Up for grabs!

[De_Franza]

Whoever calls it first, first POST HERE gets the book(s) sent priority mail the following week. (PM me your address)

OK?
POST here something to the effect of "Hey, I'd like that copy of Book X"
and PM me your address. (or post it if you aren't shy about it)

Standard "First Dibbs" rules apply...
Links to Amazon allow you to check out the book in detail.
Good luck!

Bushido, The Warrior's Code by Inazo Nitobe
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0897500318/qid=1112447951/sr=2-2/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_2/002-2816364-0530424

The Martial Arts Almanac by Ngo Vinh-hoi (kid's book)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/156565305X/qid=1112447989/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-2816364-0530424

The Samurai by Anthony J. Bryant
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1855329468/qid=1112448031/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-2816364-0530424?v=glance&s=books

Breathe Deep, Laugh Loudly by Judith Kravitz
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1929271018/qid%3D1112448062/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/002-2816364-0530424

Last by not least (try to contain yourself Jeff B):
Secrets of the Ninja by Ashida Kim
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0806508663/qid=1112447711/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-2816364-0530424[list]

[David Craik]

I'd like 'The Samurai'. Don't have that one.

[Rasputin]

I will call "Bushido". Sounds moderately interesting. Will PM you my address later.

[De_Franza]

scratch Bushido and The Samurai off the list!
Didn't expect such a quick response.
OSs!

[AllanJGAnderson]

I'll take "Breathe Deep, Laugh Loudly", if that's allright

[yukwon]

i would like the martial arts alminac if still available

[De_Franza]

:eek: No takers for Ashida Kim's Secrets of the Ninja??!!! :confused:

[David Anderson]

:eek: No takers for Ashida Kim's Secrets of the Ninja??!!! :confused:

How thick is this book? My desk has one short leg... :laugh:

[jabonn]

Bill, It is not because no one wants the Ashida Kim book, it's the fact that everyone has one. His works are a stable in the MA community. What collection is complete without the works of Ashida Kim?

[De_Franza]

Excellent point, Jabonn! How could I have not realized?
I actually have it in pdf format also.

[TonyU]

Bill, It is not because no one wants the Ashida Kim book, it's the fact that everyone has one. His works are a stable in the MA community. What collection is complete without the works of Ashida Kim?
Sorry, I don't have it, and my collection is fine without it.

[AllanJGAnderson]

That and the fact that no one would admit to wanting to read Ashida Kim

[Cliff Hargrave]

Maybe I will take the Ashida Kim book. I would need you to ship it to an address in New Jersey though. It would be a gift to someone so keep it quiet.

[Chrono]

I will call "Bushido". Sounds moderately interesting.

I didn't think it was. That was one of the few books I actually found hard to read. A book on theoretical physics I have was a lot easier to understand (and a lot interesting) than that.

[David Craik]

Nitobe's Bushido is an 19th century apologist explanation of 'The Samurai Code' aimed at Westerners who had never heard of such a thing. It is flawed and a little irritating, and should not be taken as gospel. But for those interested in things samurai, it deserves a place on the shelf, if only as a reference. Much like "Hagakure". Unlike Jon, I found it rather dumbed-down for Occidental consumption.

It is interesting to note that Nitobe thought that he had coined the term "Bushido" at the time the book was written. The term was virtually unknown at the time, apparently even in Japan.

[Chrono]

Nitobe's Bushido is an 19th century apologist explanation of 'The Samurai Code' aimed at Westerners who had never heard of such a thing. It is flawed and a little irritating, and should not be taken as gospel. But for those interested in things samurai, it deserves a place on the shelf, if only as a reference. Much like "Hagakure". Unlike Jon, I found it rather dumbed-down for Occidental consumption.

It is interesting to note that Nitobe thought that he had coined the term "Bushido" at the time the book was written. The term was virtually unknown at the time, apparently even in Japan.

I thought that was interesting, too. I've even read that in a couple of other places, as well.

I can see what you mean that it was "dumbed-down for Occidental consumption". However, for me, it's hard to have a reference in which I find hard to read.

[TonyU]

Maybe I will take the Ashida Kim book. I would need you to ship it to an address in New Jersey though. It would be a gift to someone so keep it quiet.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[David Craik]

Hehe...try the "T'ai Kung's Six Secret Teachings" (11 B.C.) :)


For what it's worth, I have 'Secrets of the Ninja' too. It was the coolest when I was a young'un. :laugh:

[Chrono]

Hehe...try the "T'ai Kung's Six Secret Teachings" (11 B.C.) :)


Sounds interesting. I'll check it out, if I can. And if I do, I'll let you know how much of it I understood. ;)

[David Craik]

Have fun, Jon. Stock up on coffee. Very interesting and valuable, but very difficult to grasp without constant re-reading.

Makes both 'Bushido', the 'Art of War' and Dante's 'Inferno' combined seem much like a comic strip found in a piece of Bazooka gum. Okay, that's a bit of an exagerration, but being the masochist I am I read it three times (with footnotes and discussion by obscure Chinese scholars). :eek:

[Chrono]

...but being the masochist I am I read it three times (with footnotes and discussion by obscure Chinese scholars). :eek:

Dang, David. How long did take you to read it the first time?

[David Craik]

Geez..don't remember...it wouldn't have been that long except I was doing a lot of cross-referencing and reading something else simultaneously ("Methods of the S'su Ma", a tome in it's own right). Was kind of on an ancient Asian warfare kick at the time.

[Chrono]

Was kind of on an ancient Asian warfare kick at the time.

I'll get on mine soon enough when I start Ralph Sawyer's Seven Military Classics. ;)

[De_Franza]

okay... so you're all wondering where the hell are my books?

I"m a total jackass and buried them under piles of other stuff and totally forgot to mail them this week.
I promise I"ll send them out Monday.

SORRY! :o

[David Craik]

I'll get on mine soon enough when I start Ralph Sawyer's Seven Military Classics. ;)

The texts I mentioned are included in there. Have fun!

[Chrono]

The texts I mentioned are included in there. Have fun!

Don't worry, David, I will. It'd have to be in during the beginning of summer, though. I'm still working on that paper.

[Cdnronin]

Bill, It is not because no one wants the Ashida Kim book, it's the fact that everyone has one. His works are a stable in the MA community. What collection is complete without the works of Ashida Kim?
Wellnow, while I will admit my collection is not complete, I have somehow managed to gather roughly 300 books without a single Ashida Kim, Haha Leung
or Dirk Skinner book. I will admit to a Jack Sabat book that even the salvation Army won't accept :laugh:

[David Craik]

Bill, thank you!! Just received the book today, and it looks awesome!

:bow:

[Rasputin]

Mine came today as well. I appreciate the gift and will be sure to read it, as soon as I finish what I am currently working on:

All In My Head (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0738209031/qid=1113694571/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/102-7813496-4088958)

[De_Franza]

Enjoy y'all!

[David Craik]

Mine's really cool. There's a lot of good info on various types and features of Japanese armor which I have not seen in any other English-language book. A great little reference.