Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan, volume two (original) (raw)

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Sword & Spirit: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan, volume 2
Edited by Diane Skoss.
Published by Koryu Books.
US$19.95 (+shipping).
ISBN: 1-890536-05-9.
6" x 9" paperbk, 192 p., with 41 illustrations.
Includes bibliographical references, and complete glossary/index.
New Kindle Edition: Sword & Spirit: Classical Traditions of Japan, 2

"Koryu Books has done it again with Sword & Spirit, an impressive follow-up to its earlier book on Japanese warrior traditions and a significant contribution to the growing body of serious scholarship on the martial arts."
G. Cameron Hurst, III, Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania

"Congratulations to Diane for a masterful bit of editing in this latest volume. All us wannabe samurai should read this one carefully at least a couple of times."
Kim Taylor, Journal of Japanese Sword Arts

"[The] 'Classical Warrior' series presents just enough information to be thorough and engaging while not becoming encyclopaedically dull."
D. Patrick Miller, Fearless Reviews

Contents:

Foreword

by Yagyu Nobuharu

Introduction: A Coconut Palm in Missouri

by Dave Lowry

Kyujukyu Kakun: The Ninety-Nine Precepts of the Takeda Clan

by Takeda Nobushige

Neglected Treasure: The Koyo Gunkan

by Alexander C. Bennett

Field Guide to the Classical Japanese Martial Arts

by Meik & Diane Skoss

Negishi-ryu Shurikenjutsu: An Interview with Saito Satoshi

by Meik Skoss

The Tojutsu of the Tatsumi-ryu, Murphy's Law, and the K.I.S.S. Principle

by Liam Keeley

Kabala in Motion: Kata & Pattern Practice in the Traditional Bugei

by Dr. Karl F. Friday

Uchidachi and Shidachi

by Nishioka Tsuneo

Index

with glossary

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