Alex's Definitive Guide, C&C ?

[Hughes]

Hi,

I thought it might be interesting to share opinions about the holy bible. In case a second edition would be planned, perhaps augmentation would be made :wink:.

First I have to say that the book is the long awaited companion we lacked. Now every very technical and precise question has its answer (how we say this, what the name of that, etc...)

Apart from little impression mistakes (stange photos arrangment in nanahon-me section), the big missing thing is in my opinion is a Reigi section: how to behave, move in a dojo; salute terms and organisation ("seiretsu", "mokuso"...); dojo structure (kamiza, etc...); who sits how far from the door, what do we call when there is multiple senseis, etc...

The second thing is: pictures for kata

Otherwise, the book is a real reference. I have always mine in dojo, in case a peculiar question rise in the course. Thanks again to Alex for the job.

[hamish]

Inoue sensei's kendo kata book has a bit about the dojo setup, but there are so many variations that it is impossible to say 'this is the right way'.

We found when putting the book together that there was a lot more we could have put in, but a lot of the stuff you mention above is generic to Japanese budo, so its not really relevant to a work just on the practice of naginata. That'll have to wait for another book!!

We expanded the content a great deal from our original plan, so its good to hear that you are using it to its fullest.

As for kata, that's something for a separate book again, or a serialisation in Kendo World.

Thankyou for your comments, and your support.

Hamish

[Alex]

Cheers for the comments!

Yeah, I don't know how 1 page of the photos for nanahonme ended up in the reverse order!!! That will be fixed when we reprint.

There is a lot of information about required attitude and the importance of reigi, but there is no set way for what you are referring to.

As for Kata photos, we are putting together a separate Kata book at the moment with Kimura Yasuko sensei. We will let you know when it is completed.

Alex

[Hughes]

As for Kata photos, we are putting together a separate Kata book at the moment with Kimura Yasuko sensei. We will let you know when it is completed.

Another piece we'll wait impatiently!

Thanks for enlightments

[Naginatagirl]

hmm, I'd like to comment, but seeing as the book still hasn't arrived.... Even after I've email KW a thousand times, they never reply. So who am I supposed to go to? It's been more than 4 months and I'm starting to get really annoyed. This is disappointing. If I don't get a reply soon, maybe I should just ask for a refund? Seeing as they took the money so long ago and the book STILL hasn't arrived. :ermm:

[Alex]

Who are you? Believe me, if we had received mails from you, they would be replied to immediately. If you haven't received a mail from us, then we haven't received one from you. Where are you sending them?

Alex

[Kent Enfield]

Believe me, if we had received mails from you, they would be replied to immediately.I've had the same problem, but since no charge has ever been made to my debit card, I havn't been too concerned.

[Alex]

That can only mean one thing. We did not recieve your order...I wonder if you made it when our server was being changed over. A lot of stuff seemingly didn't get through then.

[Nagi David]

Well just to give you a hope, I have received mine pretty fast, and always get an answer to the mail I've send... so posting on this forum might be a good idea if you don't get a reply to emails...

[Kent Enfield]

That can only mean one thing. We did not recieve your order.Except I received the automatic "Thank you for your order . . . " e-mail.

[Alex]

It hasn't registered with our order database. We're looking into it now. About when did you make the order?

[Bruce Mitchell]

Hi to everyone here,
Please be patient with Alex and Hamish. They both have busy schedules outside of running Kendo World, and like any new company, there can be problems with their affiliates (i.e. the shipping company, or company processing their orders), but they will ensure that you get what you have ordered. And the material is well worth the wait.

I have no connection to either of them, but when I had an order problem they went out of their way to fix it and have won my loyalty as a customer.

[Oxygen]

I just want to say that I love your book, mr. Bennett! So much information :square:. I can't train Naginata myself since there is no clubs here in Norway, which is a pitty in my opinion.

Also I want to say that my boyfriend ordered two copies of the book for over 2 months ago, and since they didn't arrive, he ordered another one, the one I got now - but I don't think he has got his money back yet.

Anyways, great work!

[Nausicaä]

Hello all! This is my first visit to this site - and this thread in particular inspired me to post a message here (I was surprised to find the author of the book I've found very useful on this site!).

Although Australian, I'm currently living in Nagano pref. in Japan, and have been learning naginata here for about a year now. I really love it! I've only known naginata from the point of view of practicing it within Nagano, so it's been interesting for me to see the posts here from people who practice it around the world.

A friend informed me that the book had just been published, and was good enough to do order it online for me, so I've had it for about half a year now. I learn naginata all in Japanese, so your book, Alex, has been really good in helping me understand many things about naginata I mightn't have otherwise picked up. The Form and Theory chapter is especially interesting to me. It brings up a lot of complicated and important points (such as about the mentality of engagement) that can't really be learned through observation or understood with my level of Japanese.

I'm glad the book was made! I hope that naginata's popularity can increase.

[Nagi David]

Welcome Nausicaa,

Maybe if you train a lot we'll see you in Brussels the 1st of September 2007 for the INF world championship, as long as unfortunately Australian team needs members...

Where are you from, Sydney, Perth, Camberra...?

[Nausicaä]

Wow! Fast reply, I was just about to log off when I saw it. Thanks for the welcome Nagi David.

Actually I'm from the southernmost state - Tasmania. No naginata there I believe. According the the internet there are dojos in Sydney and Melbourne though.

Where I am I can get in dojo training time only twice a week, and I do intend to learn as much as I can while in Japan... but I'm quite sure I could only attend the Brussels 2007 as a spectator (^_^).

Naginata is very popular in Belgium?

[Nagi David]

Naginata is not very popular when you come out of Japan...:bored:
But we are doing our best to developp it... In Belgium we are around 50

[crabbi]

Hi Alex / Hamish

I sent an e-mail to you a while back re my KW Mag subscription... I haven't received a reply...

Is there any chance that your mail service is treating hotmail e-mails as junk / spam and stripping them out of your inbox (I had this problem previously elsewhere...)?

Cheers

[Paul Gray]

Just to add some more feedback on the order system...

I placed my order for Naginata: The Definitive Guide online on 12th Sept 05. My card was charged $30 on 11 November. As at 21st December, still waiting for the book.

This seems pretty much in line with other posts.

PG

[hamish]

Hi Paul,

Your order was for surface post, and from experience, this can take up to 2 months to arrive, so I wouldn't expect it to be there until some time in January.

We are looking at increasing the reliability of the system we use to send books out, but this won't affect the surface mail option, I'm afraid. We're totally reliant on the postal system once its left Singapore.

Regards

Hamish

[Paul Gray]

Thanks for the prompt update - I wasn't too worried as I knew it took a little while - just passing on the information so people realise what's involved.

Happy Christmas

PG

[paty.]

Awesome job on the book. Not sure if the KW guys have already seen this, but there's a review up on Iaido list - http://www.ejmas.com/tin/tinframe.htm. The author touches on some points that you may want to consider for future revisons.

[Paul Gray]

Just to add some more feedback on the order system...

I placed my order for Naginata: The Definitive Guide online on 12th Sept 05. My card was charged $30 on 11 November. As at 21st December, still waiting for the book.

This seems pretty much in line with other posts.

PG

Update: book arrived (very nicely packed) last week (Jan 12th) - so it takes 3-4 months by surface mail. Be patient, it's worth the wait.

PG

[Jakob Ryngen]

Faling to get a response by mailing and by sending in the order form and waiting for some months now, I ask the people who actually managed to get some copies (or a reply) - how did you do it?

[Paul Gray]

Well, posting here seemed to do the trick....

[Jakob Ryngen]

Ok, if any distrubutor reads this please contact me on naginata.kendo@budo.se as soon as possible.

[dwebb]

No response from subscribe@kendo-world.com or editor@kendo-world.com

I would like a quote on the purchase of 50 books total (12 in French) with shipping and handling both surface and air.

Thank you very much,

Deryck Webb
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[Alex]

Hi Deryck,

great to hear from you. How are things? Actually I saw and replied to the mail that you sent to editor@kendo-world.com, but it seems to have not arrived. Check you spam filter??

Anyway, to relay what I said in the mail, 50 books is great. The actual proce is $25.00/book, but goes down to $20.00 for orders over 20. Also, I'm not sure where you got the idea that we have a French version. There has been some talk of translating it, but nothing has been done about it yet.

Please, send your order to hamish@zespri.com. That will be the quickest way, and Hamish will be able to let you know about freight etc.

Cheers,
Alex

[Alex]

By the way, the same thing must have happened to you too Jakob. We are in the process of renewing our server and software, so there seems to be some problems!! God I hate computers. Anyway, please send a mail to Hamish, and he will tell what's happening. The last I heard from him, your order was already in progress...

[Jakob Ryngen]

So glad to hear from you, Alex! I was wondering if KW publishing had become nuked by terrorists mistaken you for Danes. I think it is your kendo-world mail that is out of order (as well as the budobaka). I'll send Hamish a mail to the new address right away.

Cheers,
Jakob

PS. Did I mention I wanted the books in Swedish and Lapponian? ;)

[Andrei Arefiev]

This is a re-post from the Feedback forum.

I was planning to order some books from Kendo World publications, but the 3 that I want (Naginata is one of them) are on two different order pages.

Are there any plans for bringing all the books on one order form? Or what would you suggest to me, if I'd like to make a single order?

[Jakob Ryngen]

We desperately want our books in Sweden! We have recieved no reply and no money has been taken from our account. This seems to be the only working channel - please contact me! naginata.kendo[at]budo.se