Often used to explain Japanese business competition, The Book of Five Rings is more properly a definitive treatise on mortal combat from one of Japan’s most formidable warriors, the martial arts luminary Miyamoto Musahi. Famed martial artist Steve Kaufman has translated this classic without the usual commercial bias, driving straight to the heart of Musahi’s incisive martial arts strategems. The result is an enthralling combination of powerful technical wisdom and the philosophical elucidation offered to martial artists by Buddhism, Shintoism, Confucianism, and Taoism. Moving through the metaphor of the Four Elements from fundamentals of physical practice and strategy to an offering of Zen wisdom on the 'way' of nature, The Book of Five Rings is as profound and important a book on martial arts as you will find.

255 x 140mm.

106pp

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