Le son de vérité est frais et profond

Our French sensei Regine Graduel has published a nice little first novel about Kyudo. It is in French only but if you can read French and if you are interested in daily life of Kyudo practitioners in Japan, we recommend you this book you can find on Amazon.

It tells the story of a teenager girl in Tokyo. She questions her Sensei about Kyudo. Thanks to the sensei she can discover the hidden teachings of one of the oldest martial arts but, furthermore, what is the way to personal development and enlightenment. Each of her questions is a key to open her sensei's deep world.

In return, ach of his answers helps her with her first love and help her to structure herself for this delicate path to adulthood.

It is both fresh and deep.

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