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This book, based on extensive original research, examines the practice by women in a university sport setting of kendo, the Japanese martial art which, using ba

This unique history of Japanese armed martial arts--the only comprehensive treatment of the subject in English--focuses on traditions of swordsmanship and arche

Winner of the Norbert Elias Book Prize 2020 This is the first long-term analysis of the development of Japanese martial arts, connecting ancient martial traditi

Koryu, literally, 'old flow from the past,' refers to Japanese martial traditions that predate the sweeping cultural changes that followed the Meiji Restoration

The first women's self-defense manual written by a woman. Written in 1914 by Nohata Showa. Ms Showa was a women's historian and martial arts practitioner. Her e