Defining Shugendo: Critical Studies on Japanese Mountain Religion Book by Andrea Castiglioni

Defining Shugendo: Critical Studies on Japanese Mountain Religion Book by Andrea CastiglioniDefining Shugendo brings together leading international experts on Japanese mountain asceticism to discuss what has been an essential component of Japanese religions for more than a thousand years. Contributors explore how mountains have been abodes of deities, a resting place for the dead, sources of natural bounty and calamities, places of religious activities, and a vast repository of symbols. The book shows that many peoples have chosen them as

Bojutsu (staff) kata

Attack with superspeed while maintaining Maai

Shinkage-ryu originated from Honshin-ryu and flourished under the leadership of the eighth master

-Attacking the butterfly guard

The practice of martial arts should not revolve around a community rivalry between one or another martial art

Length: 77 min

then live combat the next

and shows you the ways to expand your skills beyond the physical

Continuous Flow Drills

Drill 6: Street Sparring

immovable stance

Length: 117 min