Miyamoto Musashi & Shuriken
Miyamoto Musashi & Shuriken

Author: Kanji Naruse

Publisher:

Published: 2020-09

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9781950959297

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Miyamoto Musashi, famed for his two-sword style, was a master of Shuriken. Kanji Naruse, the martial arts researcher and instructor of Negishi School Shuriken, published his book "Shuriken" in 1941. He devoted two chapters to discussing Miyamoto Musashi and his use of Shuriken. The first chapter of his surprising book discusses the origins of Musashi's Shuriken art and quotes various historical documents as well as the Okura Monument, a stone slab etched with a 1000 Kanji history of Musashi's life produced by his adopted son Iori. It also discusses Musashi's surprisingly influential connection to the famous Yagyu family and how a duel between Musashi and a member of the Yagyu family caused the Yagyu to develop new techniques to defend against an opponent throwing a Shuriken. The second chapter is Naruse's interpretation of the Shuriken techniques employed by Musashi in duels. The next chapters will look at documents related to the Chishin Ryu, New Learning School, a Shuriken school that was founded by the descendants of Miyamoto Musashi. These documents were all transcribed by the early 20th century martial artist and researcher Fujita Seiko. A section of a recently authenticated work by Miyamoto Musashi is also included. This document gives specific instructions regarding how to throw Shuriken according to Musashi. Finally, documents related to the Yagyu school mentioning Shuriken will be introduced. This book is a bilingual edition with both Japanese and English.

Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi

Author: Kenji Tokitsu

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2006-06-20

Total Pages: 547

ISBN-13: 0834824884

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A comprehensive study of the life, philosophies, fighting strategies, and works of the legendary samurai warrior who wrote The Book of Five Rings Miyamoto Musashi, who lived in Japan in the fifteenth century, was a renowned samurai warrior. He has become a martial arts icon, known not just as an undefeated dueler, but also as a master of battlefield strategy. Kenji Tokitsu turns a critical eye on Musashi's life and writings, separating fact from fiction, and giving a clear picture of the man behind the myth. Musashi's best-known work, The Book of Five Rings, provides timeless insight into the nature of conflict. Tokitsu translates and provides extensive commentary on that popular work, as well as three other short texts on strategy that were written before it, and a longer, later work entitled "The Way to Be Followed Alone." Tokitsu is a thoughtful and informed guide, putting the historical and philosophical aspects of the text into context, and illuminating the etymological nuances of particular Japanese words and phrases. As a modern martial artist and a scholar, Tokitsu provides a view of Musashi's life and ideas that is accessible and relevant to today's readers and martial arts students.

Miyamoto Musashi - The Iconic Samurai, In a Fly
Miyamoto Musashi - The Iconic Samurai, In a Fly

Author: Carlee Orman

Publisher: AJS

Published:

Total Pages: 49

ISBN-13:

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Japanese martial arts are the envy of the world. Japan has proudly gifted the world with some of the best martial arts, is home to the most legendary swordsman of the world, Miyamoto Musashi. An iconic fighter, a samurai like none other, Musashi has fought as many as 60 duels by the time he was 30 years of age, all victorious. An audacious Musashi fought his first duel when he was still a child and that too against an opponent who was an adept samurai in one of the top-most schools in Kyoto. Having fought all through his childhood and adult life, Musashi retreated to a cave to live a life of privation and isolation. It is here that he birthed the epic The Book of Five Rings. A masterpiece tome on strategic fighting and dual sword fighting techniques, it is a book that is sought after even in the modern democratic world. This is the abridged story of the legendary samurai Musashi. An enigmatic personality that walked the earth in the 1600s, inventing the technique of wielding two swords at a time, mastering the art of fighting strategically, adroit and agile, Musashi remains the unmatched samurai in the martial arts realm. Though the samurai system is obsolete today, these legendary heroes continue to live as a beacon of inspiration in young Japanese minds.

Samurai Fighting Arts
Samurai Fighting Arts

Author: Fumon Tanaka

Publisher: Kodansha International

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 246

ISBN-13: 9784770028983

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Introduces the 18 traditional Japanese martial arts and provides readers with a deeper understanding of the styles formulated in the samurai era - both those that are little known and those still being taught today.

The Book of Five Rings
The Book of Five Rings

Author: Miyamoto Musashi

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2005-01-11

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1590302486

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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.

The Complete Book of Five Rings
The Complete Book of Five Rings

Author: Miyamoto Musashi

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2010-05-11

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0834821990

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The Complete Book of Five Rings is an authoritative version of Musashi’s classic The Book of Five Rings, translated and annotated by a modern martial arts master, Kenji Tokitsu. Tokitsu has spent most of his life researching the legendary samurai swordsman and his works, and in this book he illuminates this seminal text, along with several other works by Musashi. These include "The Mirror of the Way of Strategy," which Musashi wrote when he was in his twenties; "Thirty-five Instructions on Strategy," and "Forty-two Instructions on Strategy," which were precursors to The Book of Five Rings; and "The Way to Be Followed Alone," which Musashi wrote just days before his death. Read together, these five texts give readers an unusually detailed, nuanced view of Musashi’s ideas on swordsmanship, strategy, and self-cultivation. Tokitsu puts all these writings into historical and philosophical context and makes them accessible and relevant to today’s readers and martial arts students. Tokitsu understands Musashi’s writings—and Musashi as a martial artist—unusually well and is able to provide a rare insight into the man and his historical contribution.

Miyamoto Musashi's Book of Five Rings: The Manga Edition
Miyamoto Musashi's Book of Five Rings: The Manga Edition

Author: Miyamoto Musashi

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing

Published: 2024-04-30

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1462924670

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A new manga adaptation of Musashi's legendary BOOK OF FIVE RINGS! Miyamoto Musashi is the greatest swordsman who ever lived. He is renowned for his fighting prowess and famous for having never having been defeated. Then he mysteriously disappeared at the relatively young age of 29 to meditate and study. This book tells the fascinating story of Musashi's return from isolation as he pens his great masterpiece on military tactics, The Book of Five Rings, and begins to train a new generation of Samurai warriors. The exciting events recounted in this book include: How and why Musashi wrote The Book of Five Rings, a revolutionary work that has become the most widely-read book on swordsmanship and Samurai strategy ever written The important lessons he provides including the idea of "no mind", or what we now call "flow", which involves endless practice emptying your mind of thoughts to move intuitively without thinking Musashi's school for young Samurai warriors where students flock to study with the great master and his final days as he passes the torch to a new generation and solidifies his legacy as Japan's greatest swordsman Miyamoto Musashi's Book of Five Rings: The Manga Edition is a beautifully-illustrated look at the life and legacy of Japan's greatest warrior in graphic novel form.

The Book of Five Rings
The Book of Five Rings

Author: Miyamoto Musashi

Publisher: Bantam

Published: 1992-03-01

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 0553351702

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“You can attain an understanding with which to win against ten thousand.” Toward the end of his life, the great samurai warrior Miyamoto Musashi set down the secrets of his legendary success—the timeless principles of craft, skill, timing, and spirit that result in victory. His emphasis on strategic thinking, concentration, appropriate caution, choice of weapon, and the work ethic reflects the traditional Japanese approach to life. Today The Book of Five Rings has become an underground classic in the American business community, where it is studied as a text on Japanese management techniques. At once pragmatic and philosophical, The Book of Five Rings is an enduring guide to enlightenment that enriches all aspects of life—both public and private—and provides the tools and wisdom necessary for success in any human endeavor. This acclaimed English translation was prepared jointly by a team of Western and Japanese scholars for the Nihon Services Corporation, and interpreting, translating, and business counseling service dedicated to breaking down cultural and communication barriers between Japan and the United States. This edition includes explanatory notes ad commentary on each chapter.

The Five Rings
The Five Rings

Author: Miyamoto Musashi

Publisher: Chartwell Books

Published: 2016-04-28

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0785834001

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Covers the art of war, focusing on the psychology and physics of lethal assault and decisive victory as the essence of warfare.