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Preface
Chapter 1 Yamanouchi Hanshi’s Kendo Study • This chapter was originally an article that appeared in the June 1984 issue of the Japanese kendo magazine, Kendo Jidai. It was an interview that I conducted with Yamanouchi Hanshi after practice one morning at Noma Dojo in Tokyo.
Chapter 2 Conversations with Yamanouchi Hanshi
Chapter 3 Seishin-kai Lectures
Postscript
Appendix 1 Kendo Note
Appendix 2 Lecture Summary
Appendix 3 I Learned Everything About Life From Kendo
Translator’s Note
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