"Nihon no Budo" is a 16 part hardcover large format book series published in Japan in 1983. The books have a cloth cover with gold letters on front. Each volume features many full color photos as well as black and white photos of techniques, history of the art, etc. This series is very rare and c...

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This is a large hardcover instructional text on the art of Shinto Muso Ryu Jodo.
Chapters:

What is Shinto Muso Ryu Jodo?
Basic techniques of SMR Jodo
Kihon (Basics)
Kamae (Posture)
12 basic forms
Tachi (Sword)

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Goshin Jodo (or Self Defense Jodo) is a small book written in 1983 by Kozui Tsuruyama. This is the only book on jo written from a Daito Ryu perspective. Hundreds of photos are included in the chapters on:

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These well researched book includes photos, background info, and even instruction on how to use many of the "secret" or "hidden" weapons of ancient Japan. Includes coverage of jutte, shuriken, tessen (iron fan), and many more weapons.

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In The Art of the Japanese Sword, master swordsmith Yoshindo Yoshihara offers a comprehensive view on the making, finishing and appreciation of Japanese blades.

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400 years ago, in ancient China during the Ming Dynasty, there were constant battles with the Japanese pirates. 單刀法選 (Dan Dao Fa Xuan) is an ancient Chinese sword manual that documented the swordsmanship from these battles.

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The Samurai sword of Japan is probably the finest edged weapon ever made. This volume, written by leading Samurai expert Stephen Turnbull, reveals the story of how and why it achieved this distinction, from the sword's unique metallurgy to its use in combat, where one stroke often decided the

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Facts and Fundamentals of Japanese Swords is a practical, comprehensive volume that offers information, along with 300 photos and illustrations, enabling collectors to evaluate the veracity and quality of swords that they are considering acquiring or already have in their collections.

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Author Colin M. Roach collaborated with top-level artisans, historians, and martial arts experts to create a unique, in-depth study of these magnificent weapons from a historical, iconographical, and technological perspective. In addition to a foreword by seventh degree iaido black belt

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Bob Kasper had that rarest of qualities among self-defense instructors: real-world "street smarts," as opposed to the much more common "dojo smarts." A former Marine and student of personal-defense pioneer Charles Nelson, Kasper had picked up his experience in close-quarter self-defense the hard ...

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In the latest addition to his Fighting Weapons series, Dwight McLemore does for the staff what he did earlier for the Bowie, tomahawk, and sword. The Fighting Staff is a modern illustrated guide to using one of man's oldest weapons...

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Japan's famous samurai warriors were more than just soldiers—they were adherents to a strict code of honor who respected the deeper, spiritual meaning of the way of the sword. To the samurai, battle was sacred.

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Innovative intsructor Yoshinori Kono shows how to apply kobujutsu principles and movement in daily life. Applications include lifting up another person, how to fall (if you trip or lose balance), how to sit and stand, how to avoid a collision (with a car, bicycle, person), how to carry bags, how ...

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Weapons, particularly bladed ones such as swords, are enjoying a renaissance of interest from every source, from collectors to laypeople. The samurai, a glorified figure in Japan and the West, employed a variety of weapons, not least of which was the sword. Samurai Weapons details how and why their

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Evolved amid the incessant warfare of medieval Japan, bujutsu, or "martial arts," provided the warrior with the technical and psychological training that prepared him to use his weapons in actual combat. Classical Bujutsu emphasizes the intensely practical nature of these martial arts. The author...

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