Title: The Complete Book of Five Rings Pdf
The Complete Book of Five Rings is an authoritative version of Musashi's classic The Book of Five Rings, translated and annotated by a modern martial arts master, Kenji Tokitsu. Tokitsu has spent most of his life researching the legendary samurai swordsman and his works, and in this book he illuminates this seminal text, along with several other works by Musashi. These include "The Mirror of the Way of Strategy", which Musashi wrote when he was in his 20s; "Thirty-five Instructions on Strategy", and "Forty-two Instructions on Strategy", which were precursors to The Book of Five Rings; and "The Way to Be Followed Alone", which Musashi wrote just days before his death.
Heard together, these five texts give listeners an unusually detailed, nuanced view of Musashi's ideas on swordsmanship, strategy, and self-cultivation. Tokitsu puts all these writings into historical and philosophical context and makes them accessible and relevant to today's listeners and martial arts students. Tokitsu understands Musashi's writings - and Musashi as a martial artist - unusually well and is able to provide a rare insight into the man and his historical contribution.
Wisdom for all ages I can't imagine how hard it was to translate this book into English. But this timeless in formation is outstanding and required reading along with Sun Tzu.The translator takes great pains to explain his approach to the original work The translator takes great pains to explain his approach to the original work, since there are so many other versions of this text. He spends substantial time expounding on his word choices, how they're reflective of the original 'context' but also take into account the speech & vernacular of current times. Truth be told, some further adjustments could be made utilizing more precise English vocabulary.All that said, the majority of the work is well presented and representative of the (original) author's views. There is both knowledge and wisdom contained in the work, much of it befitting Musashi's reputation, capabilities and personality. Other areas where 'extra' text from different copies and different works of his with similar (albeit earlier and/or less refined in focus) information, can become tedious to follow due to the author's choice of organizational format. The chosen format divides & essentially delivers it like it were being cataloged... not a format 'fit-for-consumption'.I still readily recommend this version.of the people, for the people... lots of translation out there of Musashi's 5 rings, some less accessible than others...if your a budoka then this one is in the top 3....translated by an a native speaker and Musashi scholar who is also a practicing martial artist...insightful and fills in a lot of contextual 'gaps'....destined to become a classic...get Tokitsu's "Miyamoto Musashi: His Life and Writings" too...benchmark stuff...arigato sensei!
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