{"id":489,"date":"2023-04-07T11:01:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T02:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/budobooks.jp\/?p=489"},"modified":"2024-11-12T16:09:34","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T07:09:34","slug":"japan-the-ultimate-samurai-guide-an-insider-looks-at-the-japanese-martial-arts-and-surviving-in-the-land-of-bushido-and-zen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/budobooks.jp\/?p=489","title":{"rendered":"An Insider’s Guide to the Japanese Martial Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Part Samurai history, part martial arts guide, this is THE book for anyone interested in Japan’s fabled Samurai culture.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author Alexander Bennett is the ultimate insider\u2014holding multiple black belts in Kendo and Naginata, as well as two Ph.Ds in Japanese religion and martial history. In this book he shares his vast personal experience and knowledge with readers seeking to undertake their own personal quest in the Japanese martial arts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bennett outlines the Japanese history of Bushido and the Samurai\u2014from early times up until the present. Then, as only someone steeped in this world can, he surveys the contemporary martial arts scene and provides the essential knowledge young foreigners need to find a teacher and learn successfully. Unlike any other book on this subject, Japan The Ultimate Samurai Guide<\/em> is written by a Japanese speaker who has studied and taught martial arts in Japan for many decades. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chapters include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n