Ryuchi Matsuda

Ryuchi Matsuda (松田隆智 "Matsuda Ryuchi") is the Japanese author behind "A Historical Outline of Chinese Martial Arts" [cite book |last=Matsuda |first=Ryuchi |title=Zhōngguó wǔshù shǐlüè 中國武術史略 |year=1986 |publisher=Danqing tushu |location=Taipei 臺北 |language=Chinese] and the manga "Kenji".According to Dr. Kenji Tokitsu, author and practitioner of Japanese martial arts, Matsuda is known for introducing and publicising various Chinese martial arts in Japan. [cite web |url=http://www.tokitsu.com/fr/presentation/articles/fr/lhistoire-du-karate-19-le-regard-dans-le-combat-du-kiseme/pratique-de-methode-efficace-en-combat-de-karate-matsuda-sawai.html |title=L'histoire du karaté 19 : Le regard dans le combat du kisémé |accessdate=2007-05-27 |last=Tokitsu |first=Kenji |authorlink=Kenji Tokitsu |date=1990-03-29 |publisher=Tokitsu-Ryu |language=French |quote=R. Matsuda est connu au Japon pour avoir introduit et fait connaître par de nombreuses publications différents arts de combat chinois dans le milieu des arts martiaux contemporains.]

When he was young, Matsuda learned karate and other traditional Japanese martial arts. Later he learned some Chinese martial arts such as Chen style Taijiquan, Baji Boxing, Northern Mantis Boxing, Bagua Palm, and Yen Ching Boxing. At some point he became a Tibetan Buddhist monk, and his research and writing covered both Buddhism and martial arts.cite book |author=Kennedy, Brian, and Elizabeth Guo |title=Chinese Martial Arts Training Manuals: A Historical Survey |year=2005 |publisher=North Atlantic Books |location=Berkeley, California |isbn=15-5643-557-6 |pages=61-62]

"A Historical Outline of Chinese Martial Arts" was originally written in 1979 and later revised when Matsuda lived in Taipei. It has appeared in a number of different editions in Chinese and Japanese and is one of eight books he has written on the martial arts.

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