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Title: The Art of Japanese Swordsmanship: A Manual of Eishin-Ryu Iaido
ISBN: 1590304837
Author:
Nicklaus Suino
Publicate Date: 2008-07-08
Publish: 2008-07-08
List Price: $24.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Paperback
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1: An awsome book
I can't say anymore this book is exclent. it has diagrams and is verry informative. just be sure to buy th required equitment.
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2: A Reference Worth Having on Hand
While it should go without saying that no martial art can be learned solely from a book and that the intricacies need to be experienced with a real live teacher in real time, I think that this book can definitely benefit students of Eishin Ryu Iaido. Whether you are a beginner, trying to remember the waza (techniques), or an old hand, looking to brush up on the basics that can get lost over time, Suino's book is a good reference text.
I have to say that I was surprised. So many martial arts texts either have amateurish pictures (such as Yang Jwing-Ming's texts, which are otherwise so useful) or pictures that simply don't include enough details. This book has basic but clear graphics that, along with real-life/real-time instruction, make a lot of sense. Even Suino's description of how to put on the gi and hakama are better than most I've seen. (If he included how to fold the hakama, it would be even better! Luckily, you can get that online ([...]).)
Compared to a book like Flashing Steel, Suino helps the beginner in particular by focusing on the pragmatic topics: he lists and explains the introductory Batto Ho no Bu (Drawing Methods Set) techniques, the intermediatesd Tatehiza no Bu (Half-Seated Set), and the advanced Tachiwaza no Bu (Secret Forms, Standing Set). While the glossary could be longer, you can filter through the text to find other words/phrases that he uses and explains and pencil them into the glossary on your own.
The other thing that really excites me about this book is that he always includes the kanji (Japanese characters) for the names of the techniques. As an intermediate speaker of Japanese, that helped me a lot when I was trying to figure out what the names really meant.
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3: Very Good!
A clear book with all drills and other complementary stuff of Eishin-Ryu Iaido.
I am not an expert in Iaido but this book seems to be very clear and complete, even
when the numbers of the descriptions for some pictures have some minor mistakes respect to the numbers of the picures themselves (you can correct them by hand)
Mr Suino seems to be an excellent martial artist wit a very serious approach to the discipline
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4: A must own for iaido practitioners
I normally never refer to books when it comes to the art of eishin-ryu, but this book did help correct my somewhat correct stances. Some of the moves, at first, are hard to follow. The thing is though that the book has a chapter specifically on how to use this book, so you shouldn't be too confused for very long. At first, i was sceptic, but since my girlfriend bought it for me, i gave it a try, and i can honestly that's it done nothing but make me want to train even more. It even teaches you hoe to wipe blood off the blood the proper way. It was like Suino wrote this manual as if you were really engaged in brutal, bloody sword combat. For any of those who would like to learn eishin-ryu, definitely check out this manual, it'll do you some good.
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5: IAIDO
Suino Sensei's understanding and passion for Iaido is an amazing thing. He really knows how to articulate and break things down for better understanding.
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