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An impressive compilation of martial arts knowledge! Nothing else like it! -- Fighting Spirit Magazine
An impressive compilation of martial arts knowledge! Nothing else like it! -- Fighting Spirit Magazine<br /><br />The best martial arts book of it kind . The amount of information it contains is amazing. Very interesting graphics. I recommend this book with a five star rating. --Fighting Spirit Magazine January 2007<br /><br />The scholarship of the authors is truly represented by the high standard of this notable work! --Damien Chambers - Kyoto, Japan
The scholarship of the authors is truly represented by the high standard of this notable work! -- Damien Chambers - Kyoto, Japan
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The most complete, comprehensive and up to date encyclopedic dictionary available today on the Japanese Martial Arts. English text with Japanese Kanji of each word or title that is being looked up. Includes martial arts styles, style founders, kata graphics as well as all the basics of the Japanese Martial Arts and ways. Also includes Samurai, Ninjutsu and Okinawan Weaponry. Everything you want to know about the Japanese Martial Arts is in this book. Includes a Japanese language section and pronunciation guide. Hundreds of graphics and drawings have been included so that relevant techniques and methods of each martial art are presented clearly and can be examined as well. All the major martial arts of Japan are represented in this sourcebook. The text is intended to give a overview of techniques of each martail arts discipline in the hope that the reader will develope a broader basis of understanding and futher knowledge of the martial arts of Japan.
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An impressive compilation of martial arts knowledge! Nothing else like it! -- Fighting Spirit Magazine
An impressive compilation of martial arts knowledge! Nothing else like it! -- Fighting Spirit Magazine<br /><br />The best martial arts book of it kind . The amount of information it contains is amazing. Very interesting graphics. I recommend this book with a five star rating. --Fighting Spirit Magazine January 2007<br /><br />The scholarship of the authors is truly represented by the high standard of this notable work! --Damien Chambers - Kyoto, Japan
The scholarship of the authors is truly represented by the high standard of this notable work! -- Damien Chambers - Kyoto, Japan
Product Description
The most complete, comprehensive and up to date encyclopedic dictionary available today on the Japanese Martial Arts. English text with Japanese Kanji of each word or title that is being looked up. Includes martial arts styles, style founders, kata graphics as well as all the basics of the Japanese Martial Arts and ways. Also includes Samurai, Ninjutsu and Okinawan Weaponry. Everything you want to know about the Japanese Martial Arts is in this book. Includes a Japanese language section and pronunciation guide. Hundreds of graphics and drawings have been included so that relevant techniques and methods of each martial art are presented clearly and can be examined as well. All the major martial arts of Japan are represented in this sourcebook. The text is intended to give a overview of techniques of each martail arts discipline in the hope that the reader will develope a broader basis of understanding and futher knowledge of the martial arts of Japan.
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- Japanese Residences and Gardens: A Tradition of Integration by Michio Fujioka in Back Matter
- The Arts of Japan: Late Medieval to Modern Vol.2 (Vol 2) by Seiroku Noma in Back Matter
- The Arts of Japan: Ancient and Medieval Vol. 1 (Arts of Japan) (Vol 1) by Seiroku Noma in Back Matter
- What is Japanese Architecture?: A Survey of Traditional Japanese Architecture by Kazuo Nishi in Back Matter
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