The Wushu Doctor, Year One: An American at Shanghai University of Sport

The Wushu Doctor, Year One: An American at Shanghai University of Sport
An insider’s account that explores the culture of China’s unique “gold-medalist factories,” The Wushu Doctor: An American at Shanghai University of Sport was written by the first American to obtain a doctoral degree from the elite university's Wu Shu Institute, Antonio Graceffo.

Filled with anecdotes that are by turn amusing, charming, and shocking, The Wushu Doctor is a warts-and-all look at a side of China that just a handful of outsiders have experienced. Anyone curious about wrestling, MMA, and martial arts in Asia, the human cost of Beijing’s quest for sporting glory, the inefficiencies and corruption that lurk behind the facade of China’s much-praised education system, or a Westerner’s efforts to navigate a society that pretends to be one thing but often turns out to be something quite different, will find this book compelling.

Opinionated yet entertaining and highly informative, The Wushu Doctor will appeal to fight aficionados, Asia-focused scholars, and armchair travelers seeking an unfiltered depiction of the world’s most populous country.