Books

Recently, a new book regarding the history of kendo was released by the publishers of Kendo Nippon Magazine. The book, A Bilingual Guide to the History of Kendo, is, as its title suggests, a bilingual guide to the history of kendo. The author is Sakai Toshinobu, expert in sword history and professor at the University of Tsukuba. The English translation was done by me.

The book is comprised of a number of essays outlining the earliest sword ideals from the continent and how they were introduced and developed in Japan, right through the international situation of the art in the 21st century.They were originally published every month for two years in ...

Edited by Akazawa Takeru and Sultan Muhesen

Hardcover, A4, 418 pp
A comprehensive study of the archaeological context and the cranial, dental, and postcranial anatomy of two remarkably well-preserved Neanderthal infants from the Dederiyeh Cave, in the Jordan Rift Valley, Syria. It is fully illustrated throughout with detailed photographs and diagrams. Consisting of 16 chapters by 27 contributors, plus a short introduction and conclusion, it also includes 4 chapters from the "Neanderthal Resuscitation Project," an attempt to show what one of the 2 subjects would have looked like in life.
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By Kanazawa Hirokazu
Translated by Dr. Alex Bennett

Hardcover, 299 pp

KANAZAWA Hirokazu's autobiography, translated by Alex Bennett. One of the most influential karate masters Japan has seen, he has devoted himself to the study and promotion of karate for more than 50 years.

"The more I know, the more I climb, yet the mountain just gets higher. The more I try, the more I focus, the depth is limitless. There is no end in sight. That is karate, my life."
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