Title: Disappointing
Product review: "Slash & Thrust" by this same author was better -- even though there were a few minor errors, it contained a lot of useful information for the novice."Blade Master", however, was a disappointment. Very few illustrations, longwinded and dull text, and the few illustrations provided were not easy to understand. The author purports to go into various methods of cutting and thrusting in far more detail than his first book, but he sticks to the 6 basic moves from the first book and barely expands upon the concepts at all.Sanchez provides details for constructing several simple training targets for cutting drills (basically, a strip of newspaper hanging from a string, a thread, and a tightly rolled newspaper), which may be useful for some. His chapter on "Deviant Styles" briefly discusses how some people tend to attack with a knife, and weaknesses he has observed which may be exploited.With a title like "Blade Master" I expected far more than this thin book provided.
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