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Ninjutsu Books By Razor - 01-15-2012 04:43 PM
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I know topics about books come up quite a bit, so bear with me. My question is a bit more specific than books in general.
I am looking for another book on Bujinkan as a complement to my training. I have two books already (Simon Yeo's Ninjutsu: The Secret Art of the Ninja and Masaaki Hatsumi's The Way of the Ninja) which cover a lot of Taijutsu and other concepts. I would like a good book about weapons, preferably katana. I have looked at reviews of Hatsumi's books on Amazon and found them quite mixed. The main thing I feel however, is that I don't know if these people actually are martial artists or those who are just interested or perhaps trying to learn from the book and finding they can't, so I am unsure how valid their reviews are.
Ideally I would like something by Hatsumi, and a book that focuses more on technique than esoteric, spiritual issues that he often write about. Pictures would be preferable; I am looking for a reference guide, so for example something that I can use to look up the techniques after training or maybe practise again in my own time.
Any suggestions? Also, does anyone know if Hatsumi's "Japanese Sword Fighting" is the kind of book I am looking for?
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I know topics about books come up quite a bit, so bear with me. My question is a bit more specific than books in general.
I am looking for another book on Bujinkan as a complement to my training. I have two books already (Simon Yeo's Ninjutsu: The Secret Art of the Ninja and Masaaki Hatsumi's The Way of the Ninja) which cover a lot of Taijutsu and other concepts. I would like a good book about weapons, preferably katana. I have looked at reviews of Hatsumi's books on Amazon and found them quite mixed. The main thing I feel however, is that I don't know if these people actually are martial artists or those who are just interested or perhaps trying to learn from the book and finding they can't, so I am unsure how valid their reviews are.
Ideally I would like something by Hatsumi, and a book that focuses more on technique than esoteric, spiritual issues that he often write about. Pictures would be preferable; I am looking for a reference guide, so for example something that I can use to look up the techniques after training or maybe practise again in my own time.
Any suggestions? Also, does anyone know if Hatsumi's "Japanese Sword Fighting" is the kind of book I am looking for?
Read More ... or click reply below.
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