Legacies of the Sword,9780824818791

Legacies of the Sword

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ISBN13: 9780824818791
ISBN10: 0824818792
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-06-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Hawaii Pr
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
vii
Foreword ix
Preface xiv
Introduction
1(11)
Heritage and Tradition
12(46)
Ryuha and the Origins of the Bugei
13(6)
The Kashima Grand Shrine and Takemikazuchi-no-Mikoto
19(5)
The Three Founders
24(8)
The Students of Kamiizumi Ise-no-kami and the Shihanke Line
32(7)
The Kunii House and the Soke Line
39(11)
The Kashima-Shinryu as an Organization
50(8)
The Philosophy and Science of Combat
58(42)
Shinbu and the Martial Way
63(4)
The Framework of the Art: The Fivefold Laws and the Eight Divine Coordinates
67(15)
Applied Constructs
82(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

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