A Hereditary Book On The Art Of War - Yagyū Munenori
Book 1: The Killing Sword
Book 2: The Life Giving Sword
Book 3: No Sword
Preface
There is something said of old: "Weapons are instruments of ill omen; it is the Way of Nature to dislike them. To use them only when it is un...
The Book Of Five Rings - Miyamoto Musashi
Introduction
I have been many years training in the Way of strategy, called Ni Ten Ichi Ryu, and now I think I will explain it in writing for the first time. It is now during the first ten days of the tenth month in the twentieth year of Ka...
The Hagakure - Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Chapter 1
Although it stands to reason that a samurai should be mindful of the Way of the Samurai, it would seem that we are all negligent. Consequently, if someone were to ask, “What is the true meaning of the Way of the Samurai?” the per...