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Bokken: Art of the Japanese Sword (Literary Links to the Orient)

Author: Dave Lowry
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0897501047

$14.00


 

Bokken: Art of the Japanese Sword (Literary Links to the Orient)

Bokken: Art of the Japanese Sword (Literary Links to the Orient)
by: Dave Lowry


Editorial Review:

Dave Lowry frequently travels throughout Asia to research its culture and history, and has written several books about Japan and the budo. He started writing for Black Belt magazine more than 20 years ago and has shared his traditional take on the martial arts world in a monthly column called Karate Way since 1986.

In Bokken: Art of the Japanese Sword, Lowry focuses his expertise on the techniques and history of the bokken--the wooden training sword used by both ancient samurai and today's swordsmen. According to Lowry, training with the bokken is important on two levels for the modern practitioner: "On one, he builds the physical stamina, rhythms, and adroit body movements of traditional swordsmanship. On the other, he achieves something of the animating spirit of the traditional swordsman. He is, through the refinement of his practice, linked in a very real way to his past, for it is from the principles of swordsmanship that the budo of today have based their teachings, no matter what their present form."

Bokken: Art of the Japanese Sword couples Lowry's concise, eloquent writing style with more than 100 hundred technique photographs to provide the reader with the traditional and modern perspectives of this vital, historically rich practice tool.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

Bokken: Art of the Japanese Sword:

The book arrived very fast. The book is in excellent condition for a used book. Actually you can't really tell that it is used. It has real people in it and I am real pleased with this purchase.

Save your money.:

I know that Dave is very respected etc. I also practice Shinkageryu.
Yagyu Shinkageryu and the Marobashikai branch of Shinkageryu that I practice do have some slight differences but but use the same Kata. I am not disputing that Dave is Yagyu Kai although I have not been able to confirm that either.
Regardless the way he advises to hold the Bokken is somewhat horrid. Curl the pinky under the hilt? Am I missing something here or are you supposed to break your finger in the dojo? Also I have been... more info

An Excellent Technical Introduction on a Rare Subject:

An excellent introduction to one of the most uncredited training tools of budo and bujutsu, the Bokken (pronounce bow-ken), or wooden sword. Author Dave Lowry is a dedicated practitioner of Japanese martial arts and culture, the perfect person to explain the history, usefulness, and general merits of the Bokken, an implement which is commonly used in Aikido as well as many Kory (pre-Meiji martial arts schools) in Japan for a variety of training and partner exercises.
I suppose Lowry could have made... more info

Excellent book...:

Famed swordsman and Black Belt magazine contributor Dave Lowry chimes in on the use of the bokken--the wooden samurai sword. Practicing with the bokken is obviously safer than practicing with a "live" katana, but it also develops stamina, technique, and an appreciation of the weapon's history. Ancient samurai warriors used the bokken (remember Tom Cruise's repeated beatings in The Last Samurai?), and so should you. Lowry also wrote The Best of Dave Lowry, which is an excellent compilation of his Black Belt... more info


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