For over 300 years the use of weapons was confined to the warrior caste of Japan - all other members of society were forced to defend themselves with their bare hands and with whatever agricultural implements and tools might be available. Thus there evolved a sophisticated system of using these tools which became known as kobujutsu - the art of using weapons. This training guide is concerned with the tonfa baton and with the nunchaku rice flail. The former has recently been adopted by police forces as the side-handled baton while the latter was made famous by Bruce Lee in the film "Enter the Dragon". The book combines traditional training forms - or katas - with detailed explanations to provide an examination of how these weapons were used.
Book Description
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
wonderful,
By insinai@netvision.net.il (Israel) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Traditional Kobujutsu (Martial Arts) (Paperback)
Professor Clark's illuminating demonstrations, and the explanations he offers are extremely helpful. This easily comprehensible book helped me a lot in my Martial Arts studies.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
I find it rather basic and for the beginner only:,
By A Customer
This review is from: Traditional Kobujutsu (Martial Arts) (Paperback)
I would recoommend this book for beginners, I also would say that black belts in Karate might find this a good book. However as a jujitsu practioner for 41 years I would have to poass on this book.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
