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# In the Dojo: A Guide to the Rituals and Etiquette of the Japanese Martial Arts

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## Customer Reviews

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    Love the easy prose and readability of the book
  

*by J***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 15, 2023*

Offers interesting dives on topics.

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    Ideal for New Students to Japanese Martial Arts
  

*by B***W on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 17, 2020*

Lowry, Dave. In the Dojo: A Guide to the Rituals and Etiquette of the Japanese Martial Arts. Boston: Weatherhill, 2006.Titled as a guide to ritual and etiquette, this work also includes elements of history and anecdotes from the life of the author. It serves as a reasonable, general overview of goings on in a dojo. Divided into 13 chapters, Lowry covers topics ranging from the arrangement of the dojo and the elements of the shrine; the roles, behaviors, and responsibilities of visitors, students, and teachers; actions in daily practice and yearly events; and uniforms and equipment. In his efforts to be broad and far reaching, the chapters themselves provide readers a cursory glance into these topics from a variety of angles, from the eyes of students of a traditional art like those of many koryu to a more modern art like Judo or Aikido.Largely, Lowry draws from his own experiences as dramatically narrated anecdotes cover the pages quite frequently. On the occasions Lowry references other sources, such as historical records from organizations such as the Kodokan, he disappointingly does not include citations, footnotes, or a bibliography. This shortcoming limits the usefulness of this work beyond a cursory overview from only the author’s perspective.Readers should expect this personal narrative style to cause sections to wander, sometimes in directions with little more than a tangential connection to the chapter heading. Down some of these rabbit trails, the tone of the work shifts away from that of a helpful guide who's been down these ways before, sometimes into the warm, soft tones of nostalgia, others into the hard, unpleasant tones of condescension. These shifts do not make the work impossible to read—indeed, at times they give the reader time to pause and reflect on their own experiences—they do not, however, add to the ease of either reading or comprehension.For readers who have spent a length of time in a Japanese budo, Lowry’s In the Dojo will largely confirm what they already learned with a few opportunities for contemplation. This work serves best as an introductory work for students new to training in Japanese martial arts. The wide ranging topics he addresses will provide signposts to help neophytes navigate the myriad of strange, new, and sometimes uncomfortable experiences of starting any budo. Perhaps most important, especially for this audience, in one form or another Lowry repeatedly notes that his experience may differ and when questions arise, students should always defer to their sensei.

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    Excellent choice/gift/suggestion for beginning Japanese martial arts student
  

*by C***M on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 12, 2010*

In the age of the Internet, much of the information in this book is available for the beginning martial arts student who is willing to surf a variety of web sites, read conflicting explanations of things, and use good judgement to weed out the sensible and believable explanations from silly traditions and urban legends.  The advantage of this book is that the beginner can get lots of information without all the unnecessary effort.The book covers traditions and etiquette in a variety of Japanese martial arts (karate, aikido, kendo, koryu...), so that it is a relevant book for almost any student of Japanese martial arts.  In fact, although most of the topics addressed are things that an experienced student is likely to have knowledge of, there are plenty of dojo where misinformation about history and tradition is passed on as fact, so it might be a helpful book for some experienced students as well.The writing is mixed.  When he is trying to explain things or sticks to facts, the author is clear and interesting.  However, sometimes he tries to be a clever essayist and this inevitably fails.  This is true of all the author's publications that I've read.  "In The Dojo" is on the whole successful.  Don't give up while reading the first chapter (a metaphorical tour of budo using the Tao of the Dojo as a theme).As far as I can tell, the information is at least as accurate as other publications.  Scholars may quibble on various points (e.g., the antiquity of sumo wrestling or whether colored belts were really used in Europe first), but the book is generally very well grounded in the author's extensive experience of traditional arts.The main drawbacks to the book, which I consider to drop its rating 1-2 stars, are the lack of citations and lack of index.  I think the author considers his writing to be a sort of isshin-denshin training in which the reader accepts the author's superior status within the martial arts world as substitution for scholarship.  But he is wrong.  Publishing is not budo training, and an author is not the reader's sensei.  By failing to give citations, the author essentially sets himself up as an alternative authority to whatever instructor a student may already have. 
  
Karl Friday







  
  
     doesn't have any problem distinguishing his roles as scholar and martial artist, why this author?  Also, the lack of index makes it almost impossible to use this book as a resource.  I found myself making my own index to the book as I read.  Very annoying.  Still, recommended for the beginning student.

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