Secret Tactics: Lessons from the Great Masters of Martial Arts

This invaluable martial arts philosophy handbook presents ancient wisdom for contemporary readers.

Secret Tactics contains brilliant new interpretations of fundamental works of strategy and martial arts tactics by Miyamoto Musashi, Gichin Funakoshi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, and various martial arts tomes. It distills the crucial teachings on leadership, character and values found in those books. Readers will unlock the secrets of their art and self.

These and a dozen other essays on strategy, combat tactics, psychology, leadership, good character, and the exercise of power, make Secret Tactics an indispensable resource for students of Asian culture, martial artists, and corporate executives.

Kazumi Tabata (1943—2020) was a Grandmaster in Shotokan and Shorinji karate and a key figure in spreading Japanese martial arts in the West. In the U.S. since the 1960s, he founded and led the North American Karate Federation and the New England Collegiate Karate Conference, hosted the first Boston-Asian Festival in 1993, and authored several influential books, including Secret Tactics, Mind Power, and Warrior Wisdom.