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CLASSICAL BUJUTSU
THE MARTIAL ARTS AND
WAYS OF JAPAN,
VOLUME 1
By
Donn F. Draeger
Weatherhill, 1973.
ISBN 978-0-8348-0233-9
Description
Evolved amid the incessant warfare of medieval Japan, bujutsu, or "martial
arts", provided the warrior with the technical and psychological
training that prepared him to use his weapons in actual combat.
Classical Bujutsu emphasizes the intensely practical nature of these
martial arts. The author describes sixteen major forms of bujutsu and
employing a variety of weapons.
Donn F. Draeger
Author
Donald "Donn" Frederick Draeger (1922-1982) was Captain in the U.S. Marine
Corps and a historian of martial arts disciplines, in which he
held a variety of expert ranks and teaching licenses. Draeger founded
the International Hoplology Society in order to study the evolution and
development of human combative behavior. Draeger gained
membership to Japan's oldest cultural organization for the study and
preservation of classical martial arts and ways, the Nihon Kobudo
Shinkokai and author of many books on fighting arts of Asia. The most significant studies of the Japanese martial tradition and
its combative systems come from the researches of Draeger. Basing his
work on first-hand experience, participant-observation, and interviews
with leading contemporary practitioners, Draeger is the first author to
present a general specific features of organization, philosophy, and training
methodology. Presented in development order Draeger's trilogy
Classical Bujutsu, Classical Budo, and Modern Bujutsu and
Budo are the most complete volumes on the Japanese martial tradition
in English. Furthermore Draeger successfully
gave lectures on Japanese martial culture at several universities.
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