| Description |
1 online resource (151 pages) |
| Contents |
Frontcover; Title Page; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1; Introducing the Real Samurai; Women Warriors, Ninja and Ronin; Formidable Samurai Weaponry, Armor and Fortifications; CHAPTER 2; The Samurai Code Glorifying Honor, Violence and Death; CHAPTER 3; The Development of Japanese Martial Arts Schools and the Aesthetic of Death; Some Badass Samurai Swordsmen; "Gentlemen" Samurai; Modern-day Samurai; CHAPTER 4; The Nine Modern Budo Arts; Eight Modern Budo Masters; Budo Training in Japanese Schools; Budo in Japan Today; CHAPTER 5; Finding Your Path; How a Dojo Operates; Setting and Achieving Goals |
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CHAPTER 6Finding Your Groove; Learning Japanese; Surviving Japanese Style; Cultural Vitamins for the Budo Soul; Afterword; Photo Credits |
| Summary |
Part Samurai history, part martial arts guide, this is THE book for anyone interested in Japan's fabled Samurai culture. Author Alexander Bennett is the ultimate insider, holding multiple black belts in Kendo and Naginata as well as a Ph. D. in Japanese literature and history. In this book, he shares his vast personal experience and knowledge with readers seeking to undertake their own personal quest in the Japanese martial arts. Bennett outlines the history of Bushido and the Japanese Samurai from early times up until the present. Then, as only someone steeped in this world can, he surveys the contemporary martial arts scene and provides the essential knowledge young foreigners need to find a teacher and learn a martial art successfully in Japan. Unlike any other book on this subject, Japan The Ultimate Samurai Guide is written by a Japanese speaker who has studied and taught martial arts in Japan for many decades |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Martial arts -- Japan -- History
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Bushido -- Japan -- History
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Samurai -- Japan -- History
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GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
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Bushido
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Manners and customs
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Martial arts
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Samurai
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069579
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| Subject |
Japan
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781462920075 |
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1462920071 |
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