Sword & Spirit
$19.95 (+ shipping)
Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan, volume 2.
Edited by Diane Skoss.
Published by Koryu Books, 1999.
ISBN: 1-890536-05-9.
6″ x 9″ paperback, 192 p., with 41 illustrations.
Includes bibliographical references, and complete glossary/index.
Kindle Edition: Sword & Spirit: Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan, 2
“Koryu Books has done it again with Sword & Spirit, an impressive follow-up to its earlier book on Japanese warrior traditions and a significant contribution to the growing body of serious scholarship on the martial arts.”
G. Cameron Hurst, III, Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
“Congratulations to Diane for a masterful bit of editing in this latest volume. All us wannabe samurai should read this one carefully at least a couple of times.”
Kim Taylor, Journal of Japanese Sword Arts
“[The] ‘Classical Warrior’ series presents just enough information to be thorough and engaging while not becoming encyclopaedically dull.”
D. Patrick Miller, Fearless Reviews
Contents:
- Foreword
- by Yagyu Nobuharu
- Introduction: A Coconut Palm in Missouri
- by Dave Lowry
- Kyujukyu Kakun: The Ninety-Nine Precepts of the Takeda Clan
- by Takeda Nobushige
- Neglected Treasure: The Koyo Gunkan
- by Alexander C. Bennett
- Field Guide to the Classical Japanese Martial Arts
- by Meik & Diane Skoss
- Negishi-ryu Shurikenjutsu: An Interview with Saito Satoshi
- by Meik Skoss
- The Tojutsu of the Tatsumi-ryu, Murphy’s Law, and the K.I.S.S. Principle
- by Liam Keeley
- Kabala in Motion: Kata & Pattern Practice in the Traditional Bugei
- by Dr. Karl F. Friday
- Uchidachi and Shidachi
- by Nishioka Tsuneo
- Index
- with glossary
