Got hold of a Kendo book from my library....

[motlive]

This was inside and thought it was pretty cool, a lot of history there, nearly 50 years.

[GPrather]

Looks like it was well loved. Write a review once your done reading it

[DigitalDowntown]

Wow, that's cool. It looks to be in decent condition too. It'd be interesting to know if some kodansha sensei in your area had checked that book out as a beginner some time ago.

[Jessica1990]

Those are awesome! Thanks for sharing.

[FastKendo]

that's nice, please write a review. It's interesting.

[dillon]

There is a Lidstone Memorial Taikai in memory of the author.

Here are some articles to shed some light on him.

http://lidstonetaikai.blogspot.com/p...i-history.html

http://www.mingshiwan.com/budojourna...t/article.html

http://www.kendovictoria.asn.au/hist...p29_chap1.html

[motlive]

Those are great articles, thanks for sharing.

[rfoxmich]

I remember reading that book a _long_ time ago...probably as an undergrad checking it out from the MSU library. It's interesting.