Badminton Maestro

Liem Swie King is a badminton legend born February 28, 1956 in Kudus, Central Java.He is best known by the nickname King's Smash, because of his sharp smashes and done with a unique style. Since his victory at the All England 1978, King started to become a new idol in the world of badminton. He became the successor to Rudi Hartono glory. Tangkisnya feathers continue racing career. Gold medal he won at the Asian Games VII (1978). King won a straight set of Tsien Han (China). Year 1978-1979 is the early years of glory. Various gifts, flattery and become a new idol, and the famous receipt. He has been unbeatable the past 33 months, of whom won two times All-England championships (1978 and 1979). During 1978-1979 he was always a winner in every game.

At the time, yet there was a player who set a record for one full year is never defeated. In fact, Rudi Hartono recognize the advantages of this King, by saying, "I just did not feel able to maintain peak condition thus continuously for one year" (p. 103). So, King is considered very unusual in this sport career.

Robert Adhi Ksp, the author of this book, try telling the metamorphosis of the life of a Liem Swie King, from cocoon to a butterfly. Robert King presents a complete biography, starting from childhood, to adulthood, and equipped also testimony from several colleagues and famous figures of the King.

In the midst of glory, King never committed a blunder. He made a mistake that kept him suspended for three months. The incident occurred in the SEA Games X 1979 in Jakarta. On the men's singles qualifying matches number, he lost the WO from Lee Hai Tong, Singaporean players. The reason, he arrived five minutes late to the game.Should the match was done on at 09.30 but until the last minute King did not also appear. However, in this book is told why the King could be too late.

The days of suspension, King received an offer to play a movie called Sakura in a hug with Eva Arnaz. And during it all, he never practiced badminton. Consequently, when starting the tournament again, he often suffered defeat, one of which is in the All-England championship in 1980. he was defeated by Han Jian of China.

However, kekalahnnya that just whipped up himself to practice extra hard to re-achievers. Not only with exercise, but also to restore confidence. Slowly King started back up, and he again won the All England for the third time in 1981.

The presence of this book is a reminder, if Indonesia had been very successful in sport badminton. The lack of achievement of our current perbulutangkisan become an important book to be read by anyone who cares about this. This book is about how someone has the unyielding spirit, struggling against the limitations to the highest achievement. Nothing that can not be in this life, provided we are willing to work hard.