In a series of short essays, jujitsu and chi kung teacher Glenn Morris looks at the vaunted self-importance and sense of indestructibility that the practice of martial arts can engender in its adherents. Martial arts madness, he explains, is a "group of maladies seldom discussed in clinical journals since those individuals bearing the symptoms are seldom seen by psychiatrists but do occasionally lock horns with military or police".Citing wild tales of former students and his own experience, Morris discusses techniques that can help readers develop a healthy body and spirit and a proportional sense of humor.