A Classic Text on the Japanese Way of the Sword (Shambhala Library)
by Miyamoto Musashi
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See customer reviews on Amazon →Reading this feels like deciphering a warrior’s notebook: brief, circular, and dense with metaphor. Its value lies in reframing competition as an inner discipline—timing, rhythm, and perception become tactical tools. The limitation is its archaic, repetitive structure; practical application requires slow, patient extraction. Useful if you enjoy mining philosophical gold from cryptic texts, but likely maddening if you want clear, step-by-step methods.
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There are various Ways. There is the Way of salvation by the law of Buddha, the Way of Confucius governing the Way of learning, the Way of healing as a doctor, as a poet teaching the Way of Waka, tea, archery, and many arts and skills. Each man practises as he feels inclined. It is said the warrior's is the twofold Way of pen and sword, and he shou...
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