Antonio Terrone, PhD Scholar • Author • Martial Artist • Public Speaker
Exploring what the wisdom, philosophy, and martial traditions of East Asia can teach us about living well today.
For more than forty years, Antonio Terrone has explored a question both intellectually and physically: how can the great traditions of human cultivation help us live more wisely? A scholar of East Asian religions and cultures, author, university professor, and fifth-degree Aikido black belt instructor, Antonio Terrone brings together rigorous scholarship and a lifetime of martial practice to explore questions of conflict, self-cultivation, community, aging, resilience, and the art of living well.
Drawing on decades of academic research, university teaching, life in Asian countries, international lecturing, and more than forty years of martial arts practice, his talks bring scholarship into conversation with lived experience. Presentations can be selected from existing topics or developed in consultation with the host organization for particular audiences and occasions.
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Antonio Terrone is available for invited lectures, public talks, conversations, and workshops for universities, cultural institutions, museums, libraries, professional and community organizations, martial arts schools, and other groups interested in exploring the intersections of East Asian thought, spirituality, martial arts, self-cultivation, and contemporary life.
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Antonio Terrone is available for invited lectures, public talks, conversations, and workshops for universities, cultural institutions, museums, libraries, professional and community organizations, martial arts schools, and other groups interested in exploring the intersections of East Asian thought, spirituality, martial arts, self-cultivation, and contemporary life.
Topics & Themes
My talks explore the meeting point of ancient wisdom, embodied practice, and contemporary life, drawing upon East Asian philosophy, religion, literature, and martial traditions. I am particularly interested in self-cultivation, human flourishing, spirituality, violence and nonviolence, mind and body, our relationship with nature, community, aging, and the search for meaning. Through traditions including Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Zen, Chinese health traditions, martial arts, and Japanese budō, I ask what ancient practices of wisdom can still teach us about being human today.
My talks explore the meeting point of ancient wisdom, embodied practice, and contemporary life, drawing upon East Asian philosophy, religion, literature, and martial traditions. I am particularly interested in self-cultivation, human flourishing, spirituality, violence and nonviolence, mind and body, our relationship with nature, community, aging, and the search for meaning. Through traditions including Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Zen, Chinese health traditions, martial arts, and Japanese budō, I ask what ancient practices of wisdom can still teach us about being human today.
For speaking invitations, collaborations, and inquiries, please get in touch.
Ancient Wisdom. Embodied Practice. Contemporary Life.
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