Kukishin Ryu: Bojutsu Kihon (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781950959693)

Kukishin Ryu Bojutsu Kihon is the "Fundamentals of The School of the Nine Demon Gods Wooden Staff Fighting."
This book describes how to attack and defend with the six foot wooden staff used in the Kukishin School of martial arts.
This is a translation and reproduction of the first section of an instruction manual from the Kukishin School of Martial Arts, which was founded in 14th century Japan:

School of the Nine Demon Gods: Martial Arts Collection
All-Japan Self-Defense
Volume One: Bojutsu
By Koba Koshiro
Supervised by Viscount Kuki Takaharu
Published by the Society for Promoting the Shinto Religion With the Emperor as its Divine Head
Published in 1936

This volume will cover the origins of the School of the Nine Demon Gods, basic stances, basic attacks and training sequences. The second volume will cover Hanbo, Half-Staff techniques and the third volume will cover Rokushakubo, Six Foot Staff Techniques.
Each page will be reproduced on the left hand side with the English translation on the right hand side. For some techniques, the explanation and photographs are not on the same page, therefore the photographs will be reproduced again for clarity.

Author: Koba Koshiro, Eric Shahan
ISBN-10: 1950959694
ISBN-13: 9781950959693
Publisher: Eric Michael Shahan
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2024
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d