Miyamoto Musashi – författare

Samurajen Miyamoto Musashi levde i Japan på 1600-talet och blev redan då beryktad som den oövervinnerlige krigaren. Han utkämpade över 60 dueller utan att förlora en enda.

Dagarna innan han dog skrev Musashi ned sina insikter i krigskonsten. Fem ringars bok blev genast en klassiker - inte bara för utövare av kampkonsterna. Även till exempel politiker och affärsmän har studerat boken med stort utbyte, likaså de som är intresserade av österländsk filosofi.

Det är ändå som handledning i kampkonsterna boken är mest ämnad och lämpad - också idag, när kampkonsterna blivit fredliga idrotter. Till den här tolkningen av Fem ringars bok har Stefan Stenudd skrivit omfattande förklaringar och ger många exempel på vad Musashis strategi innebär för moderna utövare av de österländska kampkonsterna.

Stefan Stenudd är författare och har bland annat skrivit en tolkning av den kinesiska klassikern Tao te ching, samt en bok om den japanska kampkonsten aikido. Han har själv tränat aikido och japansk svärdskonst sedan 1972, är numera graderad till 7 dan shihan och aikidoinstruktör i Malmö. Han har även varit ordförande i Svenska Budo & Kampsportsförbundet.

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. Thomas Cleary's translation is immediately accessible, with an introduction that presents the spiritual background of the warrior tradition. Along with Musashi's text, Cleary translates here another important Japanese classic on leadership and strategy, The Book of Family Traditions on the Art of War by Yagyu Munenori, which highlights the ethical and spiritual insights of Taoism and Zen as they apply to the way of the warrior.

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