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Takamatsu Toshitsugu - the las ...
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Takamatsu Toshitsugu - the last shinobi by Tengu-Publishing
Wolfgang Ettig
The biography of a martial arts legend. Takamatsu Toshitsugu, the last shinobi, who coined the modern budo world and some associated traditional martial arts schools. In a person Takamatsu united a number of ancient combat systems and this was the Japanese Middle Ages over in modern times. Born in 1889, in a time when the whole of Japan hastily orientated itself to the newly discovered Western culture, grew up under the care of his beloved grandmother Nao and the influence of his draconian father Gishin, trained under the watchful eyes of his grandfather Toda Shinryuken, the he owes his stamina and strength. For years on perilous journeys into the vastness of Mongolia and China. Friend should bear with a man, the Takamatsu's thoughts and teachings after his death in 1972, by Japan from around the world: Masaaki Hatsumi. In competition with Fujita Seiko - the last Koga -ninja. With many previously unpublished events and Fakten.Dieses book not only describes the turbulent life of two restless men, the life as the last shinobi looked, but also gives a fascinating insight into the historical background of Japan at the turn of the Middle Ages to modern times.
