Strategy and the Art of Peace - Tenshinsho-den Katori Shinto-ryu

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A narrative on the extensive martial curriculum and wisdom of the Tenshinsho-den Katori Shinto-ryu one of the source traditions of Japanese swordsmanship from its incumbent master teacher.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Encompasses an introduction to the history technical curriculum including </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>kenjutsu</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (swordsmanship) </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>iaijutsu</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (sword drawing) </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>naginatajutsu</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (halberd) and </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>shurikenjutsu</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (throwing spikes) and esoteric / strategic curriculum including </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>h?ijutsu</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (directional divination) and </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>chikuj?jutsu</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (fortifications) of the Katori Shint?-ry? based on references to its scrolls. Additionally includes the author's reflections on nearly seventy years of austere training and illuminates the art of peace the philosophical foundation required of all practitioners.</span></p>