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Legacies of the Sword: The Kashima-Shinryu and Samurai Martial Culture
Karl F. Friday, Seki Humitake
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| #1100586 in Books | University of Hawaii Press | 1997-07-01 | 1997-07-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.21 x.52 x6.14l,.95 | File type: PDF | 227 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| A must read for KSR practitioners|By John D. O'rourke|I found this book a little dry and would have liked a few more antidotal stories to break up the information and make it a better read, but that aside, it is a must have book for the practitioner of Kashima Shin Ryu. Even if you have a passing interest in Japanese martial arts you should read this book to get the perspecti||This study is refreshingly free of jargon and inscrutable or pretentious philosophizing. Instead, Friday presents this history of the samurai in cool, clear terms that will appeal to more than a select band of academics.... An excellent book.-- "Daily Yomiu
Western scholars and educators are generally far less familiar with the samurai in his original-and, ostensibly, primary-role as warrior and masters of arms than in his other functions as landowner, feudal lord, literature, or philosopher. Yet, any attempt to comprehend fully the samurai without considering his military abilities and training (bugei) is futile. With verve and wit, Karl Friday combines the results of nearly two decades of fieldwork and archival res...
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