Budō, the martial ways of Japan

Very cool.

This really is a great book. The Nihon Budokan took years of its best articles and photos from their great monthly magazine, Gekkan Budo, which were translated by Dr. Alex Bennet, the kendoka.

See Budo: The Martial Way of Japan.

It is not inexpensive, but it is a great overview of the traditional and modern martial arts of Japan. I highly recommend it.

contents
Chapter 1 The Japanese Martial Arts
Section 1 Japanese Budō
Section 2 From Bushidō to Budō
Section 3 The Modernisation of Budō
─ The Teachings of Kanō Jigorō
Section 4 Why Study Budō?
Section 5 The Attraction of Budō
Section 6 The History of Budō in Schools
Section 7 Budō’ s Educational Potential
Chapter 2 Japanese Kobudō: The Classical Martial Arts
Section 1 What is Kobudō? Section 2 Thirty Kobudō schools
Chapter 3 Modern Budō
Section 1 Jūdō
Section 2 Kendō
Section 3 Kyūdō
Section 4 Sumō
Section 5 Karatedō Section 6 Aikidō
Section 7 Shorinji Kempo
Section 8 Naginata
Section 9 Jūkendō
Chapter 4 Budō Promotion, Research, and Educational Institutions
Section 1 Nippon Budokan Publications
Section 2 Japanese Budō Association
Section 3 National Prefectural Budōkan
Association
Section 4 Japanese Academy of Budō
Section 5 Japanese Classical Budō Association
(Nippon Kobudō Kyōkai)
Section 6 Japanese Universities with Budō
Specialist Courses
Appendix
Section 1 International Seminar of Budō Culture
Section 2 Events in Budō History Section 3 Glossary of Budō Terms
Section 4 Index

I have it in my library and agree it is a fabulous book.  You used to be able to order it through the Kendo-World website here: http://www.kendo-world.com/wordpress/?mbt_book=budo-the-martial-ways-of-japan

I did not get mine that way though....

Pricey, but it looks worth the money.