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Dave Lowry is an American writer best known for his articles, manuals and novels based on Japanese martial arts.

A student of Japanese martial arts since 1968, when he began studying Yagy? Shinkage-ry? kenjutsu under Ryokichi Kotaro of the Nara Prefecture of Japan, he has also studied Shint? Mus?-ry?, as well as karate, aikido, and Kodokan judo.

He has a degree in English, and has written about a variety of topics related to bud?, the Japanese concept of the "martial way." He has written training manuals on use of weapons such as the bokken and jo, a few novels centered on the lifestyle of the bud?ka (one who follows the martial way), and countless articles on martial practices and traditional Japanese philosophy. He has been a regular columnist for Black Belt magazine since 1986, where he writes on the traditional arts.

He has written almost 20 books, primarily on the martial arts.

He has also held positions as a published restaurant critic.

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