Download Autumn Lightning: The Education of an American Samurai AudioBook Free
Dave Lowry juxtaposes his singular experience as an adept scholar of kenjutsu (the art of swordsmanship) under a Japanese teacher in St. Louis with a riveting profile of the samurai traditions in Japan. Intertwining stories of the experts with reflections on his own apprenticeship in the samurai's arts, he uncovers in their time-honored methods a way of life with deep relevance to contemporary times. The effect is a remarkable, singular autobiography. Lowry catches the sense of think about and mystery which makes martial arts engaging to so many practitioners. Even those who do not practice martial arts will delight in this different coming-of-age story.
