Flashing Steel Second Edition

Author : Masayuki Shimabukuro
Publisher : Blue Snake Books
ISBN 13 : 1623175046
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flashing Steel, 25th Anniversary Edition written by Masayuki Shimabukuro and published by Blue Snake Books. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revised and updated, the classic guide to the techniques, philosophy, and applications of iaijutsu--the art of self-defense with the Japanese sword. The 25th anniversary edition of the best-selling, highly acclaimed classic Flashing Steel introduces updated techniques, drills, and practices for students and practitioners of iaijutsu (or iaido). This complete essential resource on the Japanese sword arts expands on the two previous editions with additional practices, deep attention to foundational elements, and practical techniques--including 55 ways of deploying a samurai sword in self-defense. Expanded and revised, the memorial edition of Flashing Steel includes updates on promotion guidelines, tournaments, extended series of solo quick-draw exercises, and more, plus two added sets of solo techniques and three added sets of partner exercises to develop timing, distance control, angles of attack and defense, mental focus, and attitude. It provides a deep survey of fundamentals like training progression, preparation, etiquette, and proper sword nomenclature. Students will learn realistic defense and attack scenarios with wider applications to martial arts like kendo and aikido, while absorbing the philosophical tenets that inform and infuse the warrior's life with meaning and fulfillment. Organized into 23 chapters with black and white photographs throughout, this anniversary edition also includes an expanded history of iaijutsu, and an updated biography and tribute to the late Masayuki Shimabukuro, with personal anecdotes from the making of Flashing Steel that reveal his life and character.

Author : Masayuki Shimabukuro
Publisher : Blue Snake Books
ISBN 13 : 9781583941973
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flashing Steel, Second Edition written by Masayuki Shimabukuro and published by Blue Snake Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iaijutsu is the art of samurai swordsmanship in self-defence. Iaijutsu is distinguished from kenjutsu (the samurai sword employed in attack) by the fact that the practitioner begins each technique with the sword sheathed. This book refers to the art of iaijutsu in order to emphasize how Eishin-Ryu Iaijutsu is among the various schools of iaijutsu.

Author : Stan Sakai
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
ISBN 13 : 1506724922
Total Pages : 684 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 2 (Second Edition) written by Stan Sakai and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rabbit ronin's adventures hit an early peak in this second volume featuring brand new original cover art by Stan Sakai! This collection includes Usagi's first encounters with the Lord of Owls, Inspector Ishida, and more, and is highlighted by the Eisner Award-winning Grasscutter, a grand tale assembling nearly all the series' characters in a struggle over the grasscutting sword of Japanese legend, with the fate of the nation in the balance! Collects Usagi Yojimbo Volume 3 #7-#30 and Usagi Yojimbo: Green Persimmon!

Author : Masayuki Shimabukuro
Publisher : Blue Snake Books
ISBN 13 : 162317662X
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Karate as the Art of Killing written by Masayuki Shimabukuro and published by Blue Snake Books. This book was released on 2022-05-24 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grounded in a comprehensive overview of the philosophical and spiritual foundations that underlie karate, The Art of Killing emphasizes its original purpose: to kill an attacker swiftly and brutally. Prior to 1900, karate-dō was exclusively an art of unarmed self-defense. Its practice was designed for life-or-death situations--effectively, an art of killing. Here, authors Leonard Pellman and the late Masayuki Shimabukuro restore karate to its original intent. They move karate away from its popular modern-day sporting applications back to its deadly origins---and to the restraining philosophy of peace, self-sacrifice, compassion, and service to others that necessarily accompanied it. With chapters on kokoro (heart, mind, and spirit), ki (spirit and energy), and the seven major precepts of bushidō, The Art of Killing shows readers that the lethal art of karate is more than a method of bringing an enemy down--it’s a philosophical and spiritual system grounded in essential lessons to guard against abuses of power. This book does not contain detailed instruction in killing methods, but it does showcase the deadly power of karate--and explain why purity of intentions matters, and how compassion and respect are the essence of karate training. Readers will learn: The purpose and meaning of karate-dō The origins and major precepts of bushidō Training methods, preparation, and etiquette Fundamentals, spiritual power, training patterns, and analysis and application of kata About the body as a weapon

Author : Bartholomew Elliott George WARBURTON
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Darien ... Second Edition written by Bartholomew Elliott George WARBURTON and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jesse C. Newman
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1504963598
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Kyudo and Iaido in Early Japan written by Jesse C. Newman and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-12-09 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The comic books that came out in the 1920s to get Americans to read more comprised of many action- and super heroes, such as Batman Superman, and Wonder Woman. Since 1968 Bruce Lee playing Kato and the Green Hornet, in 1973 the movie, Enter the Dragon will introduce Asian martial arts to the USA and the world. This book will show the superhuman feats of the Japanese archers psychologically and physically, and the records they achieved, in my opinion. These unsung people would be heroes today if more readers knew of these records that the Japanese have in their history. The impact of the mental and physical is so extreme that this information hopefully will garner THE WOW FACTOR!

Author : Llyr Jones Ph D
Publisher : Via Media Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1893765350
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Judo Kata written by Llyr Jones Ph D and published by Via Media Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-14 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The practice of judo katas has changed over time as a result of perceived purpose. The chapters in this anthology were written by seven authorities in judo history and practice. Their writings clarify the purpose of kata and thus its mode of practice and their place in competition. In 1926, a contest occurred in which thirty-seven of the finest judoka in Japan competed before the Emperor Hirohito. The first chapter by Robert W. Smith details the techniques utilized by each master and also compares their skills with today's judo practitioners. The next two chapters by Dr. Llyr Jones and Biron Ebell deal with the transmutation of judo over the decades. Both authors give ample support that the original guidelines have evolved into competitive sport resulting in a substantial decline in the number of adults practicing judo. Where does kata stand in judo practice today? Dr. Lance Gatling reports on The First Kodokan Judo International Competition (2007). He outlines the background of the competition, the competitors, the motivations for this competition, the historical development of judo katas, and their importance to the correct study of judo. Dr. Llyr Jones' next chapter has two objectives: to explain the purpose of kata in judo, and to critically evaluate the concept of kata championships. To achieve these objectives, Jones offers personal comments, observations from rare Japanese source material, as well as insight into the thinking of world-renowned judo experts. Linda Yiannakis provides two insightful chapters. Her first chapter presents a conceptual framework for examining principles of judo throwing techniques. The principles are classified as primarily structural, operational, or contextual in nature. In her second chapter, she points out that martial artists are acutely aware of the need to develop a sense of timing for the best possible moment to apply techniques in free play or contest. This chapter examines some critical features of patterns and rhythms in a variety of contexts and provides a few basic exercises for the development of awareness and use of rhythm, patterns, and timing in judo. Jones, Savage, and Gatling present an in-depth study into Kodokan Goshin-jutsu-a Kodokan judo exercise formally established in 1956 to teach the principles and techniques of self-defense against unarmed and armed attacks, and to meet modern lifestyle needs. Their chapter reviews the place of Goshin-jutsu among the Kodokan katas, and then summarizes the history its creation. A description of the exercise's structure and technical contents follows, along with an in-depth explanation of its principles and associated teaching and learning challenges. This also includes a review of the most reliable learning texts in Japanese, English and selected other Western languages. Kodokan Goshin-jutsu's performance aspects are considered next. An objective assessment of its practical self-defense effectiveness follows, before finally conclusions are drawn. The short final chapter by Dr. Jones is on Kodokan judo's Nage-no-kata (forms of throwing) and Katame-no-kata (forms of control). Their study helps facilitate the development of free practice (randori) skills. Many look at judo studies as including three dimensions: free-practice, competition, and forms. Kata practice is vital to the other two. If you are involved with judo, this anthology will deepen your purpose and inspiring your practice.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 864 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Digest written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edward Jewitt Wheeler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1578 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Literary Digest: a Repository of Contemporaneous Thought and Research as Presented in the Periodical Literature of the World written by Edward Jewitt Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edward Jewitt Wheeler
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1592 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Literary Digest written by Edward Jewitt Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 1592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: