Samurai Strategies For Fencers - Couverture souple

Rabot, Quincy Day

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1739396618 ISBN 13 : 9781739396619

Editeur : The Swordsman's Books, 2020

Synopsis

This book will transform your understanding of fencing—and improve the way you actually fence. If you think you know fencing, it’s time to read this book, which holds the distilled essence of East Asian strategy. It’s different, but practical.Western writings focus on techniques and their combination into tactics. The Samurai texts assume that you know techniques and tactics. They focus on strategy.Sun Tzu’s classic, The Art of War, famously you know yourself, and know your opponent, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself, and not your opponent, then for every victory, you will suffer a defeat. If you know neither yourself nor your opponent, you will succumb in every battle.The focus on the opponent is not present in most Western fencing texts.What you will learn from centuries of authentic Samurai experience and the insights of modern martial arts practitioners.

• “Western” physical and neuropsychological bases of combat sport
• The “combat mind”
• The four components of victory
• How to know the opponent and create opportunities for victory
• The kinds of opponents•Strategies for different opponents
• Practical applications of strategic concepts in fencing
• Barriers. Mysteries. Misunderstandings

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Swordsman's Books
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1739396618
• ISBN 13: 9781739396619
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 225
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