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The Book of Five Rings

A Classic Text on the Japanese Way of the Sword

Miyamoto Musashi

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Description

The Book of Five Rings (1643) is one of the most insightful texts to have ever been written about the nature of confrontation. Penned by a wandering samurai in seventeenth-century Japan, it’s a timeless study of the mindset of the warrior – literal and figurative.

Who Should Listen

  • Martial artists
  • Strategists  
  • Leaders

About the Authors

Miyamoto Musashi was born in 1584. Renowned in his own time as a swordsman and teacher, he fought and won 60 duels before his retirement. Shortly before his death, he retreated to a mountain cave to compose the work for which he’s remembered – a study of the arts of war. Musashi died in 1645 at the age of 60.