Rencontres extraordinaires - Kuban Sylvain Guintard

For twelve years, Kùban Sylvain Guintard, an expert in martial art who became a monk, traveled through traditional Japan and met various masters. From these moments of exception is born this journey notebook punctuated by EXTRAORDINARY MEETINGS. All the great personalities of the martial arts are not there, but all those who are there are unusual beings whom the enlightened vision of the warrior monk has revealed. From ancient jujitsu, through the art of saber, from traditional karate to the contemporary arts of Mixed Martial Art, it is a whole initiatory panorama that this passionate culture of Japan offers you. Among the fearsome warriors of the shadows, traditional masters or experts of modern fighting arts, you will find in these pages : Saiko Fujita, Yumino Nawa, Toshimichi Yagyu, Fumon and Midori Tanaka, Mr. Matsuoka, Gozo Shioda, Miyako Fujitani, Gogen Yamaguchi, Mashihiro Nakamoto, Kenzo Mabuni, Seishi Horibe, Andy Hug, Yuki Nakai Masakatsu Funaki, Yoshimoto Togashi, Hirokazu Hazama, Daikaku Chodoin, Masayasu Sugihara and Nariharu Kuramoto. Paperback. 222 pages. (In french) 23 cm x 15,5 x 1,5 cm