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Summary: Alas!
Review: Another introductory text that really says nothing. Buyer beware..
Rating: 
Summary: Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Being a Kenjutsu and Iaijutsu practitioner for fifteen years I have seen many books upon the subject, in that time I have never seen one quite as bad as this book. Mr Daniel claims to be an expert upon the subject, even experts have off days, a slight head cold can badly effect ones performance, however I fear that was not the case with this offering. Mr Daniels Tai-sabaki (Natural body movement) in no small way resembles a pregnant antelope who has reccently undergone some kind of surgery to lengthen their already overly extended and unwieldy legs. After as long as I have been flashing a blade I do understand that a stance is a transition between movements and not a true position itself, however this is no excuse for mr Daniels inconsistancy and inaccuracy in his stances. I beg him to please review his dai-jodan because if he does not he will one day loose his head. Also, his waki stance, or should I say stances because no two are quite alike..., are regretable. However the biggest jokes in this book are his nito (two sword techniques) they lack grace, skill and imagination. ...I know! we'll take all our bujinkan taijutsu stances and stick a couple of swords in our hands and mess around a bit. The only reason I gave this book one star was the fact that the Muto dori ( no sword against sword) techniques at the back of the book are so laughable, in their suicidability....
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Summary: The disaster that is Daniel
Review: Being a Kenjutsu and Iaijutsu practitioner for fifteen years I have seen many books upon the subject, in that time I have never seen one quite as bad as this book. Mr Daniel claims to be an expert upon the subject, even experts have off days, a slight head cold can badly effect ones performance, however I fear that was not the case with this offering. Mr Daniels Tai-sabaki (Natural body movement) in no small way resembles a pregnant antelope who has reccently undergone some kind of surgery to lengthen their already overly extended and unwieldy legs. After as long as I have been flashing a blade I do understand that a stance is a transition between movements and not a true position itself, however this is no excuse for mr Daniels inconsistancy and inaccuracy in his stances. I beg him to please review his dai-jodan because if he does not he will one day loose his head. Also, his waki stance, or should I say stances because no two are quite alike..., are regretable. However the biggest jokes in this book are his nito (two sword techniques) they lack grace, skill and imagination. ...I know! we'll take all our bujinkan taijutsu stances and stick a couple of swords in our hands and mess around a bit. The only reason I gave this book one star was the fact that the Muto dori ( no sword against sword) techniques at the back of the book are so laughable, in their suicidability....
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Summary: Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: Wow! This a good book! So many stances,techniques and extreme detail in the words and pictures!Obviously Mr. Daniels has much expierience.
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