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Forza The Samurai Sword Workout: Kick Butt and Get Buff with High-Intensity Sword Fighting Moves |  | Author: Ilaria Montagnani
Publisher: Ulysses Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 78138
Media: Paperback
Pages: 100
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6.9 x 0.4
ISBN: 1569754780
Dewey Decimal Number: 613
EAN: 9781569754788
ASIN: 1569754780
Publication Date: July 15, 2005
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Readers tired of the same old workout moves can grab a sword (a broomstick and some imagination will do!) and slice, chop, and thrust their way into great shape. In Forza The Samurai Sword Workout, top New York trainer Ilaria Montagnani transforms ancient Japanese sword fighting techniques from kendo and aikijujitsu into a supercharged fitness program. Specially designed to work the whole body, Montagnani's program teaches precise striking movements that shape the upper and lower body while building strength. Forza The Samurai Sword Workout is also a fantastic cardiovascular workout as various movements are strung together into movie-like, choreographed fighting sequences performed at high speed. The book includes a resource section explaining how and where to purchase various workout swords, including steel, wood, and weighted plastic.
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 A good basic guide to working out with a wood sword. June 30, 2009
Joseph J. Truncale (Chicago, Il)
I admit to being a little envious of seeing this book published when I wrote a manual for my own class more than 12 years ago, titled Samurai Aerobics: The Kenjutsu Workout. I even registered the name with the State of Illinois. Nevertheless, I can still be objective when reviewing this book. This book is well written and the photographs are clear. The book is well organized and the grip she shows holding the sword is correct. Like the author I have also been involved in numerous martial arts, including Kendo and Kenjutsu before creating my own program. The difference is that I first made sure the students understood the basic use of the Bokken(wood sword). I strongly feel that learning how to use the sword from merely reading a book can be difficult. This book should be used in conjunction with actual hands-on training with an instructor of kendo or kenjutsu. In my manual I cover the basic sword cuts I learned in my kenjutsu and kendo classes, but it was done to music while doing from fifty to one hundred cuts per sword position. In conclusion, this is an interesting book and training with a sword can give you a good workout. Rating: 3 stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Samurai Aerobics: The Kenjutsu Workout, Karate Self-Defense Techniques, The Monadnock Defensive Tactics System, PR-24 Baton Advanced Techniques, Use of the Wakizashi)
 Forza: The Samurai Sword Workout June 22, 2008
Eric Torres (Puerto Rico)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I purchased this book along with a DVD of the same title, expecting it to have some direct relation to the DVD. Aside from its being from the same author and the use of the same equipment, it didn't. I suppose it lived up to its title, but it was very disappointing.
 Swordwork. December 9, 2007
Richard Polillo (Spokane, WA United States)
The sequenced patterns are excellent to develop fluidity and dexterity with the bokken. Take her suggestion of using music when moving through the patterens it adds a nice touch to the flow. Aikidoka who are familiar with the basic stances and cuts will appreciate the pattern linkages.
A workout August 23, 2007
Aaron Schlesinger (New York, NY USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Doing the cuts and practices as instructed by the book can be quite the workout when you focus on the correctness of your motions, and doing them slowly can make it very rigorous.
Save your money, buy cat food instead July 27, 2007
Alexander J. Kaznica (Newark, DE USA)
13 out of 15 found this review helpful
As a student of Itto Tenshin Ryu Kenjutsu (a classical Japanese sword fighting technique used by samurai) I must state that this book is a grotesque-horrible bastardization of samurai swordsmanship. Not to mention, you are most certainly going to get yourself hurt if you try to do what is described in this book.
Even as a cardio-workout, you are going to tare your body up. Why? the exercises in this book do not match the proper footwork with the appropriate cuts. Also, this type of moment combined with the hyper extension of the body displaces your center of gravity and will unevenly load your joints. An Olympic gymnast may be able to do this workout, but that does not make it right, and especially not right for someone trying to get into shape.
If you are a practitioner of the Japaneses sword and want a good laugh; then, by all means buy this book. You will laugh so hard you will commit seppuku.
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