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	The Book of Five Rings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
		He also notes that the gun is somewhat lesser than the Bow, as particularly at that time, guns were not very accurate at ranges any longer than point-blank, as well as the obvious disadvantage that you could not see the bullet and adjust your aim as you would with a bow.
		The idea of timing explained within the ground book is that you must be able to adapt your strategy to timing with your skill, in that you must know when to attack and when not to attack.
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	Books : The Book of Five Rings (Pocket Classics S.) : reviews
		The Book of Five Rings outlines his lifelong attitude to competition of any kind, and I for one gobbled it up.
		As the author reminds us again and again, the five scrolls are there to support the oral, technical teaching which he gave his students.
		Likewise, each of the five spheres is aimed at developing the correct attitude, with technique merely being secondary.
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	The Book of Five Rings: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The book is also known as The Book of the Elements, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Piers anthony dillingham jacob (born august 6, 1934 in oxford, england) is a writer in the science fiction and fantasy genres, publishing under...
		(makura no sshi) was a book of observations and musings recorded by sei shnagon during her time as court...
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	FightingArts.com - Book Talk Discusson: The Book of Five Rings
		The book club can be a powerful tool to augment our martial arts studies through discussions sharing the collective insights gleaned from the books we'll be reading.
		The exciting part about an Internet book club is the opportunity it offers to share the thoughts and perceptions of participants with a wide range of backgrounds, previous study, and fresh insights.
		Musashi's is not merely a book on sword fighting, in it he presents his martial strategy (which is relevant to martial arts in general, not just the sword arts).
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	The Book of Five Rings
		The Book of Five Rings - - By Miyamoto Musashi, Thomas Cleary
		The Book of Five Rings is a major classic and though it ought to be read by anyone interested in martial arts, Japan, warfare or oriental philosophy, it is NOT an easy book for learning strategy.
		This was the book Musashi passed on to the students of his school, the unusual two-bladed Ni-to Ryu (two-sword school).
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	A BOOK OF FIVE RINGS
		The attainment of the carpenter is that his work is not warped, that the joints are not misaligned, and that the work is truly planed so that it meets well and is not merely finished in sections.
		All the five books are chiefly concerned with timing.
		This is recorded for the first time in the five books of Ground, Water, Fire, Tradition (Wind), and Void.
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	Amazon.com: Book of Five Rings : The Classic Guide to Strategy: Books: Miyamoto Musashi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai by Yamamoto Tsunetomo
		The Book of Five Rings (of which I've read 3 of the 5, and am just a few pages away from finishing) is a treatise describing Musashi Miyamoto's personal school of fighting - the school of two skies.
		The book is based on the survival and fighting/killing style of a Samurai.
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	Save $5.93! The Book of Five Rings (Shambhala Library)
		Musashi wrote this work in order to pass on the truths of martial strategy that he learned from a lifetime spent as a genuine warrior...Musashi was the real deal and had taken many a human life by the time he sat down to write at age sixty.
		A warning: A Book of Five Rings is not, as many would have you believe, a book for business strategists (although I suppose one can take many of Musashi's lessons metaphorically and apply them to business and life in general).
		If you are not of the martial mind, and are looking for a great book to apply to daily life or business, look elsewhere--you won't get much from this book (unless of course you are looking to appear exotic to your friends for quoting from it).
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	Amazon.de: The Book of Five Rings: English Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Book of Five Rings was recommended to me as a young martial artist and it changed my life.
		Musashi didn't write a book just about how to fight with an antiquated sword, he wrote a book that allows the reader to see further than their petty lives and embrace a more global way of thinking.
		You need to read this book to gain even a slight understanding of the magnitude of it; then you can reread it and hopefully gain a little more understanding; until in 50-60 years you might understand it fully.
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	Legendary samurai Miyamoto Musashi's Book of 5 Rings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		At one time, using his two sword technique, he single-handedly beat over 30 samurai simultaneously attacking him with guns, arrows and swords.
		Recently, the book has remerged as a reference and conversation point for modern Japanese and Western businessmen.
		Book of Five Rings - One ring at a time
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	The Book of Five Rings- The Ground Book
		The Way is shown in five books concerning different aspects.
		The "Go Dai" (Five Greats) of Buddhism are the five elements which make up the cosmos: ground, water, fire, wind, void.
		The "Go Rin" (Five Rings) of Buddhism are the five parts of the human body: head, left and right elbows, and left and right knees.
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	The Book of Five Rings (Shambhala Library) by Shambhala
		The Book of Five Rings is one of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture.
		Written not only for martial artists but for anyone who wants to apply the timeless principles of this text to their life, the book analyzes the process of struggle and mastery over conflict that underlies every level of human interaction.
		The Book of Five Rings was composed in 1643 by the famed duelist and undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi.
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	The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi, Search Cheap Books, Discount Books, ISBN 4770028016
		His own words on the subject fill less than a page at the beginning of The Book of Five Rings, and later accounts such as the Nitenki or the Tanba Hokin Hikki were all written eighty to one hundred and thirty years after his death.
		I have read a few different translations of The Book of Five Rings and I have to say that this one is confusing.
		This book is one of the few that need to be in every true martial artist's library.
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	Amazon.ca: The Book of Five Rings : The Cornerstone of Japanese Culture: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Amazon.ca: The Book of Five Rings : The Cornerstone of Japanese Culture: Books
		Written in 1643 by the preeminent samurai warrior Miyamoto Musashi, this classic text is presented in full in a new translation and is accompanied by numerous comments and drawings that originate from the period of the samurai.
		The book is divided in accordance with the elements that compose the world: The Book of the Earth, The Book of Water, The Book of Fire, The Book of the Wind, and The Book of the Void.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/9654941724 (283 words)

	The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
		Since the publication of its first English translation in 1974, The Book of Five Rings has become an underground classic in the American business community, where it is studied as a text on Japanese management techniques.
		This book presents a useful paradigm for operating in the modern world, as well as an excellent mind set for martial arts.
		I strongly recommend this book to anyone who runs a business, is a martial artist or wants a clearer focus on how to deal with energy of all kinds.
	www.newvision-psychic.com /bookshelf/5rings.html (677 words)

	Book of Five Rings - 150,000 eBooks - eBookMall - World's Largest Selection!
		For centuries, The Book of Five Rings has been a resource for gaining insight into the mind of the warrior spirit.
		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 of his original work are written from an academic standpoint because the authors have little with the sword or martial arts.
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	MuggleNet \| New Clues to Harry Potter: Book Five
		The second book, unlike the first, will serve only as a "hint" book to guide sleuths in the right direction to deciphering the mysteries -- although we're positive many of the sleuths will converge upon forums world-wide to put their ideas together.
		When we read about the Pensieve in Book 4, it was unclear whether the "thought" that was placed into the Pensieve was a copy or was actually removed from one's mind.
		Book Includes: New Guide to the Clues of Harry Potter, Book 5; Cool reference materials to keep key clues fresh and other special tools to investigate the mysteries in Book 5.
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	Amazon.ca: The Book of Five Rings: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		For instance a book on dealing with problem people suggested a technique much like Musashi's "To Know the Times," essentially to match the rhythm and intensity of the subject until one can gain control of that rhythm to de-escalate it.
		This book has a singleness of mind and directness that are hard to describe.
		The Five Rings should be in the library of any professional, artist, or technical worker.
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	Miyamoto Musashi - A Book of Five Rings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The spirit of the Ni Ten Ichi school of strategy is based on water, and this Water Book explains methods of victory as the long-sword form of the Ichi school.
		Although attitude has these five divisions, the one purpose of all of them is to cut the enemy.
		However you hold the sword it must be in such a way that it is easy to cut the enemy well, in accordance with the situation, the place, and your relation to the enemy.
	www.flboxing.com /thehistoryofjapan/5rings.html (14196 words)

	Shambhala - The Book of Five Rings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Written not only for martial artists but for leaders in all professions, the book analyzes the process of struggle and mastery over conflict that underlies every level of human interaction.
		The Book of Five Rings —which has become a well-known classic among American business people, studied for its insights into the Japanese approach to business strategy—was composed in 1643 by the famed duelist and undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi.
		Unlike previous editions of The Book of Five Rings, Thomas Cleary's is an accessible translation, free of jargon, with an introduction that presents the spiritual background of the warrior tradition.
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	William Scott Wilson Home Page
		The Lone Samurai is a landmark biography of Miyamoto Musashi, the legendary Japanese figure known throughout the world as a master swordsman, spiritual seeker, and author of The Book of Five Rings.
		With a compassionate yet critical eye, William Scott Wilson delves into the workings of Musashi's mind as the iconoclastic samurai wrestled with philosophical and spiritual ideas that are as relevant today as they were in his times.
		Wilson's other translations include The Book of Five Rings, The Life-Giving Sword, The Unfettered Mind, the Eiji Yoshikawa novel Taiko, and Ideals of the Samurai, which has been used as a college textbook on Japanese history and thought.
	www.williamscottwilson.net (749 words)

	MartialClub.com: Essence of Martial Arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A book written by Miyamoto Musashi, Japan's most legendary Samurai - itinerant "sword saint" who's beaten everyone in Japan, so no longer even bothers using a sword to duel.
		Challenged to fight a famous fencing master Sasaki Kojiro in a dawn duel on a river island, Musashi rows out alone and more than a little late to find his opponent and second awaiting him in their samurai finery.
		He wrote the book in his latter days in the form of letters to his student sent from his hermit cave where he had retreated to await his coming end.
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		However you prefer to spend 90 minutes, we've got the book for you.
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	The Book of Five Rings - Word Power
		If you have wondered how it is that the Japanese an cleave through Western business communities like a samurai sword through butter, the answer lies not in more robots on the factory floor or company sing-songs at 9 a.m.
		Written in 1645 by the most famous and unconquerable of all samurai, A Book of Five Rings is the classic guide to kendo swordsmanship and a distillation of the philosophies of Zen, Shinto and Confucius.
		The West is now discovering what the Japanese have always known: that the ancient wisdom of the Samurai Way provides a strategy for decision and action in all areas of life - the home, the battleground and the boardroom.
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	Book of Five Rings (Go Rin No Sho) - by Miyamoto Musashi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Book of Five Rings (Go Rin No Sho) - by Miyamoto Musashi
		To write this book I did not use the law of Buddha or the teachings of Confucius, neither old war chronicles nor books on martial tactics.
		I take up my brush to explain the true spirit of this Ichi school as it is mirrored in the Way of heaven and Kwannon.
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