Secret Weapons of Jujutsu

Paperback. By Don Cunningham. Secret Weapons of Jujutsu. Secret Weapons of Jujutsu is an essential book for any serious student of Japanese martial arts. Author Don Cunningham has compiled an amazing collection of historical photographs reproductions of paintings and line drawings. This first paperback edition of this work includes a history of hand-held samurai weapons as well as weapons that were improvised such as kanzashi (a long pointed metal hairpin worn by men and women) kogai and kuzuka (small utility knives) and shakuhachi (a bamboo flute a particular favorite of lightly armed samurai and monks). Also included are such concealed weapons as yawara (a short wooden rod) manriki-gusari (weighted chains) suntetsu (a short iron bar) and such traditional battlefield weapons as tessen (an iron war fan). About the Author Don Cunningham has studied and written about Japanese modern and traditional martial arts for more than thirty years and is a frequent contributor to many martial arts publications.

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