Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Recommended Reading: Modern Bujutsu & Budo (Martial Arts & Ways of Japan, Vol.3)

This is the final book in the Martial Arts & Ways of Japan series written by the late Donn Draeger. It covers the modern martial arts that evolved from the earlier martial disciplines mentioned in Classical Bujutsu and Classical Budo. Covering arts like judo, karate-do, aikido, kendo, iaido, and others, Modern Bujutsu & Budo is important reading for anyone interested in tradtional Japanese martial arts.

This three volume series established Donn Draeger as perhaps the ultimate Western authority on the history and evolution of koryu bujutsu and modern budo.