Classical Bujutsu: The Martial Arts and Ways of Japan
Evolved amid the incessant warfare of medieval Japan, bujutsu, or "martial arts," provided the warrior with the technical and psychological training that prepared him to use his weapons in actual combat. Classical Bujutsu emphasizes the intensely practical nature of these martial arts. The author describes sixteen major forms of bujutsu, employing a variety of weapons and techniques.
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Classical Bujutsu: The Martial Arts and Ways of Japan
Evolved amid the incessant warfare of medieval Japan, bujutsu, or "martial arts," provided the warrior with the technical and psychological training that prepared him to use his weapons in actual combat. Classical Bujutsu emphasizes the intensely practical nature of these martial arts. The author describes sixteen major forms of bujutsu, employing a variety of weapons and techniques.
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Classical Bujutsu: The Martial Arts and Ways of Japan

Classical Bujutsu: The Martial Arts and Ways of Japan

by Donn F. Draeger
Classical Bujutsu: The Martial Arts and Ways of Japan

Classical Bujutsu: The Martial Arts and Ways of Japan

by Donn F. Draeger

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Overview

Evolved amid the incessant warfare of medieval Japan, bujutsu, or "martial arts," provided the warrior with the technical and psychological training that prepared him to use his weapons in actual combat. Classical Bujutsu emphasizes the intensely practical nature of these martial arts. The author describes sixteen major forms of bujutsu, employing a variety of weapons and techniques.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780834802339
Publisher: Shambhala
Publication date: 12/18/2007
Series: Martial Arts and Ways of Japan Series
Edition description: Reissue
Pages: 112
Product dimensions: 7.15(w) x 10.14(h) x 0.24(d)

About the Author

Donn F. Draeger was a U.S. Marine Corps officer and a historian of martial arts disciplines, in which he held a variety of expert ranks and teaching licenses. He was technical director of the magazine Martial Arts International and author of many books on the fighting arts of Asia. He died in 1982.
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