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A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy

Description: To learn a Japanese martial art is to learn Zen, and although you can't do so simply by reading a book, it sure does help—especially if that book is ‘A Book of Five Rings.’ One of Japan's great samurai sword masters penned in decisive, unfaltering terms this certain path to victory, and like Sun Tzu's ‘The Art of War,’ it is applicable not only on the battlefield, but also in all forms of competition. Always observant, creating confusion, striking at vulnerabilities—these are some of the basic principles. Going deeper, we find suki, the interval of vulnerability, of indecisiveness, of rest, the briefest but most vita ... (more)
Manufacturer: Overlook Hardcover
Release date: 16 September 1974
ISBN-10 : 0879510188 | ISBN-13: 9780879510183
Tags: Buddhism (1), Zen (1), Spirit (1)
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