Using specially commissioned step-by-step photographs and drawing on the expertise of many highly-qualified practitioners, this superb book looks in detail at each discipline ? its history and philosophy, the basic etiquette, important warm-up exercises, the most popular techniques and some of the more advanced moves.
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Fay Goodman is internationally qualified to a very high level in many martial arts and is a leading exponent of shinto ryu (8th-dan) and iaido (6th-dan). In 1995 she was awarded the gold medal at the European Iaido championships, and today she is one of the highest graded female martial art experts in the world. She features regularly on television and radio and has completed a series on martial arts for television. Her previous publications include Beating Crime in Your Business and Be Streetwise.
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