The Book of Five Rings: The Way of Miyamoto Musashi Paperback – 26 Dec. 2012

Lovely introduction with history of Japan and basics of samurai,then straight into the philosophy of the way of the samurai what more could you ask for.

Still in the packaging upon arrival, brilliant condition. Thankyou!

Given as a gift and was well received

I like the artwork which adorns most of the pages. Although when reading I did find myself questioning what I hope to learn from an undefeated Samurai of so long ago. So few of my battles in life involve swordsmanship. Indeed, I'm not sure I'm allowed to have a sword let alone settle my everyday differences with it. Nobody else here has swords either, and if they do they likely have no swordsmanship skills.Miyamoto Musashi's life on the other hand seemed to be a constant stream of life or death duels. A duel for breakfast, a duel for afternoon tea and then rank and file warfare at night in command of legions. It's hard to connect to that.All I got from it was that in conflict of any kind, this man does not retreat. All of his strategies in combat seem based around this. To disregard his own death and just plow through the opponent, overwhelm them, become a force of nature. How you apply this to other fields is up to you.

Beautifully bound, was an excellent gift.

Well laid out and easy to read. Content is ok but can be contradictory at times.

Great book, deep experience, I recommend it people interested in Japanse philosophy.

Very pleased with the book which arrived today. Beautiful illustrations throughout and a quality hardback, small ding at the side of the hardback cover, but small enough that I don't care when taking into account everything else about the book.