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This book is dedicated to my father

Jack Kaufman

a warrior in his own right

and to the legacy of

Miyamoto Musashi

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PREFACE

Musashi is well known to most martialists. He is considered the Kensei, sword-saint of Japan. While his teachings are essentially centered around swordsmanship, his teachings fall without question into the domain of study for practitioners of all the martial arts, including karate, judo, Western fencing and other killing forms as well, but, only if they are used to take life in combat.

The Book of Five Rings is Miyamoto Musashi’s teaching on the art of strategy in combat based on swordsmanship. It must be understood that whether or not you practice the martial arts or use the teachings for other disciplines, there are profound truths to be gleaned from this work, Musashi’s legacy.