The Book of Five Rings
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (852 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B003VXGACK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 458 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Amazon Customer said A great read. It's about more than just sword play. A great read. It's about more than just sword play. It's strategy. Musashi sure used his noggin. All the swords in the world won't protect you if you can't use your noggin. At first it will seem difficult. Everything is difficult at first.. Amazon Customer said "A Book of Five Rings" should be in the personal. "A Book of Five Rings" should be in the personal library of every business strategist. This book is a unique gift to recent college graduates entering management consulting, digital strategy, law, and military occupations. Experienced business practitioners also find the book valuable to refresh thinking and patterns that have become stale. Almost each page of the book contains a phrase that can be used as the focal point for a weekly meditation practice, assessing the current state of a business or personal life, or creating a vision for a business or personal l. Maddie said Loved it. Interesting book. Parts of it were hard for me to follow. Such as the parts on types of attacks and parrying but I had to read everything because even In those paragraphs such as stabbing the heart there would be a lesson in life. I got a great picture in my head while reading this of what was being said. If you open your mind and really read it. You caN learn something from each paragraph if not each sentence
Musashi's timeless advice on defeating an adversary, throwing an opponent off-guard, creating confusion, and other techniques for overpowering an assailant was addressed to readers of earlier times on the battlefield and now serves the modern listener in the battle of life. Setting down his thoughts on swordplay, on winning, and on spirituality, legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi intended this modest work as a guide for his immediate disciples and future generations of samurai. He had little idea he was penning a masterpiece that would be eagerly devoured by people in all walks of life centuries after his death. In addition, he offers an extensive introduction and a translation of Musashi's rarely published The Way of Walking Alone.. Along with The Art of War by Sun Tzu, The Book of Five Rings has long been regarded as an invaluable treatise on the strateg