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Musashi says that the best stance is no stance, that too much strength is bad your sword may shatter when clashing swords, and that even too much speed is bad it may upset your balance, and. But the principles musashi espouses are bound to sound perplexing to many people. The book of five rings go rin no sho is a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general, written by the japanese swordsman miyamoto musashi around 1645. Download the book of five rings ebook in epub, mobi and. Since the founding of the samurai class in the eighth century, the military arts had become the highest form of study, inspired by the teachings of zen and the feeling of shinto.
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