Mugai Ryu Darrell Max Craig
Mugai Ryu Darrell Max Craig "The Japanese sword and Japanese swordsmanship involve a scheme that is deeply embedded in the Western world's mind. To the fighting machines of antiquity: the legions of…
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Mugai Ryu Darrell Max Craig
"The Japanese sword and Japanese swordsmanship involve a scheme that is deeply embedded in the Western world's mind. To the fighting machines of antiquity: the legions of Alexander the Great, Attila's hordes, the armies of Caesar, and Mohammed's faithful warriors, we must add another fighting machine of antiquity, the samurai of Japan, a martial caste born in the tenth century." --from the author's preface.In this book, the author takes us on a tour of the Samurai code of Bushido. Therefore the sword has become a subject of great historical and cultural significance.It is my belief that, if the chrysanthemum and the crane are two of Japan's cherished icons, the third has to be the katana or samurai sword.
We are taken to ancient Japan to meet the most influential samurai through the He talks of his encounters with the descendants of famous samurai' of the past.