Two good general titles that I like are:
1) Zen & the Way of the Sword by Winston L. King
The best book I've read for discribing the phyche of the samurai. It also goes into the making of
katanas which was very interesting.
2) Secrets of the Samurai by Oscar Ratti & Adele Westbrook
To be honest, I was hesitent to recommend this book since it was a $2 special at half-price books
but I was surprised at how much information was in this book. It is written like a thesis paper
for the most part and very dry but contains a lot of history about the various training and
Martial arts of the Samurai.
--- Francisco Manuel Luna Zapata <
swarzdraken@...> wrote:
> HI SCOTT:
> I HAVE ONE TITLE OF BOOK ABOUT SAMURAY HISTORY:
>
> 1. HAGAKURE THE SAMURAIS BOOK'S OF MINAMOTO TSUNEMOTO.
>
>
> FRANCISCO LUNA
>
>
> >From: "so5642" <so5642@...>
> >Reply-To: samuraihistory@yahoogroups.com
> >To: samuraihistory@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: [samuraihistory] suggested reading?
> >Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 03:55:03 -0000
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm new to the list and wanted to get a good book on Japanese History.
> >Especially early history. Any suggestions?
> >
> >Scott
> >
> >
>
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Mirumoto Kojiro
The Isawa's Pet Dragon
In my strategy, the training for killing enemies is by way of many contests, fighting for survival, discovering the meaning of life and death, learning the Way of the sword, judging the strength of attacks and understanding the Way of the "edge and ridge" of the sword.
--Miyamoto Musashi
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