Franco-Japanese Military Sabre and Bayonet

Beginning in the Meiji Restoration, Japan entered a period of intense and dynamic martial arts development, allowing, for the first time in centuries for Japanese citizens other than the Samurai class to receive combat training. This training did not happen in isolation, but involved multiple military embassies from France, which helped to train the Imperial Japanese Army from a fledgling organization scarcely capable of defending its own borders, into a force to be reckoned with on the global stage.The Japanese did not passively receive French instruction, but adapted it to their own combat theories, creating methods which became less and less "westernized" during the period from the Meiji Restoration until World War I. This book contains translations from three manuals, as well as notes and appendices to help the reader appreciate these dynamic and sophisticated fencing methods and the context in which they emerged.

ISBN:	9798771042916
Publisher:	Amazon Digital Services LLC - KDP Print US
Imprint:	Independently Published
Published date:	01 Dec 2021
Language:	English
Number of pages:	256
Weight:	345g
Height:	229mm
Width:	152mm
Spine width:	14mm

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