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Kendo
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Kendo is the modern version of Japanese swordsmanship. This book focuses on kendo's philosophical infrastructure, its history and its potential contributions to personal growth. The purpose of this work is to describe the discipline of swordsmanship cultivated by the samurai in medieval and premodern Japan and to show the relevance of that discipline today.
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Index
This index includes terms found in the body of this work as well as in the footnotes but not in the endnotes. Terms are classified into categories as indicated below:
Technical Terms
Abrupt doctrine, 36, 37
Ahimsā, 33
Aikidō, 1, 6
Anātman, 3
A-ware, 85
Bandō musha no narai, 77
Bodhimanda, 14, 15
Body-mind integration, 5, 6, 7
Bō, 19, 20
Bōgu, 1, 12, 20, 64, 65, 69
Bodhicitta, 20, 23, 24
Bokken, 19
Bokutō, 19, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 62, 64
Buddha, 22, 32, 53, 55
Buddhism, ix, 6, 33, 35, 86, 105, 109
Buddhist, 1, 34, 35, 85, 89, 107
Budō, 15
Bunbu-ryōdō, xi, 103, 108
Bushi, x, 75
Bushidō, x, 29, 32, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 83, 84, 85, 88, 99, 101, 103, 107, 110
Catholic (Catholicism), 57
Chi, 29
Ch’i, 5
Chiken-in (Jñāmusti-mudrā), 25
Christianity, Christian, Christians, 57, 87, 88
Chūdan, 7 , 8, 9
Chūshinguro (seeTexts, Forty-seven Rōnin
Chu-tzu, 63
Confucian, Confucianism, neo-Confucianism, ix, 86, 88
Coup de grace, 42
Daimyō, 27, 40, 41, 42,...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- I: What is Kendō?
- II: The Impact of Buddhist Thought on the Development of Swordmanship
- III: The Development of Swordmanship
- IV: The Development of Bushidō, the Code of the Samurai
- V: The Modern Period
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Ryū Lineages
- Endnotes
- Selected Annotated References
- Selected Glossary
- Index