Leonard Pellman
Flashing Steel, the best-selling and highly acclaimed book on iaijutsu (alternatively called iaido), is as much about bringing life into focus as it is about techniques of swordsmanship. Iaijutsu was the martial art of the samurai of feudal Japan ... [... more]
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Flashing Steel: Mastering Eishin-Ryu Swordsmanship
 Very clear and concise presentation of concepts: This book covers the philosophy and techniques of Eisshin-ryu iaido, probably the most popular of the many schools of Japanese swordsmanship. Eisshin-ryu iaido is especially well-known, for example, for [... more]
CDN$23.50
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Masayuki Shimabukuro
Flashing Steel, the best-selling and highly acclaimed book on iaijutsu (alternatively called iaido), is as much about bringing life into focus as it is about techniques of swordsmanship. Iaijutsu was the martial art of the samurai of feudal Japan ... [... more]
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Gaku Homma
Volume 1: Kenjutsu and Taijutsu Sword and Open-Hand Movement Relationships In this remarkable interpretation of the foundation of Aikido technique, Gaku Homma focuses on the relationship between Japanese swordsmanship and open-hand movement, ... [... more]
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Spada: An Anthology of Swordsmanship in Memory of Ewart ...
SPADA - Anthology of Swordsmanship: SPADA is a journal that contains some of most current ideas on historical swordsmanship by a number of the field's leading researchers. As a student of historical swordsmanship myself, I think it is an excellent step [... more]
CDN$31.07
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Art Of Chinese Swordsmanship: Manual Of Taiji Jian
The Art of Chinese Swordsmanship: Wow! This is a wonderful reference book not only for Taiji Jian (tai chi sword), but also for Taiji Quan. All sections of the book are straight forward and easy to follow. There wasn't any mystical "mumbo jumbo" [... more]
CDN$32.95
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Japanese Swordsmanship: Technique And Practice
Still the best book for ZNKR Iaido kata .: My Sensei recommended this book and the recommendation holds true 20 years after it was published. It is now outdated as it only has the first 10 of the now 12 Seite kata of the ZNKR(All Japan Kendo Federation). [... more]
CDN$50.00
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Highland Swordsmanship: Techniques of the Scottish ...
The Highland Hanging Guard is the 'Highroad'---: This wonderfully lucid book on Highland Swordsmanship shows that the Hanging Guard is the 'Highroad' to streamlined style. Yet the Hanging Guard of Sir William Hope is quite complemented by the whole of [... more]
CDN$30.05
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Secrets of German Medieval Swordsmanship: Sigmund ...
The author writes...: I've read with interest the reviews posted here, and the many kind comments about my work that have appeared online at SwordForum, NetSword, and elsewhere. While I never overtly set out to produce a 'how-to' guide to Sigmund Ringeck' [... more]
CDN$100.14
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Practice Drills for Japanese Swordsmanship
review by Samurai Practisioner Tadamori Yoshi: This book is great for new students to the art of Iaido,it tells you step by step instructions on almost all of the drills to be practiced and is one of the best books to start with Not very useful: I found [... more]
CDN$26.95
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The Art of Japanese Swordsmanship: A Manual of ...
Very Bad: I study Ryuseiken Batto-do and I wanted to study some iaido so I purchased this book. This was the worst book that I have ever seen. The diagrams are awful because you can not see which leg or which arm is which. I am very disappointed and I [... more]
CDN$34.95
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Renaissance Swordsmanship: The Illustrated Book of ...
nebulous text with little research: Since I first posted this review, a translation of Capo Ferro's early 17th century manual of the rapier has become available. If you're interested in authentic techniques, instead of just a crude facsimile (at best), [... more]
CDN$26.05
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