Spring Wind is the story of the Japanese fighting arts. It traces
the rise and fall of the samurai as they learn to fight with bows
and arrows, with swords and with their bare hands. We discover how
these warrior skills were transformed into karate, judo, aikido and
kendo during the twentieth century. The book explores the role
played by the martial arts in the Second World War and explains how
they recovered from that disastrous period to boom once again in
the post war decades. At the heart of this sweeping historical
survey are some of the greatest and most fascinating characters in
Japanese history: Miyamoto Musashi, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Yamaoka
Tesshu, Jigoro Kano, Gichin Funakoshi and Morihei Ueshiba.
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