Episode 5 - Interview with Sword Master Shihan Dana Abbott - Part 2

Start with Part 1 of this interview here.
In part two Shihan Dana Abbott talks about the "Spirit of the Samurai". What is it, and how has it shaped Japan over the years? How does this weapon, the sword represent an entire philosophy?
Learn why Japan is such a strong country, both culturally and on an individual level. How does the "American Spirit" relate to the spirit of the samurai? Learn about the strengths that will carry Japan through its recent tsunami disaster and where those moral traditions originate and how they are passed on from generation to generation.
Be sure to check out Dana Abbott online at:
SamuraiSports.com
and
LearnTheSword.com

Episode 4 - Interview with Sword Master Shihan Dana Abbott - Part 1

Inducted into the black belt hall of fame in 2004 as weapons instructor of the year, Shihan Dana Abbott is the director of the International Sports Chanbara Association, which represents more than 160,000 members in 30 countries around the globe. He is also the founder of Samurai Sports Incorporated, a sword training company.
He speaks, in part one of this interview, about the history and development of the samurai over the millennia. Learn about government run fitness academies in Japan and how martial arts training is so fundamentally so much different than it is in the U.S. Learn about all the different types of sword arts and when and why they are practiced. Shihan Abbott also offers insight into how the traditions of Japanese sword play help benefit the health of a culture and the health of an individual.
Be sure to check out Dana Abbott online at:
SamuraiSports.com
and
LearnTheSword.com
Listen to Part 2 here.

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