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Unarmed fighting techniques of the samurai

Masaaki Hatsumi ; photos by Mizuho Kuwata and Minoru Hirata ; translated by Doug Wilson, Bruce Appleby, and Craig Olson

Kodansha USA, 2013

1st US ed

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武道体術

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In Unarmed Fighting Techniques of the Samurai, world-renowned ninja grandmaster and bestselling author Masaaki Hatsumi explains the fundamentals of various unarmed techniques unique to the Japanese martial arts. Known as budo taijutsu, these specialized moves allow the practitioner to evade and receive an attack even from an opponent wielding a sword. Hatsumi covers such topics as Kihon Happo (Eight Basic Movements), Kosshijutsu (Attacks Against Muscles), Koppojutsu (Attacks Against Bones), Jutaijutsu (Flexible Body Arts), Daken Taijutsu (Fist Punching and Striking), Ninpo

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