For centuries, The Book of Five Rings has been a resource for gaining insight into the mind of the warrior spirit.

The famous Samurai, Miyamoto Musashi, originally wrote the work in 1645. Musashi, the Sword Saint, as he is known in Japan, killed his first man in a duel when he was only thirteen. He went on to fight in over sixty duels and never once lost.

In The Book of Five Rings, Musashi recorded his secrets to success which are applicable to martial arts and any modern situation involving confrontation. Until The Book of Five Rings, the many translations...

There are various Ways. There is the Way of salvation by the law of Buddha, the Way of Confucius governing the Way of learning, the Way of healing as a doctor, as a poet teaching the Way of Waka, tea, archery, and many arts and skills. Each man practises as he feels inclined. It is said the warrior's is the twofold Way of pen and sword, and he should have a taste for both Ways. Even if a man has no natural ability he can be a warrior by sticking assiduously to both divisions of the Way. Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.

There are various Ways. There is the Way of salvation by the law of Buddha, the Way of Confucius governing the Way of learning, the Way of healing as a doctor, as a poet teaching the Way of Waka, tea, archery, and many arts and skills. Each man practises as he feels inclined. It is said the warrior's is the twofold Way of pen and sword, and he should have a taste for both Ways. Even if a man has no natural ability he can be a warrior by sticking assiduously to both divisions of the Way. Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.

Miyamoto Musashi's Go Rin no Sho or the book of five rings, is considered a classic treatise on military strategy, much like Sun Tzu's The Art of War and Chanakya's Arthashastra. The five "books" refer to the idea that there are different elements of battle, just as there are different physical elements in life, as described by Buddhism, Shinto, and other Eastern religions. Through the book Musashi defends his thesis: a man who conquers himself is ready to take it on on the world, should need arise.

El Libro de los Cinco Anillos, es un tratado sobre el Kenjutsu fue escrito por Miyamoto Musashi en su vejez, durante su retiro de ermitano en la Cueva de Reigendo en 1643, y finalizado el 19 de mayo de 1645, pocas semanas antes de su muerte. El libro esta dedicado a su pupilo Terao Magonojo. Se considera un tratado clasico sobre la estrategia militar de Japon, en una linea semejante al Arte de la Guerra, escrito por el estratega chino Sun Tzu."

"D'autres pensent qu'etudier la Voie de la tactique ne peut servir a rien au moment ou l'on en a besoin. S'il en est ainsi, il faut alors s'exercer a la tactique de telle facon qu'elle soit utile a n'importe quel moment et il faut l'enseigner de telle maniere qu'elle soit applicable a tous les domaines. C'est en cela que consiste la vraie Voie de la tactique." -Miyamoto"