About Hounded: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book One The first novel in the Iron Druid Chronicles—introducing a cool, new, funny urban fantasy hero Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and shape-shifting in his spare time to hunt with his Irish wolfhound. His neighbors and customers think that this handsome, tattooed Irish dude is about twenty-one years old—when in actuality, he’s twenty-one centuries old. Not to mention: He draws his power from the earth, possesses a sharp wit, and wields an even sharper magical sword known as Fragarach, the Answerer. Unfortunately, a very angry Celtic god wants that sword, and he’s hounded Atticus for centuries.

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Now the determined deity has tracked him down, and Atticus will need all his power—plus the help of a seductive goddess of death, his vampire and werewolf team of attorneys, a bartender possessed by a Hindu witch, and some good old-fashioned luck of the Irish—to kick some Celtic arse and deliver himself from evil. Don’t miss any of Kevin Hearne’s phenomenal Iron Druid Chronicles novels: HOUNDED HEXED HAMMERED TRICKED TRAPPED HUNTED SHATTERED STAKED.

The Deity and the Sword – Mukei Bunkazai Katori Shinto-ryu. Written by Otake Risuke, Shihan of Katori Shinto-ryu and published in 1977, this book might be well known in the koryu/kobudo community, especially within the circles of students of Katori Shinto-ryu. Each deity maintains an aspect of the world, called the deity's portfolio. Clerics should choose their Domains according to their deity's portfolio. Below is a quick list of the most common deities with their common Domains. You are encouraged to select from the ones listed for that deity. Also listed are the favoured weapon(s) for each deity.

About Hounded: The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book One This ebook edition includes a special preview of Kevin Hearne’s upcoming novel A Plague of Giants. HOUNDED Atticus O’Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and shape-shifting in his spare time to hunt with his Irish wolfhound. His neighbors and customers think that this handsome, tattooed Irish dude is about twenty-one years old—when in actuality, he’s twenty-one centuries old. Not to mention: He draws his power from the earth, possesses a sharp wit, and wields an even sharper magical sword known as Fragarach, the Answerer. Unfortunately, a very angry Celtic god wants that sword, and he’s hounded Atticus for centuries.

Now the determined deity has tracked him down, and Atticus will need all his power—plus the help of a seductive goddess of death, his vampire and werewolf team of attorneys, a bartender possessed by a Hindu witch, and some good old-fashioned luck of the Irish—to kick some Celtic arse and deliver himself from evil. Don’t miss any of Kevin Hearne’s phenomenal Iron Druid Chronicles novels: HOUNDED HEXED HAMMERED TRICKED TRAPPED HUNTED SHATTERED STAKED.

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Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū (天真正伝香取神道流) (天眞正傳香取神道流) Foundation Founder (飯篠 長威斉 家直, c.1387–c.1488) Date founded c.1447 Period founded Middle (1336–1573) Location founded Current information Current headmaster Yasusada Iizasa (飯篠 修理亮 快貞 Iizasa Shūri-no-Suke Yasusada, born c.20th century) Current headquarters Arts taught Art Description Sword art Art of drawing the sword Ryōtōjutsu ( 両刀術) Art of using both long and short swords simultaneously(thesaurus) Staff art art Spear art Spike throwing art Unarmed art Ancestor schools None identified Descendant schools. This section does not any. Unsourced material may be challenged and. (October 2011) Foundation Iizasa Ienao (飯篠 長威斎 家直 Iizasa Chōi-sai Ienao, c.1387 – c.1488) was a respected and whose was deposed, encouraging him to relinquish control of his household to conduct purification rituals and study martial arts in isolation. Iizasa was born in the village of Iizasa in. When he was young, he moved to the vicinity of the famous Katori Shrine, a venerable institution northeast of Tokyo in modern-day Chiba Prefecture.

The Katori Shrine enjoys a considerable martial reputation; the Shrine's, 経津主神 ( Futsunushi no kami) being revered as a spirit of swordsmanship and martial arts. After studying swordsmanship he went to Kyoto, where, according to most authorities, he was employed in his youth by the eighth, (1436–1490), a devotee of the martial arts.

Iizasa was later known as Yamashiro no Kami (governor of ) in accordance with a practice of Muromachi times, whereby noted warriors took old court titles. Later on in his life, Iizasa became a Buddhist lay monk and was known as Chōi-sai, sai being a character that many noted swordsmen chose for their sword name. When Chōi-sai returned home, he offered prayers to the deities of both Katori Shrine and, the latter being a famous local shrine in nearby, where shrine officials themselves reputedly practised a form of swordsmanship, called 'Hitotsu no Tachi' (the solitary sword). Even today the Kashima Shrine training hall attracts practitioners from around the world, and the chief object of interest for visitors is the shrine's sacred sword. Supplementing his considerable skills with assorted weaponry, Chōi-sai was also an expert in Musō Jikiden ryū yawaragi, holding the position of seventh Headmaster in the history of that ryū.

Legend says at the age of 60 Chōi-sai spent 1000 days in Katori Shrine practising martial techniques day and night, until the of the shrine, (経津), appeared to him in a dream and handed down the secrets of martial strategy in a scroll named Mokuroku Heiho no Shinsho. He called his swordsmanship style derived from this miraculous dream the Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū, the 'Heavenly True, Correctly Transmitted Style of the Way of the God of Katori'. This legend is typical of martial arts Ryūha and other cultural forms as well. Ryūha founders often attributed their mastery to magical teachings transmitted by Shinto or Buddhist deities, by long-dead historical figures like, or by legendary supernatural creatures such as the, Japanese commonly depicted with a long red nose. Iizasa's Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū, thus presumably linked to the sacred tradition of both Katori and Kashima Shrines, was transmitted through his own family. Watatani, Kiyoshi (1967). Zusetsu Kobudōshi, Tokyo.

Sugino, Yoshio (2016). Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu: Budo Kyohan, Ulf Rott. Otake, Risuke (2007). Katori Shinto-ryu: Warrior Tradition. Ōtake, Risuke (2007).

Katori Shinto-ryu: Warrior Tradition, Koryu Books. (A total revamp of The Deity and the Sword, combining all 3 volumes into one re-translated and edited book with additional material. However, with far fewer photographs per kata as compared to the original 3 volumes.

Similarly, all the original English explanatory notes and guidelines relating to each of the kata have been removed.). Amdur, Ellis (2002).

Old School: Essays on Japanese Martial Traditions, Edgework. Further reading.

Amdur, Ellis (2002). Old School: Essays on Japanese Martial Traditions, Edgework, p. 21-45. Draeger, Donn F. The Martial Arts and Ways of Japan series, 3 volumes. Friday, Karl F (1997).

Legacies of the Sword, the Kashima-Shinryu and Samurai Martial Culture, University of Hawaii Press, p. 26 & 93,. Hall, David Avalon. Marishiten: Buddhism and the warrior Goddess, Ph.D. Dissertation, Ann Arbor: University microfilms, p. 274-292. Hurst III, G.

Cameron (1998). Armed Martial Arts of Japan, Swordsmanship and Archery, Yale University Press, p. 46-49 & 58,.

Mol, Serge (2001). Classical Fighting Arts of Japan, A Complete Guide to Koryu JuJutsu, Kodansha International, p. 43 & 151,. Otake, Risuke (1977). The Deity and the Sword - Katori Shinto-ryu Vol. 1, Japan, Japan Publications Trading Co. (Original Japanese title for all three volumes in this series is Mukei Bunkazai Katori Shinto-ryu).

Otake, Risuke (1977). The Deity and the Sword - Katori Shinto-ryu Vol. 2, Japan, Japan Publications Trading Co.

Otake, Risuke (1977). The Deity and the Sword - Katori Shinto-ryu Vol. 3, Japan, Japan Publications Trading Co. Otake, Risuke (2016). Strategy and the Art of Peace: Tenshinshō-den Katori Shintō-ryū (English Edition).

Nippon Budokan Foundation. Ratti, Oscar & Westbrook, Adele (1973). Secrets of the Samurai, A Survey of the Martial Arts of Feudal Japan, Charles E.

Skoss, Diane (editor) (1997). Koryu Bujutsu, Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan, Koryu Books, vol 1,. Skoss, Diane (editor) (1999). Sword & Spirit, Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan, Koryu Books, vol 2, p. 67-69. Skoss, Diane (editor) (2002).

Keiko Shokon, Classical Warrior Traditions of Japan, Koryu Books, vol 3,. Sugino, Yoshio & Ito, Kikue (1977). Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryu Budo Kyohan (A Textbook of Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryu Martial Training; originally published in 1941). Warner, Gordon & Draeger, Donn F.

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