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Few voices were speaking out about the martial arts . . .           Press Kit
 ·  Their focus on an occult form of energy . . .
·  Their promotion of the dangerous state of "mindlessness". . .
·  Their use of occult religious techniques and concepts . . .

Until now …

 

 
The Dark Side of Karate
By Linda Nathan and Tonie Gatlin

...gripping and powerful story...
...a riveting testimony...
...rich resources...
...a must read...

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Despite the immense popularity of the martial arts, nothing like this book exists. Out of 245 books on karate and/or the martial arts recently offered on the Internet, only one claimed to critique them. And that one was out of print!

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The Dark Side of Karate:

     “As the martial arts movement spreads its powerful tentacles into churches, schools, and homes around the world, this timely book is an invaluable tool for concerned Christians. I thank God for providing a clear and practical expose of this popular phenom-enon rooted in the occult. All Christians need to understand the nature of the mystical forces that are captivating people, distorting truth, and blinding them to the true nature of God.”

Berit Kjos

Author and Speaker

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    "...a riveting testimony of Tonie's journey from rejection, inner conflict, and deception to a life of love, acceptance and truth.  Her insight into the occult nature of the martial arts is well researched and rooted in her personal experience ... must read."
                                          Pastor Kelly Cohoe
                                  Grace Christian Fellowship
                                           Portland, Oregon
      "...fast-paced ... rich resources... Readers will be challenged to examine their relationship with the Lord and contemporary culture at a time when demonic influences, deception, and immorality are attempting to penetrate the church. .... an excellent resource for parents, educators, and pastors."
                           Diane F. Wood, Assistant Professor
                                     George Fox University
       "...every pastor needs it in his reference library! In fact, as ... our churches are flooded with seeking souls, we all need the knowledge [in] this book. "
                                     Flo Lykins, Missionary
                                       Youth with a Mission
       "This gripping and powerful story testifies how one woman who was enmeshed in the martial arts was rescued from darkness, despair, and bondage and brought to hope, light and freedom in Jesus Christ. The book also offers many useful resources, including a special appendix that addresses such 'hard' questions as the use of martial arts techniques for police, military, women, and children."
                                 Annetta Small, Pastor's Wife
 
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Enter the Dragon

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The Dark Side of Karate

Probing the pitch black cell with his mind, the initiate assessed his situation in silence.  Locked away in this dank underground labyrinth far beneath the monastery, he had passed every test, defeated every foe—until now.  Then far above he saw—or rather sensed—what had to be the only way out—two tiny openings barely large enough for a man’s hands and arms and separated by approximately a shoulder’s length of distance. Yes, the moment for which his years of training were dedicated was here at last.  Meditating upon the Ki force within, he expelled a hairsplitting shriek and sprang up the wall with superhuman effort, grasping for the holes. Yes!  In the split second before falling back into the darkness and certain death, he clutched their edges, a sudden excruciating pain exploding through his arms. Blindly he had grasped the sides of a huge, red hot metal vessel. Yet, desperate for life in the midst of intense agony, the initiate clung to his only hope of survival. As he did, the wall on which he hung creaked into life and a massive stone door ground open with agonizing slowness, depositing him outside the labyrinthine monastery.  His trial was over. Victorious at last, he was now a Certified Master of the Shaolin Monastery. And seared into the flesh of each arm as a perpetual reminder of his agony and triumph were two dragons.

*       *       *

     Tonie sat remembering. She, too, had escaped from a hellish labyrinth with the serpent-dragon’s brand upon her. In her soul. In the twenty years since Bruce Lee’s film Enter the Dragon first swept her into a new world, she had come a long way....

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   Text Box: Enter the Dragon An Excerpt from Chapter 1 The Dark Side of Karate Probing the pitch black cell with his mind, the initiate assessed his situation in silence.  Locked away in this dank underground labyrinth far beneath the monastery, he had passed every test, defeated every foe—until now.  Then far above he saw—or rather sensed—what had to be the only way out—two tiny openings barely large enough for a man’s hands and arms and separated by approximately a shoulder’s length of distance. Yes, the moment for which his years of training were dedicated was here at last.  Meditating upon the Ki force within, he expelled a hairsplitting shriek and sprang up the wall with superhuman effort, grasping for the holes. Yes!  In the split second before falling back into the darkness and certain death, he clutched their edges, a sudden excruciating pain exploding through his arms. Blindly he had grasped the sides of a huge, red hot metal vessel. Yet, desperate for life in the midst of intense agony, the initiate clung to his only hope of survival. As he did, the wall on which he hung creaked into life and a massive stone door ground open with agonizing slowness, depositing him outside the labyrinthine monastery.  His trial was over. Victorious at last, he was now a Certified Master of the Shaolin Monastery. And seared into the flesh of each arm as a perpetual reminder of his agony and triumph were two dragons. *       *       *      Tonie sat remembering. She, too, had escaped from a hellish labyrinth with the serpent-dragon’s brand upon her. In her soul. In the twenty years since Bruce Lee’s film Enter the Dragon first swept her into a new world, she had come a long way....   For the whole amazing story, ORDER THE DARK SIDE OF KARATE  ● Suggested Donation: $13 + $3.50 shipping/handling Mail check or money order to: Logos Word Designs, Inc. P. O. Box 735 Maple Falls, WA 98266-0735

The Dark Side of Karate

Table of Contents

1  ●  Enter the Dragon.  Tonie is ripe to train to kill.

2  ●  Embracing the Fire: / The Woman & the Movement. Enter the Dragon spearheaded a worldwide martial arts revival. 

3  ●  Winds of Change.  Inside the martial arts. 

4  ●  Root to Flower. Tonie only wants to learn self-defense but instead ends up in the New Age. Why?

5  ●  The Way of the Dragon. The old Amazon legends are providing countless women with warlike role models today. 

6  ●  The Dragon Returns. Tonie’s own game of death was well underway with a broken marriage, six abortions, and lesbianism when she met Jesus Christ.

7  ●  The Snake, the Cobra & the Dragon. Why the use of the dragon, snake and cobra as symbols for the martial arts? Two diametrically opposed views exist.

8  ●  The Narrow Way. Tonie soon discovers that her new walk with God involves a bigger change than she had imagined.

9  ●  The Christian & the Force.  Tonie tries to reconcile the martial arts with the Bible. 

10  ●  Snake Eggs. Tonie faced the biggest battle of her life when she realized that teaching karate was not teaching holiness. 

11  ●  The Full Armor of God. Learn how to put on the real armor--God’s armor.

12  ●  Crushing Snake Eggs.  Seeking salvation? Want to return to Christ? Or do you need deliverance from occult aspects of the martial arts? This chapter is for you. 

 ●  Epilogue: Going After the Dragon. Since 1988, Walter and Tonie Gatlin have been reaching those caught in the hopeless world of drugs, gangs, and violence through their ministries, The Believer’s Armor and Heart to Heart/Home to Home. 

●  Appendix: Answers to “Hard” Questions About the Martial Arts.

Tonie Harris Gatlin was a nationally acclaimed black belt karate champion, teacher, and trainer with her own school before her dynamic conversion to Christ in 1984. In nationwide tournaments, she earned 58 trophies in six years, and in 1979 she was rated by Karate Illustrated as the Top Female Karateka in the Pacific Northwest, a title she retained for seven years. After becoming a Christian, she taught karate until the Lord impressed her with its occultism and destructiveness. Today Tonie is a well-known Bible and aerobics teacher and an assistant pastor. Through Linda's interviews and research, and Tonie’s materials, Linda Nathan wrote The Dark Side of Karate.