Katori Shinto Ryu: Warrior Tradition Book by Risuke Otake (Preowned)
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Discover Japan's oldest martial art!
Few of Japan's ancient warrior traditions have survived the five-and-a-half centuries since their heyday. Tenshinsho-den Katori Shinto-ryu is the oldest extant classical Japanese martial art and one of the few that has maintained a comprehensive technical curriculum as well as studies in military strategy and prognostication. This book, by the tradition's only master teach-er, is a detailed illustrated introduction to the sword techniques, strategy, and esoteric studies of Katori Shinto-ryu, Japan's most famous sword school.
Otake Risuke Minamoto-no-Takeyuki is presently the only authorized master teacher (shihan) of Tenshinsho-den Katori Shinto-ryu. Born in 1926 in Chiba Prefecture, he began training in Katori Shinto-ryu under Havashi Yazae-mon Shihan in 1942. He opened his Shinbukan Dojo in 1964, and has been responsible for training the current generation of Katori Shinto-ryu practitioners, including the late Donn Draeger and current shidosha Phil Relnick. This book is based on his earlier three-volume work, The Deity and the Sword. The original Japanese has been re-edited, re-translated, and re-designed, with over 850 new photographs and new material on important aspects of the tradition.
Language: English
Length: 317 pages
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