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Karate as the Art of Killing

A Study of Its Deadly Origins, Ideology of Peace, and the Techniques of Shito-Ry u

By: Masayuki Shimabukuro,Leonard J. Pellman

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Karate as the Art of Killing

A Study of Its Deadly Origins, Ideology of Peace, and the Techniques of Shito-Ry u

By: Masayuki Shimabukuro,Leonard J. Pellman

This comprehensive overview of karate connects the dots between its philosophical and spiritual foundations with its original purpose: to kill an attacker swiftly—and brutally. Prior to 1900, karate-dō was exclusively an art of unarmed self-defense. Its practice was designed for life-or-death situations—effectively, an art of killing. Here, authors Leonard Pellman and the late Masayuki Shimabukuro restore karate to its original intent. They move karate away from its popular modern-day sporting applications back to its deadly origins—and to the restraining philosophy of peace, self-sacrifice, compassion, and service to others that necessarily accompanied it. Readers will learn: • The purpose and meaning of karate-dō • The origins and major precepts of bushidō • Training methods, preparation, and etiquette • Fundamentals, spiritual power, training patterns, and analysis and application of kata • How to understand the body as a weapon With chapters on kokoro (heart, mind, and spirit), ki (spirit and energy), and the 7 major precepts of bushidō, The Art of Killing demonstrates how karate is more than a method of bringing an enemy down—it’s a philosophical and spiritual system grounded in essential lessons to guard against abuses of power. Together, the authors showcase how purity of intention matters, and how compassion and respect are the essence of karate training.

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Blue Snake Books

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1623176611

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9781623176617

Flashing Steel, 25th Anniversary Edition

Mastering Eishin-Ryu Swordsmanship

By: Masayuki Shimabukuro,Leonard J. Pellman

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Flashing Steel, 25th Anniversary Edition

Mastering Eishin-Ryu Swordsmanship

By: Masayuki Shimabukuro,Leonard J. Pellman

Revised and updated, the classic guide to the techniques, philosophy, and applications of iaijutsu--the art of self-defense with the Japanese sword. The 25th anniversary edition of the best-selling, highly acclaimed classic Flashing Steel introduces updated techniques, drills, and practices for students and practitioners of iaijutsu (or iaido). This complete essential resource on the Japanese sword arts expands on the two previous editions with additional practices, deep attention to foundational elements, and practical techniques--including 55 ways of deploying a samurai sword in self-defense. Expanded and revised, the memorial edition of Flashing Steel includes updates on promotion guidelines, tournaments, extended series of solo quick-draw exercises, and more, plus two added sets of solo techniques and three added sets of partner exercises to develop timing, distance control, angles of attack and defense, mental focus, and attitude. It provides a deep survey of fundamentals like training progression, preparation, etiquette, and proper sword nomenclature. Students will learn realistic defense and attack scenarios with wider applications to martial arts like kendo and aikido, while absorbing the philosophical tenets that inform and infuse the warrior's life with meaning and fulfillment. Organized into 23 chapters with black and white photographs throughout, this anniversary edition also includes an expanded history of iaijutsu, and an updated biography and tribute to the late Masayuki Shimabukuro, with personal anecdotes from the making of Flashing Steel that reveal his life and character.

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Blue Snake Books

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1623175046

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The Confucian Quest for Order

The Origin and Formation of the Political Thought of Xun Zi

By: Masayuki Sato

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The Confucian Quest for Order

The Origin and Formation of the Political Thought of Xun Zi

By: Masayuki Sato

Xun Zi, one of the principal thinkers of the pre-imperial period and as such still widely read, ought to appear on any reading list on Chinese intellectual history. Dr. Sato's volume deals with the origin and formation of Xun Zi’s political thought, with close focus on the intellectual activity of the Jixia Academy and its impact on this synthesizer’s theory on rituals and social norms. The author convincingly deals with the problems of textual authenticity and biography. The main part of the work treats the shift of intellectual inquiry from an argument of ethical matters to an analysis of the principle(s) of socio-political mechanism, thus showing Xun Zi as a formative synthesizer of the two main streams of early Chinese intellectual discourse.

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520

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BRILL

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9004420320

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9789004420328

日本語NOW! NihonGO NOW!

Performing Japanese Culture - Level 1 Volume 1 Textbook and Activity Book

By: Mari Noda,Patricia J. Wetzel,Ginger Marcus,Stephen D. Luft,Shinsuke Tsuchiya,Masayuki Itomitsu

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Performing Japanese Culture - Level 1 Volume 1 Textbook and Activity Book

By: Mari Noda,Patricia J. Wetzel,Ginger Marcus,Stephen D. Luft,Shinsuke Tsuchiya,Masayuki Itomitsu

NihonGO NOW! is a beginning-level courseware package that takes a performed-culture approach to learning Japanese. This innovative approach balances the need for an intellectual understanding of structural elements with multiple opportunities to experience the language within its cultural context. From the outset, learners are presented with samples of authentic language that are context-sensitive and culturally coherent. Instructional time is used primarily to rehearse interactions that learners of Japanese are likely to encounter in the future, whether they involve speaking, listening, writing, or reading. Level 1 is comprised of two textbooks with accompanying activity books. These four books in combination with audio files allow instructors to adapt a beginning-level course, such as the first year of college Japanese, to their students’ needs. They focus on language and modeled behavior, providing opportunities for learners to acquire language through performance templates. Online resources provide additional support for both students and instructors. Audio files, videos, supplementary exercises, and a teachers’ manual are available at www.routledge.com/9781138304147.

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Routledge

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100007840X

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9781000078404

Semiconductor Heterostructure Devices

By: Masayuki Abe,Naoki Yokoyama

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Semiconductor Heterostructure Devices

By: Masayuki Abe,Naoki Yokoyama

A highly technical treatment of specialized transistors. Abe examines high electron mobility transistors, detailing their physical principles, operational characteristics, and analog and digital applications. Yokoyama describes some resonant tunnelling devices: hot electron and bipolar transistors, and barriers using InGaAs-based material. Both authors are from Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. in Atsugi, Japan. A very small book for the price, and on acid paper as well. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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114

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CRC Press

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288124338X

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9782881243387

Mineral and Metal Neurotoxicology

By: Masayuki Yasui,M. Anthony Verity

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Mineral and Metal Neurotoxicology

By: Masayuki Yasui,M. Anthony Verity

Trace minerals and metals such as zinc, copper, and magnesium are accepted as a "natural" part of the human system. Interactions of some elements and/or disturbances in trace-metal or mineral homeostasis can, however, be toxic to the central nervous system (CNS). Mineral and Metal Neurotoxicology describes a wide range of basic and clinical issues

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484

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CRC Press

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1439810699

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Membranes and Membrane Processes

By: Enrico Drioli,Masayuki Nakagaki

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Membranes and Membrane Processes

By: Enrico Drioli,Masayuki Nakagaki

During the past two decades Membrane Science and Technology has made tremendous progress and has changed from a simple laboratory tool to large scale processes with numerous applications in Medicine and Industry. In this volume are collected papers presented at the First Europe Japan Congress on Membrane and Membrane processes, held in Stresa in June 1984. Other contributions to the Conference will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Membrane Science. This Conference was organized by the European Society of Membrane Science and Technology and the Membrane Society of Japan, to bring together European Scientists and Engineers face to face with their colleagues from Japan; in both countries membrane processes will play a strategic role in many industrial areas in the 1990s, as predicted by the Japanese project for Next Generation Industries and by the EEC Project on Basic Techno logical Research (BRITE). The large number of participants, of about four hundred from twenty six countries including USA, Australia, China and Brazil, the quality of the Plenary Lectures and Scientific Communications made the Conference a significant international success.

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646

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1489920196

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9781489920195

Discovery Science

10th International Conference, DS 2007 Sendai, Japan, October 1-4, 2007. Proceedings

By: Vincent Corruble,Masayuki Takeda,Einoshin Suzuki

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Discovery Science

10th International Conference, DS 2007 Sendai, Japan, October 1-4, 2007. Proceedings

By: Vincent Corruble,Masayuki Takeda,Einoshin Suzuki

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Discovery Science, DS 2007, held in Sendai, Japan, in October 2007, co-located with the 18th International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory, ALT 2007. The papers cover all issues in the area of development and analysis of methods for intelligent data analysis, knowledge discovery and machine learning, as well as their application to scientific knowledge discovery.

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308

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Springer

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3540754881

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9783540754886

Book's by Masayuki Takeda

Karate as the Art of Killing

Karate as the Art of Killing

Flashing Steel, 25th Anniversary Edition

Flashing Steel, 25th Anniversary Edition

The Confucian Quest for Order

The Confucian Quest for Order

日本語NOW! NihonGO NOW!

日本語NOW! NihonGO NOW!

Semiconductor Heterostructure Devices

Semiconductor Heterostructure Devices

Mineral and Metal Neurotoxicology

Mineral and Metal Neurotoxicology

Membranes and Membrane Processes

Membranes and Membrane Processes

Discovery Science

Discovery Science

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