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Peter Goldsbury · 04-07-2013, 02:10 AM

I have the book and it is a good complement to Watatani & Yamada's Bugei Ryuha Daijiten for those who cannot read Japanese. However, I am curious about his sources for aikido, in addition to Watatani & Yamada. He lists Ellis Amdur and Stan Pranin, but his discussion of oshikiuchi, as allegedly taught by Saigo Tanomo to Sokaku Takeda suggests that he relied on other sources. Finally, the number of misprints suggests that the editing was not as good as it should have been.

04-07-2013, 02:10 AM	#2
Peter Goldsbury Dojo: Hiroshima Kokusai Dojo Location: Hiroshima, Japan Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,308 Offline	Re: _Encyclopedia of Japanese Martial Arts_ by David A. Hall I have the book and it is a good complement to Watatani & Yamada's Bugei Ryuha Daijiten for those who cannot read Japanese. However, I am curious about his sources for aikido, in addition to Watatani & Yamada. He lists Ellis Amdur and Stan Pranin, but his discussion of oshikiuchi, as allegedly taught by Saigo Tanomo to Sokaku Takeda suggests that he relied on other sources. Finally, the number of misprints suggests that the editing was not as good as it should have been. Last edited by Peter Goldsbury : 04-07-2013 at 02:13 AM.
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