Strategy & the Art of Peace Katori Shinto Ryu Book by Risuke Otake

Dating back more than 600 years, Tenshinsho-Den Katori Shinto Ryu is one of the oldest martial arts in existence. Head teacher, Otake Risuke Shihan here explains many of the elements and previously secret elements that combine to make this powerful art.

CONTENTS:

Foreword
Preface
Prologue: The History of Katori Jingū

Chapter 1: Our History
-Tenshinshō-den Katori Shintō-ryū - The tradition directly transmitted from Futsunushi-no-Kami.

Chapter 2: Apprenticeship
-Initiation into the tradition.
-My apprenticeship under Hayashi-sensei.
-Katori Shintō-ryū's first foreign student..
-600th Anniversary of the birth of lizasa Chōisai

Chapter 3: Technical Curriculum
-Kenjutsu
-Iaijutsu
-Bōjutsu, Naginata-jutsu, Sōjutsu, and Shuriken-jutsu
-Jūjutsu
-Ninjutsu

Chapter 4: Strategic Curriculum
-Tonkōjutsu
-Swords and Mikkyō

Chapter 5: Philosophy-A message to all martial arts practitioners
-Considerations for practitioners to take to heart
-The art of war is the art of peace-noble teachings toward achieving peace

Afterword
Appendix I: Sutra on One's Debts to One's Mother and Father
Appendix II: Poems on One's Debts to One's Mother and Father
Profile

Language: English

Length: 265 pages

Publication date: 2016