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    Default The Complete Martail Arts of Japan Volume One: Gekken

    http://jinenkanhonbu.blogspot.jp/201...f-japan_5.html

    The above link goes to my blog post about this project. Originally published in 1898. Fully illustrated, the entire book is reproduced and translated.
    Totally awesome!

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    Pretty cool - did you do it all on CreateSpace?

    Lance Gatling
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    Yeah, it totally sucks compared to lulu.com but it makes it available to a much wider audience.
    The books still come out looking great, just the upload user interface is kinda low tech
    Last edited by Meitetsu; 5th April 2014 at 23:56. Reason: forgot some stuff

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    You going to translate the others, too?

    LGatling

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    Quote Originally Posted by LGatling View Post
    You going to translate the others, too?
    Actually, I have already translated them. I just have to transfer my written translation to the computer and add in the images....which takes almost as long as translating it...

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    Default Great books

    Well, I don't know if these books are well known outside Japan but they were some of the first comprehensive martial arts books in Japan, combining descriptions of a number of arts. I think they're great.

    Why do you post the Table of Contents?

    LGatling

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