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Miyamoto Musashi
said
The Way is shown in five books concerning different aspects. These are Ground, Water, Fire, Wind, and Void.
— Translated as The Book of Five Rings or A Book of Five Rings
Miyamoto Musashi
Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin (1584–1645)
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A swordsman who fought 62 duels and never lost, then laid down his blades to write the manual. Musashi's Book of Five Rings distilled a life of combat into strategy that outlasted the age of the sword.
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Born around 1583, Miyamoto Musashi built his reputation through an undefeated record across 62 duels, wielding two blades in a style no one else had mastered. He founded the Niten Ichi-ryū school of swordsmanship and fought alongside Tokugawa forces at Sekigahara, Osaka, and the Shimabara Rebellion. In his final years he turned from steel to ink, writing The Book of Five Rings — a treatise on his martial philosophy — and Dokkōdō, a spare set of precepts on solitude and discipline. He gave both texts to his student Terao Magonojō seven days before his death on 13 June 1645. Japan now calls him…
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Miyamoto Musashi
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Second is the Water book. With water as the basis, the spirit becomes like water. Water adopts the shape of its receptacle, it is sometimes a trickle and sometimes a wild sea.
— Translated as The Book of Five Rings or A Book of Five Rings
Miyamoto Musashi
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Third is the Fire book. This book is about fighting. The spirit of fire is fierce, whether the fire be small or big; and so it is with battles.
— Translated as The Book of Five Rings or A Book of Five Rings
Miyamoto Musashi
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Fourthly the Wind book. This book is not concerned with my Ichi school but with other schools of strategy.
— Translated as The Book of Five Rings or A Book of Five Rings
Miyamoto Musashi
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Fifthly, the book of the Void. By Void I mean that which has no beginning and no end. Attaining this principle means not attaining the principle.
— Translated as The Book of Five Rings or A Book of Five Rings
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