The Sword of No-Sword
Life of the Master Warrior Tesshu
John Stevens
- The
- insightful
- martial
- arts
- biography
- of
- Yamoaka
- Tesshu,
- the
- larger-than-life
- samurai
- who
- founded
- his
- own
- school
- of
- swordsmanship
- and
- helped
- restore
- practical
- imperial
- rule
- to
- JapanMaster
- swordsman,
- calligrapher,
- and
- Zen
- practitioner,
- Yamoaka
- Tesshu
- is
- a
- seminal
- figure
- in
- martial
- arts
- history.
- John
- Stevens’s
- biography
- is
- a
- fascinating,
- detailed
- account
- of
- Tesshu’s
- remarkable
- life.
- From
- Tesshu’s
- superhuman
- feats
- of
- endurance
- and
- keen
- perception
- in
- life-threatening
- situations,
- to
- his
- skillful
- handling
- of
- military
- affairs
- during
- the
- politically
- volatile
- era
- of
- early
- nineteenth-century
- Japan,
- Stevens
- recounts
- the
- stories
- that
- have
- made
- Tesshu
- a
- legend.
- This
- is
- the
- book
- all
- martial
- artists
- must own.
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