Samurai The Weapons And Spirit Of The Japanese Warrior

For over thirty years Clive Sinclaire has been a member of To-ken Society of Great Britain, the oldest club in Europe dedicated to the study and preservation of Japanese swords and armour, of which he is currently the Chairman. For most of this time he has also been a member of the NBTHK (Nihon Bijutsu To-ken Hozon Kyokai), the leading study and preservation society in Japan. He began learning martial arts, specifically judo, in the 1960s, and it was this that introduced him to Japanese samurai culture and sparked a particular interest in the Japanese sword. He soon realised that a passing interest in such things was not good enough and it was necessary to examine the subject studiously and obsessively. The martial arts, particularly kendo in which Clive is 4th Dan, continue to provide a practical complement to his academic study of the Japanese sword and the peculiarly Japanese culture of the samurai. Clive has made many trips to Japan over the years with the express intention of studying good swords. This has led to the establishment of many relationships with both the living artisans and swordsmiths in the modern Japanese sword world, many of whom have given freely and generously of their knowledge and experience in this exacting area of study. He has written many articles on various aspects of the Japanese sword and is the editor of the English language magazine on the subject entitled Nihon-to.Sinclaire, Clive is the author of 'Samurai The Weapons And Spirit Of The Japanese Warrior', published 2004 under ISBN 9781592287208 and ISBN 1592287204.