Miyamoto Musashi

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The Art of War & the Book of Five Rings

Miyamoto Musashi; Sun Tzu

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The Samurai Series: The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure -the Way of the Samurai, & Bushido - the Soul of Japan

Miyamoto Musashi; Inazo Nitobe; Yamamoto Tsunetomo

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A Book Of Five Rings: The Classic Text Of Principles, Craft, Skill, And Samurai Strategy That Changed The American Way Of Doing Business

Miyamoto Musashi

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Go Rin No Sho: A Book

Miyamoto Musashi

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The Book of Five Rings: Miyamoto Musashi

Miyamoto Musashi; D. E. Tarver; Miyamoto¢¢¢¢ Musashi

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The Book Of Five Rings

Miyamoto Musashi; Thomas F. Cleary; Munenori Hyoho Kadensho Yagyu

The Book of Five Rings is one of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture. Written not only for martial artists but for anyone who wants to apply the timeless principles of this text to their life, the book analyzes the process of struggle and mastery over conflict that underlies every level of human interaction.
The Book of Five Rings was composed in 1643 by the famed duelist and undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi. Thomas Cleary’s translation is immediately accessible, with an introduction that presents the spiritual background of the warrior tradition. Along with Musashi’s text, Cleary translates here another important Japanese classic on leadership and strategy, The Book of Family Traditions on the Art of War by Yagyu Munenori, which highlights the ethical and spiritual insights of Taoism and Zen as they apply to the way of the warrior.

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Other editions: Hardcover - 2002, Softcover - 1994, Softcover - 1993, Softcover - 1992, Hardcover - 1992, 1990, Softcover - 1982, Softcover - 1982, Softcover - 1982

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A Book of Five Rings

Miyamoto Musashi; Munenori Hyoho Kadensho Yagyu

THE BOOK OF FIVE RINGS is one of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture. Written not only for martial artists but for anyone who wants to apply the timeless principles of this text to their life, the book analyzes the process of struggle and mastery over conflict that underlies every level of human interaction. THE BOOK OF FIVE RINGS was composed in 1643 by the famed duelist and undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi. Thomas Cleary's translation is immediately accessible, with an introduction that presents the spiritual background of the warrior tradition. Along with Musashi's text, Cleary translates here another important Japanese classic on leadership and strategy, THE BOOK OF FAMILY TRADITIONS ON THE ART OF WAR by Yagyu Munenori, which highlights the ethical and spiritual insights of Taoism and Zen as they apply to the way of the warrior.

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Other editions: 1974, Softcover - 1974

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The Martial Artist's Book of Five Rings: The Definitive Interpretation of Miyamoto Musashi's Classic Book of Strategy

Miyamoto Musashi; Steve Kaufman; Hanshi Steve Kaufman

Miyamoto Musashi's The Book of Five Rings is well known as a book of strategy and has been used by many as a means to understand contemporary Japanese business. However, Musashi himself was not a business person but a martial artist - the greatest warrior Japan has ever known - and the Five Rings was his definitive treatise on mortal combat. The Martial Artist's Book of Five Rings interprets this classic book specifically for the martial artist as it was originally intended. It explains the truths necessary for a full understanding of Musashi's message in depth and undiluted by a businessman's bias. The result is an enthralling treatise on martial strategy that combines a warrior's instincts with the philosophies of Buddhism, Shintoism, Confucianism, and Taoism. Like the original, this new interpretation is divided into five sections. The Book of Earth lays the groundwork for the study; Water explains attitudes of warriorness through an understanding of strategy; Fire teaches fighting based on the Earth and Water principles; Wind describes the differences in Musashi's own style and the styles of other schools; and the Book of No-thing describes the "way" of nature as being understood through "unthinking" conceptions.

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