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The legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi encouraged this studens to have great hidden power. In Samural Swordsmanship: The Batto, Kenjutsu and Tameshigiri of Eishin-Ryu, expert practitioner Masayuki Shimabukuro and senior student Carl E. Long also encourage readers to discover hidden martial depths
Samurai Swordsmanship demonstrates and explains the history, construction and rituals of the 450-year-old art of battojutsu. It is filled with detailed picture sequences that illustrate the art's most fundamental principles and techniques. The book includes the following topics:
Tameshigiri, or test cutting.
Batto waza, or sword-drawing forms.
Uniform care.
Sword etiquette.
Kumitachi, or paired drills.
The philosophy behind the practice.
Written as a companion book to Shimabukuro and Long's best-selling three-part DVD series of the same name, Samurai Swordsmanship will help longtime practitioners and new students master an ancient art that continues to define the motivations and methods of the modern-day warrior.
Masayuki Shimabukuro is an eighth dan in Muso Jikiden Eishin-ryu iaijutsu and a Black Belt Hall of Fame Weapons Instructor of the Year (2006). He is recognized by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai as 21st soshihan in the lineage of the Masaoka line of Eishin-ryu. Shimabukuro also received official appointment by the Dai Nippon butoku Kai as the school's international representative for iaido and battodo.
Carl E. Long is the vice chairman and director for the Jikishin-Kai International and is responsible for the certification of its instructors in North America, South America and Europe. Long is a five-time recipient of the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai's yushu-sho, one of the highest awards granted for the performance of iaido.
Contents
Acknowledgments
About the authors
Preface
Chapter 1 Philosophy of Japanese swordsmanship
Chapter 2 The path to Japanese swordsmanship
Chapter 3 The first steps to training
Chapter 4 Principles of Japanese swordsmanship
Chapter 5 Fundamental techniques of Japanese swordsmanship
Chapter 6 Offensive aand defensive application of fundamentals
Chapter 7 Eishin-ryu batto-ho waza
Chapter 8 Kumitachi-paired fencing
Chapter 9 Suemonogiri-history and purpose of test cutting
Appendix A: Sword nomenclature and care
Appendix B The evolution of battojutsu
Appendix C Battojutsu terminology
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through the meaningful practice of the Japanese sword.Samurai Swordsmanship demonstrates and explains the history, construction and rituals of the 450-year-old art of battojutsu. It is filled with detailed picture sequences that illustrate the art's most fundamental principles and techniques. The book includes the following topics:
Tameshigiri, or test cutting.
Batto waza, or sword-drawing forms.
Uniform care.
Sword etiquette.
Kumitachi, or paired drills.
The philosophy behind the practice.
Written as a companion book to Shimabukuro and Long's best-selling three-part DVD series of the same name, Samurai Swordsmanship will help longtime practitioners and new students master an ancient art that continues to define the motivations and methods of the modern-day warrior.
Masayuki Shimabukuro is an eighth dan in Muso Jikiden Eishin-ryu iaijutsu and a Black Belt Hall of Fame Weapons Instructor of the Year (2006). He is recognized by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai as 21st soshihan in the lineage of the Masaoka line of Eishin-ryu. Shimabukuro also received official appointment by the Dai Nippon butoku Kai as the school's international representative for iaido and battodo.
Carl E. Long is the vice chairman and director for the Jikishin-Kai International and is responsible for the certification of its instructors in North America, South America and Europe. Long is a five-time recipient of the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai's yushu-sho, one of the highest awards granted for the performance of iaido.
Contents
Acknowledgments
About the authors
Preface
Chapter 1 Philosophy of Japanese swordsmanship
Chapter 2 The path to Japanese swordsmanship
Chapter 3 The first steps to training
Chapter 4 Principles of Japanese swordsmanship
Chapter 5 Fundamental techniques of Japanese swordsmanship
Chapter 6 Offensive aand defensive application of fundamentals
Chapter 7 Eishin-ryu batto-ho waza
Chapter 8 Kumitachi-paired fencing
Chapter 9 Suemonogiri-history and purpose of test cutting
Appendix A: Sword nomenclature and care
Appendix B The evolution of battojutsu
Appendix C Battojutsu terminology
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ISBN
897501993
Publication
Black Belt Books Ohara Publications, Inc. Valencia CA 91355