Sun Tzu And the Art of Medieval Japanese Warfare

Roald Knutsen was born in 1933 of Anglo-Norwegian parents in Hertfordshire and educated at The Perse School, Cambridge, and Watford Grammar School. later, after studying Art and Design, he served as a regular in the Intelligence Corps, and followed with a successful career in graphic design and finally choreographing complex medieval combat sequences for a computer film project in England and the USA. For the past half-century, he has practised traditional Kenjutsu, kendo, Iai-jutsu and So-jutsu (the Art of the Spear) under a succession of famous masters, having menkyo-kaiden (senior master's licence) in one of the oldest transmissions of Iai-jutsu, and the rank of 6th dan renshi in Kendo. He has also studied and written extensively about the Japanese warrior traditions and aspects of Japanese history.Knutsen, Roald is the author of 'Sun Tzu And the Art of Medieval Japanese Warfare ', published 2006 under ISBN 9781905246007 and ISBN 1905246005.