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SUGGESTED READINGS

INTRODUCTION TO KENDO AND KATA

"THIS IS KENDO: THE ART OF JAPANESE FENCING"

Dr. Gordon Warner with Junzō Sasamori, 1964

"FUNDAMENTAL KENDO"

compiled by the All Japan Kendo Federation, March 1974

"KENDO - THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE"

Hiroshi Ozawa, original 1991, 1997( first English pub)

"LOOKING AT A FAR MOUNTAIN--A STUDY OF KENDO KATA"

Paul Budden, 2000

"JAPAN: THE ULTIMATE SAMURAI GUIDE -

AN INSIDER LOOKS AT THE JAPANESE MARTIAL ARTS AND SURVIVING IN THE LAND OF BUSHIDO AND ZEN"

Alexander Bennett, 2018

KENDO PHILOSOPHY, ZEN AND SWORDSMANSHIP, HISTORY

"KENDO - AN ESSENTIAL INTRODUCTION TO THE PRINCIPLES

AND PRACTICE OF THE JAPANESE ART OF SWORDSMANSHIP"

Minoru Kiyota, 2002

"BUSHIDO - THE SOUL OF JAPAN"

Inazo Nitobe, 1905, re-pub 1969

"THE UNFETTERED MIND - THE WRITINGS OF THE ZEN MASTER TO THE SWORD MASTER"

Takuan Soho, early 17th Century, Translated by William Scott Wilson, 1986

"THE SWORD AND THE MIND"

(TRANSLATION OF THE "HEIHO KADEN SHO")

Family-transmitted Book on Swordsmanship); Hiroaki Sato, 1985

"THE SWORDSMAN'S HANDBOOK - SAMURAI TEACHING ON THE PATH OF THE SWORD"

classical writings on swordsmanship translated and edited by William Scott Wilson, 2014

"HAGAKURE - THE SECRET WISDOM OF THE SAMURAI"

Yamamoto Tsunetomo, translated by Alexander Bennett

"THE COMPLETE MUSASHI - THE BOOK OF FIVE RINGS AND OTHER WORKS"
Miyamoto Musashi, translated by Alexander Bennett, 2021

UNRELATED BUT RELATED BOOKS ON CULTURE, HISTORY, ART, RELIGION/FAITH

"THE THREE PILLARS OF ZEN"

Roshi Philip Kapleau, 1965 and republished 1980

"HE SPIRIT OF NOH - A NEW TRANSLATION OF THE CLASSIC NOH TREATISE THE` 'FUSHIKADEN'"

Zeami, Motokiyo actor, author (1363-1443), translated by William Scott Wilson, 2006

"THE BOOK OF TEA"

Kazuso Okakura, 1989

"MEMOIRS OF A KAMIKAZE - A WWII PILOT'S INSPIRING STORY OF SURVIVAL, HONOR, AND RECONCILIATION"

Kazuo Odachi, 2020 translated by Alexander Bennett and Shigeru Ohta

"ART AND FAITH"

Makoto Fujimura, 2020

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