Shinkendo Tameshigiri: Samurai Swordsmanship & Test-Cutting Book by Toshishiro Obata Gerald Okamura it is these refinements that

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Shinkendo Tameshigiri: Samurai Swordsmanship & Test-Cutting Book by Toshishiro Obata Gerald Okamura it is these refinements thatThe second book on shinkendo written by its founder and headmaster, Shinkendo Tameshigiri focuses exclusively on tameshigiri (test cutting) its history, its current practice, the different types and purposes of tameshigiri, including shito or sword testing and its role in shinkendo. Obata soke has been instrumental in implementing and raising the standards of the practice of tameshigiri in swordmanship training worldwide, starting from his