A Bilingual Guide to the History of KENDO; Toshinobu SAKAI, Alexander BENNETT

A Bilingual Guide to the History of Kendo, is, as its title suggests, is 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 Alex Bennett.

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 Kendo Nippon (2007–2009) with the accompanying English translations always done at the last possible moment. A significant amount of work went into re-jigging the English translations and the Japanese content ready for the publication of the book, but the finished product is a beauty. As the book is bilingual with Japanese text on the left-hand pages, and the English translation on the right, the content provides important reading for kendo enthusiasts who want to know more about the history of the art, and also for people who are engaged in promoting kendo outside of Japan. It may be of particular interest to people who are studying Japanese!

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