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  • Published: 6 January 2021
  • ISBN: 9781623175030
  • Imprint: North Atlantic
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 592
  • RRP: $82.00
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Flashing Steel, 25th Anniversary Edition

Mastering Eishin-Ryu Swordsmanship



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.

An updated edition of the classic guide on the techniques, philosophy, and applications of iaijutsu—the art of self-defense with the Japanese sword.

The 25th anniversary edition of the best-selling guide to iaijutsu (or iaido) expands on the previous two editions and includes:
 
• Deeper guidance on fundamentals—preparation, etiquette, progression, sword nomenclature
• More practices and techniques, including 55 ways to deploy a samurai sword in self-defense
• Additional solo and partner exercises to develop timing, distance control, focus, etc.
• Information on defense and attack scenarios with wider applications to other martial arts
• Overview of philosophical tenants that inform ‘the warrior’s life’
• Expanded history of iaijutsu and a biography-tribute of Masayuki Shimabukuro
• Updated guidelines for promotions and tournaments

Organized into 23 chapters with black and white photographs throughout, Flashing Steel is an essential resource for understanding the philosophy and practice of the Japanese sword arts.

  • Published: 6 January 2021
  • ISBN: 9781623175030
  • Imprint: North Atlantic
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 592
  • RRP: $82.00
Categories:

About the authors

Leonard Pellman

Pellman Sensei was first introduced to traditional Japanese martial arts at the age of 14 when, in 1966, his parents enrolled him in a judo school in San Diego, California. His fascination with iaijutsu began in 1973 and he started studying with Shimabukuro Hanshi in 1991. As a senior member of the Nippon Kobudo Jikishin-Kai USA, Pellman Sensei currently heads the Indiana branch dojo of the Jikishin-Kai.