Kukishin Ryu Bojutsu Kihon is the "Fundamentals of The School of the Nine Demon Gods Wooden Staff Fighting."This book describes how to attack and defend with the six foot wooden staff used in the Kukishin School of martial arts.This is a translation and reproduction of the first section of an instruction manual from the Kukishin School of Martial Arts, which was founded in 14th century Japan: School of the Nine Demon Gods: Martial Arts CollectionAll-Japan Self-DefenseVolume One: BojutsuBy Koba KoshiroSupervised by Viscount Kuki TakaharuPublished by the Society for Promoting the Shinto Religion With the Emperor as its Divine HeadPublished in 1936 This volume will cover the origins of the School of the Nine Demon Gods, basic stances, basic attacks and training sequences. The second volume will cover Hanbo, Half-Staff techniques and the third volume will cover Rokushakubo, Six Foot Staff Techniques. Each page will be reproduced on the left hand side with the English translation on the right hand side. For some techniques, the explanation and photographs are not on the same page, therefore the photographs will be reproduced again for clarity.
