RISUKE OTAKE - KATORI SHINTÔ RYÛ IAI-JUTSU

Order on our website: https://www.budo.fr/livres/122-katori... On Amazon: https://amzn.eu/d/0f8Vbq3b At FNAC: https://www.fnac.com/a2067005/Risuke-... The Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō Ryū school is renowned for its exceptional weapons techniques and its high cultural level. This school, which is at the foundation and origin of Japanese martial arts, is known throughout the world and has maintained both a remarkable fighting style and a refined and profound civilization. In our time (which tends to lose sight of the true meaning of the art of the sword, as the school's grandmaster emphasizes in his preface), Master Ôtake's work, rooted in the great tradition of classical Japanese martial arts, constitutes an undeniable spiritual contribution. Risuke Ôtake is the most eminent expert of this school, and his technique is universally recognized as one of the purest in Japanese swordsmanship. In France, many practitioners of various martial arts disciplines identify with Katori Shintô Ryû and base their weapons training on its teachings. This book is one of the volumes of a triptych published in Japanese and English in 1977 by Master Ôtake under the title *The Deity and the Sword*, now out of print. A complete bound version, *Le Sabre et le divin*, was published in French in 1999 but is now out of print (new edition in June 2011).