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Miyamoto Musashi

3.61 AVERAGE

nwarm's review against another edition

4.0

informative reflective fast-paced

stauffe's review against another edition

4.0

reflective fast-paced

tk_'s review against another edition

1.0

There are seminal books on thought and warfare, such as The Art of War by Sun Tzu, or the Hagakure. This is not one of those books.

I assumed there would be bits of wisdom and things to think about upon reading The Book of Five Rings. Musashi was a renowned swordsman and I thought this book might have some compelling thoughts.

That said... it doesn't. This reads more like a pamphlet to be provided to students of the Ni Ten Ichi Ryu school. Which makes sense in hindsight, but there's very little applicable outside of his school of fighting to general thought and practice.

The Ground book covers the bulk of what's interesting here and the rest just seems unnecessary. This is not a timeless read, but more like something in a time capsule, only relevant to its time and place.

I found this disappointing. If you were left feeling the same, I'd recommend the books I mentioned above. The Art of War and the Hagakure are both relevant today, each in their own way. This is not.