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# Secrets of the Samurai: The Martial Arts of Feudal Japan Hardcover – August 31, 2009

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## Customer Reviews

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    The one and only True measure of Japanese Martial History
  

*by J***S on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 4, 2012*

40 years myself and I consider this the one and only book true to the history and development of martial art history along with some matarial from Maasaki Hatsumi and Don Drager. DOnt listen to the ignorant people that disagree, th Martial Art World is the most corrupt organization in the hstory of mankind because of the age of commercialization. The Dan system, Jigoro Kano , the Gracies have ruines the auhtnticity by misinterpreting history or misusing Japanese terminology. This is the only book you needHeres an example of a review with no clue42 of 56 people found the following review helpful..................duhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!1.0 out of 5 stars An Unreliable Book Containing Fantasy MaterialI am writing this review, because people are erroneously using this book as a source for research into pre-modern Japan. It should not be used for this purpose. It belongs to a genre which I call "gosh golly" books. I will proceed to comments relating to previous revFIRST OF ALL THIS WOMAN IS THE ONE ASSUMING- THIS BOOK IS NOT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF JAPAN OR CULTURE OR EVEN SAMURAI, ITS ABOUT THE FIGHTING METHODS AND WEAPONS OF THE SAMURAI ...DUH!!! OF COURSE WE DONT WANT WOODBLOCK- OSCAR RATTI LINE DRAWING SERVE AS EXMPLES OF THE TECHNIQUES AND DETAILS OF THE WEAPONS USED THAT WOULD NEVER BE IN WOOD BLOCK ANOTHER .....DUHHHH!!!! BEING AN EXPRT IN THE FIEDL OF MARTIAL ARTS- THIS WOMAN HAS NO CLUE AND IS AN IDIOT- THIS IS ABOUT BUJUTSU AND BUDO ONLY- NOT FOOD , NOT ART NOT POLITICS - TO ASSUME PEOPLE BUY IT FORTHAT REASON IS RETARDED

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    Wonderful Purchase
  

*by M***6 on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 4, 2012*

This book is great! I was skimming through martail arts books and came across this masterpiece. It reads like a textbook on samurai history, weapons, armor, and beliefs. There are also the wonderful illustrations by Oscar Ratti which make the book so much more interactive and fun to read. The language is not hard to follow and understand, and you can basically flip to any page and just start reading without getting too lost, although I highly recommend reading it straight through. Another great martial arts book by Oscar Ratti and Adele Westbrook is "Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere". I'm a novice in martial arts and have only begun my journey in finding informative martial arts books. This book is by far the most informative I have come across. In a nutshell, if you are very interested in the samurai and their history and you would like to learn a lot about them, "Secrets of the Samurai" is the book to own.

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    Not easy to read
  

*by B***2 on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 16, 2017*

English is not my native language and I find this book really not easy to read. Between the vocabulary used and the way the sentence are structured i - at the moment - have little pleasure reading this book. I sometimes need to reread few times some paragraph to understand the point the author is trying to make. I am sure the book has some historical related value but I was expecting more a novel like written book rather than statements resulting from a long hours in a library. Plus some reviews question the veracity of the historical value... I thought I would devour this book, and I'm not...

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