Iaido: The Way of the Sword [Paperback]

Michael Finn (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 110 pages
• Publisher: Paul H Crompton Ltd (September 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0901764582
• ISBN-13: 978-0901764584
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,695,456 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good stuff/ lacks in some areas., July 15, 2000

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This review is from: Iaido: The Way of the Sword (Paperback)

I found this book to have some comprehensive information on the philosophy of iaido. However it had very little information on the sword, katas and the motions of iaido. I believe that both are equally important in the study of Iaido.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Ok, addition for your library, May 25, 2005

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A. Christensen "Sushi Tsu" (Northern California, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Iaido: The Way of the Sword (Paperback)

This book is an interesting read but not written by a "writer."
It has more of a feel of a diary that someone wrote in order to chronicle his lessons while in Japan (there is basically no information about "western lessons" and the use of bokken).
The photography is amateurish, there are misspelled words, and the narration doesn't match the illustrations, but the book is good in the way that it helps you to understand the committment that is involved in starting a new martial art.
I enjoyed reading it but was left with a feeling at the end of "That's it?"
Ok on the bookshelf with the rest.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great source of information!, July 31, 2006

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B. N. County "BNOC" (Tustin, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Iaido: The Way of the Sword (Paperback)

Michael Finn is an Internationally recognized authority on Martial Arts. He has been training for some twenty-eight years and has 34 black belts in nine Martial Arts. Each of these exams were taken under the authoritative bodies in Japan. In 1967 he won the British National Police Judo Championships and in 1970 represented Great Britain in the World Kendo Championships. As an authority in his field he has appeared on various occasions on British television and even Japanese television.