Black Belt Rodney Boyd Release Debut Book

Never Run A Dead Kata Explores Relationship Between Faith & Martial Arts

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tullahoma, TN – Never Run A Dead Kata, the inspirational debut from Tennessee-based 2nd Degree Black Belt, Rodney Boyd Ni Dan, released today from WordCrafts Press. This engaging, deeply personal and often humorous book explores the thin line that separates The Way of Peace and Harmony (Wado Ryu Karate) from The Way of the Prince of Peace (Christianity) from the perspective of a man who walks (and does roundhouse kicks) in both worlds.

"This book has been years in the making, starting long before I became a black belt," Boyd explains. "I kept seeing in my martial arts journey and my Christian walk correlations between both of them. The longer I live, the more my spiritual experiences spill over or undergird every area of my life. Never Run A Dead Kata is my way of expressing that there is, or at least should be, no separation between our secular lives and our spiritual existence."

Boyd’s quest to study the manly art of self-defense was sparked in part by an altercation on the side of the road with an enraged, tire-iron wielding redneck. That incident propelled him into a local dojo where he began his 35-year journey to obtain a black belt in Wado Ryu Karate, a style of martial arts that ironically, translates into English as the Way of Peace and Harmony.

As Boyd became more proficient in the martial arts, he discovered the black belt virtues of modesty, courtesy, integrity, self-control, perseverance and an indomitable spirit coincided remarkably well with his Christian faith. While the path to excellence in any endeavor is never easy, along the way Boyd learned numerous lessons about love, life and faith. What he learned in the dojo became the basis for his book, Never Run A Dead Kata.

Rodney Boyd Ni Dan is a Speech-Language Pathologist with a 2nd degree Black Belt in Wado Ryu Karate. He has a passion for music of all styles, writing, teaching the Word of God and the martial arts. He has been married to his high school sweetheart, Brenda for more than 40 years and together they have one son, Phillip. They live in middle Tennessee.

Never Run A Dead Kata 
162 pages
WordCrafts Press
ISBN-13: 978-0615991962
Trade Paperback: $13.99
eBook: $5.99

For more information about Rodney Boyd or WordCrafts Press, visit WordCrafts.net.

Review copies are available in all major eBook formats. To request a review copy or to schedule an interview with Rodney Boyd:

Bethany Ring
Publicist, WordCrafts Press
wordcraftspress@gmail.com