I just thought that I should point out that Rennis Buchner, a long-term resident of Japan and practitioner of Hoki-ryu, has recently published an in-depth review of Serge Mol's latest book: Classical Swordsmanship of Japan: A Comprehensive Guide to Kenjutsu and Iaijutsu. Rennis has gone to great lengths to write a balanced review and clearly shows what an enormous amount of research is needed when writing about the koryu bujutsu schools in Japan. The Curse of Being a Generalist?: A Review of “Classical Swordsmanship of Japan: A Comprehensive Guide to Kenjutsu and Iaijutsu” by Serge Mol http://acmebugei.wordpress.com/2010/06/20/the-curse-of-being-a-generalist-a-review-of-%E2%80%9Cclassical-swordsmanship-of-japan-a-comprehensive-guide-to-kenjutsu-and-iaijutsu%E2%80%9D-by-serge-mol/ I hope you find the review as informative as I did. Sincerely, Ron Beaubien
