BUDO BOOKS Special Edition

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PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER ONE Kendo During World War II

CHAPTER TWO Prewar Development

CHAPTER THREE The Postwar Period

CHAPTER FOUR Motoo Matsushita and Torao “Tiger” Mori —Two Kendoka Across the Pacific—

APPENDIX 1 Postwar Canadian Kendo Dojo/Clubs

APPENDIX 2 Canadian Kendo Club Establishments and Connections to 2000

APPENDIX 3 World Kendo Championships —Team Canada Delegation Members and Results—

APPENDIX 4 Postwar Canadian Kendo Federation Officers

APPENDIX 5 Life Events of Motoo Matsushita and Torao Mori

APPENDIX 6 Rod Nobuto Omoto (1918-2013)

APPENDIX 7 Excerpts From the Booklet Kanada no kendo ryakushi (Kendo in Canada to 1946)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

PHOTO AND MAP CREDITS

GLOSSARY

AUTHOR PROFILE

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