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Japan's Complete Fighting System: Shin Kage Ryu

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There is perhaps no field with quite so high a BS factor as martial arts... I don't know anything about karate, and maybe this guy's a really good karate guy... but I would think that if he had any real confidence in his stuff, he wouldn't call it Shinkage-ryu (a school of swordsmanship to which this karate book has no relationship at all)... He would make up his own name for it... Calling the contents of this book Shinkage Ryu is like calling a Spanish-English Dictionary "Introduction to Basic Russian"... It's not just a misunderstanding... It's just made up...

This is an excellent supplement to any and all of Lowry-san's writings on his experience in the martial arts. I discovered in it that the goju system I had studied, and in which I received dan status, was actually Shinkageryu. A fascinating series of forms and techniques lie within that which is presented. Study this well. A must addition to any serious student's library. It goes with Dr. Morris' Path Notes of an American Ninja Master and Dave Lowry's works. Get it, read it, *study* it.about it. -Toda Hayakko, The Black Tiger

This is an excellent supplement to any and all of Lowry-san's writings on his experience in the martial arts. I discovered in it that the goju system I had studied, and in which I received dan status, was actually Shinkageryu. A fascinating series of forms and techniques lie within that which is presented. Study this well. A must addition to any serious student's library. It goes with Dr. Morris' Path Notes of an American Ninja Master and Dave Lowry's works. Get it, read it, *study* it. Email me if you have questions or wanna talk about it.

-Toda Hayakko, The Black Tiger