spread the teachings of The Buddha. On the banks of the Yangtze he meets an unlikely disciple, a young Chinese fugitive named Ko.
Together they cross China to the Emperor’s palace in Nanjing before travelling north to Shaolin. On the journey, Ko learns Bodhidharma’s unique ‘Way’ of Zen and martial arts.
But there are powerful forces at work to destroy the Indian master, and Ko's violent past catches up with him outside the temple gate, where a deadly reckoning takes place.
