Samurai's Apprentice
Samurai's Apprentice

Author: David Walters

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2014-07-01

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9781500418441

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The battle of Sekigahara has just ended, where might armies clashed in order to determine who will be the next Shogun. All this seems far removed from Kami, a boy who quietly goes about his everyday life in a farm village until one day he trips over the unconsious body of a samurai hidden in the long grass. Kami saves the samurai, nursing him back to health and seeking to become his apprentice. Kami has to prove himself worthy of learning the secrets of the samurai though, and embarks upon a journey that leads him across the warring kingdoms, facing assassins and intrigue as he journeys to the capital to face the new Shogun. Through his travels, Kami must learn what it is to serve a samurai, and in his many challenges he must eventually come to understand what it means to be one.

Samurai's Apprentice Books 3 And 4
Samurai's Apprentice Books 3 And 4

Author: David Walters

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2014-09-24

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 9781502489821

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The apprentice becomes a master... Kami's apprenticeship is ending and his journey to becoming a master samurai has begun, but he is about to undertake a great journey from Osaka castle out to the furthest reaches of the samurai lands. His enemies are numerous and deadly: from ninja clans to agents of the shogun, from samurai armies to hidden traitors. With only a few friends to aid him, Kami must face his greatest challenge yet: survival.

Confessions of a Wall Street Insider, a Zen Approach to Making a Fortune from the Coming Global Economic Crisis
Confessions of a Wall Street Insider, a Zen Approach to Making a Fortune from the Coming Global Economic Crisis

Author: J. S. Kim

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2008-03-25

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 143570827X

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In August of 2007, when global stock markets plunged and gold headed to a low of $660 an ounce, many investment experts warned of an imminent drop in the price of gold to $500 an ounce. Instead, J.S. Kim told his clients to buy gold and predicted a month later that gold would reach $850 an ounce by the end of 2007. Gold hit $850 an ounce on January 3, 2007. On November 16,2007, as Wall Street firms advised their clients to "buy the dips", J.S. boldly stated, "Use rallies like the one last Wednesday where the Dow piled on 300+ points in one session to sell out if for some reason you are still heavily invested in U.S. stocks" and predicted that triple-digit losses in the Dow would soon become "commonplace." By the second week of January, the DJIA and the Nikkei 225 had both plunged more than 1,000 points while stock markets in Korea, Hong Kong, and Europe also plummeted. Learn why you shouldn't listen to the investment industry...ever. And discover how to build a fortune from the coming global economic crisis.

The Lone Samurai
The Lone Samurai

Author: William Scott Wilson

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2013-03-12

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1590309871

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An expert on samurai history paints a vivid, multi-faceted portrait of feudal Japan and Miyamoto Musashi—the legendary swordsman who wrote the classic martial arts treatise, The Book of Five Rings Born in 1584, Miyamoto Musashi was the legendary samurai known throughout the world as a master swordsman, spiritual seeker, and author of the classic book on strategy, The Book of Five Rings. Over 350 years after his death, Musashi and his legacy still fascinate readers worldwide, inspiring artists, authors, and filmmakers. In The Lone Samurai, respected translator and expert on samurai culture William Scott Wilson presents both a vivid account of a fascinating period in feudal Japan and a portrait of the courageous, iconoclastic samurai who wrestled with philosophical and spiritual ideas that are as relevant today as they were in his time. For Musashi, the way of the martial arts was about mastery of the mind rather than simply technical prowess—and it is this path to mastery that is the core teaching in his Book of Five Rings. This special volume includes supplemental material on Musashi’s legacy as a martial arts icon, his impact on literature and film, and the influence of his Book of Five Rings.

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.

In the Service of Samurai
In the Service of Samurai

Author: Gloria Oliver

Publisher: Zumaya Publications LLC

Published: 2023-07-13

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1612710557

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The samurai smelled of the sea, dripping on the ground, algae strung from his armor and an eerie green light glowing from the eye slits of his demon-mask. For the first time in his life, Toshi discovers that monsters do roam the earth. And this one has come for him. Dragged from his home and into the company of the undead, Toshi must use his skills to help the creatures holding him hostage. The alternative is to fail and become one of them. But those who do not wish his new master's quest to succeed may make Toshi one of the truly dead before they will allow him to do what only he can to help.

Saburo--The Saga of a Teenage Samurai in 17th Century Japan
Saburo--The Saga of a Teenage Samurai in 17th Century Japan

Author: Boye De Mente

Publisher: Cultural-Insight Books

Published: 2006-02-21

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 0914778250

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Male members of Japan's famous samurai class, which began evolving at the end of the 12th century, were required to undergo physical, mental and spiritual training that gave them incredible skills in a number of martial arts. By the 1600s, samurai were also expected to become versed in aesthetics, calligraphy, philosophical matters and writing poetry. SABURO-The Saga of a Teenage Samurai are true-to-life stories of a young boy who opts to become a roving shugyosha (shuu-g'yoh-shah), or samurai in training, rather than serve a feudal lord, leading him to extraordinary adventures that bring out the culture of his times. Saburo was born in the mid-1600s when the country was ruled by the illustrious Tokugawa line of shoguns who had closed the country off to foreigners except for a tiny detachment of traders in Nagasaki-and had turned their backs on Western guns in favor of the traditional sword. Each story is filled with cultural and historical facts that reveal both negative and positive elements in the lives of the samurai class, with Saburo surmounting those that are negative and eventually finding a master who explains the essence and the purpose of life. It is both an educational and an inspirational read for young people.

The Sword That Cut the Burning Grass
The Sword That Cut the Burning Grass

Author: Dorothy Hoobler

Publisher: Penguin Group

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 0142406899

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In his latest adventure in eighteenth-century Japan, fourteen-year-old samurai apprentice Seikei, with the help of a servant girl and an imperious old man, sets out to rescue the young Emperor Yasuhito from his kidnappers.

Samurai Wisdom Stories
Samurai Wisdom Stories

Author: Pascal Fauliot

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2017-04-04

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1611804132

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A collection of samurai stories of battles, strategy, conflict, and intrigue—featuring some of the greatest warriors and military leaders of the samurai era Martial artist and samurai scholar Pascal Fauliot has collected and retold twenty-eight wisdom tales of the samurai era. The tales are set in the golden age of bushido and represent the pinnacle of traditional Japanese culture in which aristocratic tastes, feudal virtues, and martial skills come together with the implacable insights of Zen. Some of the stories—like “The Samurai and the Zen Cat”—are iconic; others are obscure. They feature notable figures from samurai history and legend: military leaders and strategists such as Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu; sword masters; ronin; the warrior monk Benkei, and the ninja-samurai Kakei Juzo, among many others. These samurai stories are pithy and engaging, and include tales of battle, strategy, loyalty conflicts, court intrigues, breakthroughs in a warrior’s development, and vengeance achieved or foregone. Each tale reveals a gesture or an outcome that represents greater insight or higher virtue.

Autumn Lightning
Autumn Lightning

Author: Dave Lowry

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2001-07-17

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 0834823314

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Dave Lowry juxtaposes his singular experience as an adept student of kenjutsu (the art of swordsmanship) under a Japanese teacher in St. Louis with a riveting account of the samurai tradition in Japan. Intertwining tales of the masters with reflections on his own apprenticeship in the samurai's arts, he reveals in their time-honored methods a way of life with profound relevance to modern times. The result is a fascinating, singular autobiography. Lowry captures the sense of wonder and mystery that makes martial arts compelling to so many practitioners. Even those who do not practice martial arts will delight in this unusual coming-of-age story.