Colin Wee, Author, Breaking Through

Honoured to share that Breaking Through: The Secrets of Bassai Dai Kata by Colin Wee has been awarded Winner – Sports Category in the American Book Fest's American Legacy Book Awards 2026.

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Very happy to announce that Breaking Through: The Secrets of Bassai Dai Kata is winner of the sports category in American Legacy Awards 2026.

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James Clavell, who was already a successful screenwriter for films like The Great Escape, reportedly found his career-defining inspiration in an unlikely place: his daughter’s schoolbook. He was struck by a single, simple sentence: "In 1600, an Englishman went to Japan and became a samurai." This spark of curiosity eventually grew into the 1,100-page epic Sh**un, which introduced millions of Western readers to feudal Japanese history.

Clavell spent years researching the real-life figure behind that sentence, a navigator named William Adams.

OIn actual history, Adams arrived in Japan aboard the Liefde, the sole survivor of a disastrous five-ship Dutch expedition.

Out of a crew of 110, only about 24 men were still alive when they drifted into the harbor at Kyushu, and most were too weak to stand. At this moment, Japan was a political powder keg, with various warlords vying for control after the death of the previous leader.

Adams was eventually brought before Tokugawa Ieyasu, the powerful daimyo who would soon become Sh**un. Ieyasu was fascinated by Adams’ knowledge of the world, shipbuilding, and mathematics, skills that were far more valuable than a typical soldier's.

What makes this story so compelling is the cultural and religious chess match that followed. The Portuguese had held a monopoly on Japanese trade and Christianity for decades, and they viewed this Protestant Englishman as a "heretic" and a pirate to be executed.

However, Ieyasu saw Adams as an intellectual asset and a way to break the Portuguese influence. He eventually granted Adams the status of hatamoto (a high-ranking samurai), complete with a fiefdom and the right to carry two swords.

Despite having a wife back in England, Adams was forbidden to leave Japan for years, eventually marrying a Japanese woman and becoming a key diplomatic advisor.

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Breaking Through: The Secrets of Bassai Dai Kata — 2025 Literary Global Book Awards Category Winner (Non-Fiction: Sports). Thanking Literary Global Book Awards for the opportunity - I was thrilled to receive your announcement just before Christmas. Acknowledgements go to my publisher and friend Mike Swope (RIP) from Moosul Publishing LLC, Joshua Lay, and everyone who supported the project from the beginning. And as always, I am grateful for the encouragement of friends, training partners, and practitioners who keep this journey meaningful.

Martial Art Book wins Literary Global Book Category Award 2025 Breaking Through: The Secrets of Bassai Dai Kata — 2025 Literary Global Book Awards Category Winner (Non-Fiction: Sports) 🏆I’m honoured to share that Breaki...

WHAT A WAY TO END 2025!!!

We've just received news that Breaking Through: The Secrets of Bassai Dai Kata has won the 2025 Literary Global Book Awards Category of Non-Fiction: Sport!

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