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Title: A Way to Victory: The Annotated Book of Five Rings by Musashi Miyamoto, Hidy Ochiai ISBN: 1-58567-038-3 Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: February, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Not "Victory for Dummies"
Comment: Hidy Ochiai has spent nearly 60 years as a student and practitioner of the martial arts, nearly as long as student of both Eastern and Western philosophies, particularly Zen. He has become an accomplished writer and calligrapher, emulating the life of the person he seeks to translate. His bona fides in translating this book are unimpeachable.
I found immediate applicability after reading this translation, both from the text itself and Ochiai's insight into the work based on a life trying to follow its teachings, its history and Musashi's philosophies. My initial study took an afternoon, and I hope to glean more as I continue studying this book into the future.
Ochiai's translation focuses on the philosophy behind the lessons, as befits both his and Musashi's tendencies at the time the book was originally written. This is not a how-to book or a victory for dummies knock-off.
People looking for instruction in how to win will be disappointed -- and will probably be disappointed with any given translation. People looking for instruction in how to be a winner will be pleasantly surprised with both the simplicity and the complexities that Musashi and Ochiai deliver.
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent book on the way of the samurai
Comment: This is a translation of The Book of Five Rings. The Book of Five Rings is samurai warrior Miyamoto Musashi's treatise on sword combat and strategy. The translator's explanations of the samurai code of feudal Japan and commentary that analyzes the writings in the context of modern times are extremely helpful to the modern reader.
The most important section of the book may be volume 3 (Fire) where Musashi reflects on achieving victory in battle. To achieve victory one must be prepared psychologically and mentally. For him that meant he was prepared to literally face death at any time. There are no "do-overs" in samurai sword fighting.
Rating: 1
Summary: Very weak book,
Comment: This book is 248 pages recurrence of who MIYAMOTO was and how many people he killed when he was 13 and how many when he was 16. I have no idea how to use this book in my daily life. I recommend The Art of war instead of this book. At least SUN TZU talks about some strategies and more.
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Title: The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi, William Scott Wilson ISBN: 4770028016 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: 15 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: The Book of Five Rings : Miyamoto Musashi by Miyamoto Musashi, D.E. Tarver ISBN: 0595230067 Publisher: iUniverse.com Pub. Date: 31 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Unfettered Mind: Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master by Takuan Soho, William Scott Wilson, Takuan ISBN: 087011851X Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: March, 1988 List Price(USD): $9.00 |
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Title: Musashi by Eiji Yoshikawa, Charles S. Terry ISBN: 4770019572 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Code of the Samurai: A Modern Translation of the Bushido Shoshinsu by Yuzan Daidoji, Oscar Ratti, Thomas Cleary ISBN: 0804831904 Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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