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With this book Okabe Kakuya has produced a concise catalougue of a collection of Japanese sword guards, or tsubas. It is unknown if a list of tsubas, or tsuba makers has been collected like this in any other works. The author first delves into the...

Traditional Ninja Weapons by  Charles Daniel   Learn: training, distancing, leverage skills and weapons such as knife,staff, spear, naginata and sword Download version

Jutte writen by one of America's foremost authorities of Jiu Jitsu Master George Kirby. In this text he describes so much of the history of the Jutte (Ju-Ten) (Te-Hand) or ten hands. He goes in to depth about the use of the weapon demonstrating its multi...

Jutte writen by one of America's foremost authorities of Jiu Jitsu Master George Kirby. In this text he describes so much of the history of the Jutte (Ju-Ten) (Te-Hand) or ten hands. He goes in to depth about the use of the weapon demonstrating its multi...

The Art of Japanese Swordsmanship discusses the Japanese Sword, training, Famous Swordsmen, techniques, distance and timing, attacks and counters and more download version

A fantastic place to start for anyone that wants to study the evolution and construction of samurai warriors weapon of choice. You will learn how it was actually made, how to take care for the sword exactly so as to not damage the sword blade plus...

THE JAPANESE SWORD is a weapon steeped in history and long-developed over many centuries. Swords may differ in size, shape, field of application and method of manufacture --- the most commonly known types of Japanese swords are the katana, wakizashi, and...

This is one of the very few Japanese Kobudo books featuring both the Tongfa of Hama Higa and the Sai of Tsukenshitahaku. These two books rolled into one teach several techniques against swords and other weapons, and include the step-by-step instruction...