A Path into the Mountains: Shugendo and Mount Togakushi Book by Caleb Swift Carter cf-size-s renowned for its numerous achievements

renowned for its numerous achievements in full-contact karate and other disciplines

Featuring demonstrations and explanations of powerful finishing techniques

Obata Toshishiro is the founder and headmaster of Shinkendo Japanese swordsmanship

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With its ability to transition seamlessly between a wide variety of techniques and its unparalleled effectiveness

A Path into the Mountains: Shugendo and Mount Togakushi Book by Caleb Swift Carter cf-size-s renowned for its numerous achievementsShugend has been an object of fascination among scholars and the general public, yet its historical development remains an enigma. This book offers a provocative reexamination of the social, economic, and spiritual terrain from which this mountain religious system arose. Caleb Carter traces Shugend through the mountains of Togakushi (Nagano Prefecture), while situating it within the religious landscape of medieval and early modern Japan. His is the