Ebook: A Book of Five Rings (Go Rin no Sho)

Go to top; INTRODUCTION; 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; 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.;The Book of Five Rings (Go Rin No Sho) is a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general, written by the samurai warrior Miyamoto Musashi circa 1645. It is considered a classic treatise on military strategy, much like Sun Tzu's The Art of War and Chanakya's Arthashastra. There have been various translations made over the years, and it enjoys an audience considerably broader than only that of martial artists: for instance, some business leaders find its discussion of conflict and taking the advantage to be relevant to their work. The modern-day Hyoho Niten Ichi-ryu employs it as a manual of.