Hidden in Plain Sight - Esoteric Power Training within Japanese Martial Traditions Revised and Expanded Edition Amdur EllisPaperback / softback
Hidden in Plain Sight - Esoteric Power Training within Japanese Martial Traditions Revised and Expanded Edition Amdur EllisPaperback / softback Ellis Amdur's writing on martial arts has been…
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Hidden in Plain Sight - Esoteric Power Training within Japanese Martial Traditions Revised and Expanded Edition Amdur EllisPaperback / softback
Ellis Amdur's writing on martial arts has been groundbreaking. In Old School, he applied both academic rigor and keen observation towards some of the classical martial arts of Japan, leavening his writing with vivid descriptions of many of the actual practitioners of these wonderful traditions. In Dueling with O-sensei, he challenged practitioners that the moral dimension of martial arts is expressed in acts of integrity, not spiritual platitudes and the deification of fantasized warrior-sages.
These methodologies encompassed mental imagery, breath-work, and a variety of physical techniques, offering the potential to develop skills and power sometimes viewed as nearly superhuman. His first edition of Hidden in Plain Sight was a discussion of esoteric training methods once common, but now all but lost within Japanese martial arts. Usually believed to be the provenance of Chinese martial