Sword Of The Samurai : The Classical Art Of Japanese Swordsmanship

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Summary: Awful
Review: A bad copy of Japanese Swordsmanship: Technique and Practice by Donn Draeger and Gordon Warner. Numerous errors and mis-statments make it clear the auther is not an authority on the subject.

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Summary: Lacks focus
Review: As with most of Parulski's works, this suffers from a lack of focus. Attempting to cover too much material and including material not on the subject is a Parulski trademark and he has a field day here.

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Summary: Great Book. Covers lots of the basic stuff. Good pictures.
Review: I liked this book for lots of reasons. Because it covers swordsmanship history, sword history (parts, types, how they're made, etc.) culture, tradition , spiritual strategies (zen), uniforms, fighting postures, suburito -bokken- basic training, bokken etiquette, kenjutsu, kumitachi (2 person katas), Iai etiquette, Iai Katas, care of the sword (tying the sword cord, tying the sword bag, etc.) Good pictures, a very well made book, it's simply beautiful, and really useful. It's a must have!