Description
Fifty years after his death, in 2022, the Year of the Tiger, a book initiated and authorized by Soke Hatsumi Masaaki will be published in German for the first time about his teacher and master Takamatsu Toshitsugu (nicknamed “Moko no Tora,” the Mongolian Tiger). In this book, filled with love and respect, we gain insight into the life of a man who was interviewed in 1963 by Japanese journalist Koizumi Shizuo (of Tokyo Sports magazine) on the subject of martial arts and ninja. The interviews, newly translated by Dr. Kacem Zoughari and extensively annotated with background information, offer the reader new insights into a time and a life that seem strange and mysterious to us… and perhaps that is precisely why so many people, especially martial artists, find it so fascinating.
