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- Herausgeber: David De Angelis
- Kategorie: Fachliteratur
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022
Today it is victory over oneself. Tomorrow it is victory over lesser warriors. Miyamoto Musashi is known worldwide as the swordsman, teacher and writer who wrote The Book of Five Rings and changed the way the world thinks about strategy. Take this book literally and you will learn to become a master swordsman. Take this book as a lesson in strategy and you will have a valuable set of tools to help you hone your craft and cultivate your passion. Used by those who study the art of business, politics, warfare, and even chess, this book has much more to offer than just swordsmanship. With lessons that can be applied to almost any activity, The Book of Five Rings is a classic worth studying. This legendary book has been translated into almost every language and this version for the modern reader seeks to find a new audience for those who want to learn Musashi's lessons.
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THE BOOK OF FIVE RINGS
Miyamoto Musashi
1644
Translation and Edition 2022 by ©David De Angelis
All rights are reserved
CONTENTS
ABOUT MIYAMOTO:
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 THE GROUND BOOK
The Way of Strategy
Comparing the Way of the Carpenter to Strategy
The Way of Strategy
Outline of the Five Books of this Book of Strategy
The Name Ichi Ryu Ni To (One school - two swords)
The Benefit of the Two Characters Reading "Strategy"
The Benefit of Weapons in Strategy
Timing in Strategy
CHAPTER 2 THE WATER BOOK
Spiritual Bearing in Strategy
Stance in Strategy
The Gaze in Strategy
Holding the Long Sword
Footwork
The Five Attitudes
The Way of the Long Sword
The Five Approaches
The "Attitude No-Attitude" Teaching
To Hit the Enemy "In One Timing"
The "Abdomen Timing of Two"
No Design, No Conception
The Flowing Water Cut
Continuous Cut
The Fire and Stones
The Red Leaves Cut
The Body in Place of the Long Sword
Cut and Slash
Chinese Monkey's Body
Glue and Lacquer Emulsion Body
To Strive for Height
To Apply Stickiness
The Body Strike
To Stab at the Face
To Stab at the Heart
To Scold "Tut-TUT!"
The Smacking Parry
There are Many Enemies
The Advantage when Coming to Blows
One Cut
Direct Communication
CHAPTER 3 THE FIRE BOOK
Depending on the Place
The Three Methods to Forestall the Enemy
To Hold Down a Pillow
Crossing at a Ford
To Know the Times
To Tread Down the Sword
To Know "Collapse"
To Become the Enemy
To Release Four Hands
To Move the Shade
To Hold Down a Shadow
To Pass On
To Cause Loss of Balance
To Frighten
To Soak In
To Injure the Corners
To Throw into Confusion
The Three Shouts
To Mingle
To Crush
The Mountain-Sea Change
To Penetrate the Depths
To Renew
Rat's Head, Ox's Neck
The Commander Knows the Troops
To Let Go the Hilt
The Body of a Rock
CHAPTER 4 THE WIND BOOK
Other Schools Using Extra-Long Swords
The Strong Long Sword Spirit in Other Schools
Other Schools with many Methods of using the Long Sword
Fixing the Eyes in Other Schools
Use of the Feet in Other Schools
Speed in Other Schools
CHAPTER 5 THE BOOK OF THE VOID
ABOUT MIYAMOTO:
Miyamoto Musashi (c.1584–June 13 (Japanese calendar: May 19), 1645), also known as Shinmen Takezō, Miyamoto Bennosuke, or by his Buddhist name Niten Dōraku was a famous Japanese samurai, and is considered by many to have been one of the most skilled swordsmen in history. Musashi, as he is often simply known, became legendary through his outstanding swordsmanship in numerous duels, even from a very young age. He is the founder of the Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū or Nitenryū style of swordsmanship and the author of The Book of Five Rings, a book on strategy, tactics, and philosophy that is still studied today. Source: Wikipedia
INTRODUCTION
I have been many years training in the Way of Strategy, called Ni Ten
Ichi Ryu, and now I think I will explain it in writing for the first time.
It is now during the first ten days of the tenth month in the twentieth year of Kanei (1645). I have climbed mountain Iwato of Higo in Kyushu to pay homage to heaven, pray to Kwannon, and kneel before Buddha. I am a warrior of Harima province, Shinmen Musashi No Kami Fujiwara No Genshin, age sixty years. From youth my heart has been inclined toward the Way of Strategy.
My first duel was when I was thirteen, I struck down a strategist of the Shinto school, one Arima Kihei. When I was sixteen I struck down an able strategist Tadashima Akiyama. When I was twenty-one I went up to the capital and met all manner of strategists, never once failing to win in many contests.
