From a complete and detailed study of renowned American experts in Eastern martial arts, you will learn not only about the history of the warrior samurai, but also about the practical, technical and strategic aspects of the martial arts of feudal Japan, its culture, history, ethics and philosophy. Surprisingly, all this information does not seem to be an echo of a past that has faded into the shadows, just entertaining fragments of the material culture and poetics of the fighting spirit of the medieval East, but pave the way to understanding the current successes of the Land of the Rising Sun.

Oscar RATTI and Adele WESTBROOKSECRETS OF THE SAMURAIA survey of Marital Arts of Feudal Japan

Translation from English by D. Voronin