The Book of Five Rings
Contributors: Thomas Cleary (Translator)
Edition: New edition
Series: Shambhala Classics
Publisher: Shambhala
Published: December 12, 2000
Language: eng
Translated from: jpn
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 133
ISBN-13: 9781570627484
Subjects: Oriental martial arts; Oriental religions; Other prose: 16th to 18th centuries; Theory of warfare & military science; Swordplay; Martial Arts & Self-Defense; Eastern - General; Sports & Recreation; Business / Economics / Finance; Military; Military art and science; Eastern; Leadership; Philosophy / Eastern; Early works to 1800; Eastern - Zen; History; Military - Strategy; Philosophy; Military Science; Technology; Japan
First sentence: Martial arts are the warrior's way of life.
Description: A psychological guide to strategy applicable to business, philosophy, or martial arts, written by sixteenth-century warrior Miyamoto Musashi as a means of explaining his success as a practitioner of Japanese swordfighting, or Kendo.