Tang Soo Tao: The Living Buddha In Martial Virtue

Tang Soo Tao: The Living Buddha in Martial Virtue is a thorough, comprehensive and integrated guide to Martial Arts
the student syllabus, technique, training and belt grading of the Tang Soo Tao style
and the autobiography of Master Robert Caputo.

Before starting his Martial Arts school in Darwin, Australia in 1974, Master Caputo did extensive training in Tang Soo Do, Goju and Aikido, Nei Gong, Kick Boxing and Penak Silat
as well as mastering acupuncture and oriental medicine.

After meeting Venerable Zasep Tulku Rinpoche in 1976, he subsequently travelled to India to study Tibetan Buddhism. There he met with HH Dalai Lama and was tutored by HH Ling Rinpoche and HH Trijang Rinpoche, tutors to the HH Dalai Lama.

The Living Buddha in Martial Virtue is his account of his quest to rediscover the link between physical Martial Arts and spiritualism in the way that was conceived by warrior Buddhist monk, Bodhidharma, some 1500 years earlier.

Sadly, Master Caputo died in a car accident in 1985 but his legacy is a thriving network of Martial Art schools administered by the Tang Soo Tao Federation of Australia. The release of the 50th Anniversary edition of his book honours his lasting legacy.

Tang Soo Tao
martial art
martial arts
self defence
black belt
gradings
ying yang
Buddhist meditation
Chinese meditation
Zen Buddhism
running a training hall
attitudes
motivation
moral training
basic movements
hand movements
stances
defence positions
practical applications of defence skills
personal development