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Legacies of the Sword : The Kashima-Shinryu and Samurai Martial Culture

, by Friday, Karl F.; Seki, Fumitake

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ISBN: 9780824818791 | 0824818792
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 6/1/1997

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List of Illustrations

vii

Foreword

Preface

xiv

Introduction

(11)

Heritage and Tradition

(46)

Ryuha and the Origins of the Bugei

(6)

The Kashima Grand Shrine and Takemikazuchi-no-Mikoto

(5)

The Three Founders

(8)

The Students of Kamiizumi Ise-no-kami and the Shihanke Line

(7)

The Kunii House and the Soke Line

(11)

The Kashima-Shinryu as an Organization

(8)

The Philosophy and Science of Combat

(42)

Shinbu and the Martial Way

(4)

The Framework of the Art: The Fivefold Laws and the Eight Divine Coordinates

(15)

Applied Constructs

(18)

The Martial Path

100

(61)

Kata and Pattern Practice

102

(6)

Historical Problems and Criticisms of Kata and Pattern Practice

108

(12)

The Kashima-Shinryu Kata

120

(17)

Texts and Written Transmission

137

(14)

Meditation and the Integration of Body, Mind, and Spirit

151

(10)

Epilogue

161

(30)

Appendixes

Historical Texts

165

(13)

Appendix 1: The Kashima-Shinryu hyoho denki

165

(4)

Appendix 2: The Kunii-ke keizu

169

(5)

Appendix 3: The Kashima-Shinryu menkyo kaiden mokuroku

174

(4)

Kashima-Shinryu Organization

Appendix 4: Constitution of the Kashima-Shinryu Federation of Martial Sciences

178

(4)

Appendix 5: Constitution of the Kashima-Shinryu Federation of North America

182

(9)

Notes

191

(18)

Bibliography

209

(12)

Index

221

Legacies of the Sword : The Kashima-Shinryu and Samurai Martial Culture

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