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Summary: One great book on kendo !
Review: this is a wonderful and well put together book and i recommend it to any practicing kendo.
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Summary: great!!!
Review: This is the best Kendo book I have found so far. A book can not replace real training, but if you are a student of Kendo, or think you might be interested in it, this book can help you mentaly. It covers the basic commands, and Japanese names for the equipment. This book also covers some spiritual side to the art. Kendo: The Definitive Guide by Hiroshi Ozawa is a great reenforcement, and enhancement to a great art. Buy it!
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Summary: All things here
Review: What *Kodokan Judo* does for judo, and *Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere* does for aikido, this book does for kendo. It not only shows how to perform all the basics, from etiquette to donning armor to training drills, but it also addresses the spirit and mental aspects of the art --- what the art offers and what a practitioner should bring to the art. The emphasis on these inner aspects is especially consistent, as is the elucidation as to *why* and *how* these qualities are developed. Not just "this is how one behaves in a traditional dojo," but "this is what you develop by behaving in these ways when working out in a dojo." The discussion is modern, translated from the original Japanese within the past few years, and refreshingly egalitarian, recognizing the opportunities available to women in this art, which like fencing puts both genders on a more level playing field thanks to the shinai's "force multiplying" effects. In fact, most of the illustrations are professional drawings using young women (and even kids) as subjects, and demonstrate the concepts much more clearly than photographs.
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