Musashi's Book of Five Rings: A Military Scientific Explanation Made Easy for Modern Martial Arts

by Martina Sprague

Overview

As a samurai, warrior, and soldier, Miyamoto Musashi viewed sword fighting as a study in strategy and tactics, thinking of the quickest way to defeat the enemy. War strategy is a zero-sum game. He wins who can ably apply his understanding of strategy to enhance his tactics, and his opponent loses. As much as we would like to view it as a book about self-actualization or the achievement of business aims, the Book of Five Rings is primarily a military treatise, written by a man who understood the brutality of war and the necessity to take a fight to the finish. This brief study explains Musashi's famous text with an eye toward the pragmatism of scientific principles, made easy for modern martial arts.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149582280
Publisher:	Martina Sprague
Publication date:	05/11/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	75
File size:	354 KB

About the Author

Martina Sprague has a Master of Arts degree in Military History from Norwich University in Vermont. As an independent scholar, she writes primarily on subjects pertaining to military and general history, politics, and instructional books on the martial arts. Of interest might be her ten-book series, Knives, Swords, and Bayonets: A World History of Edged Weapon Warfare. For more information, please visit her website: www.modernfighter.com.