Author: Sun Tzu

197 pages
$ 9,95 (USD)
ISBN: 0195014766

Der Klassiker unter den Essays über den Krieg. Daneben ist noch "Vom Kriege" von Carl von Clausewitz zu erwähnen.

2. The Unfettered Mind

Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master.
Author: Takuan Soho (1573-1645), translated by William Scott Wilson.

The book contains three essays:
1. The Mysterious Record of Immovable Wisdom [Fudochishinmyoroku]
2. The Clear Sound of Jewels [Reiroshu]
3. Annals of the Sword Taia [Taiaki]

Price: € 8,38
Language: Englischpaperback - 104 pages
ISBN: 087011851X

3. Hagakure. The Way of the Samurai.

Author: Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659 - 1719).

Two translations are currently available:

a) William Scott Wilson
Hardcover - 179 pages - Kodansha Europe
ISBN: 4770029160

b) Takao Mukoh
Paperback - Hokuseido Press - 182 pages.
ISBN: 3831115303

4. The Sword and the Mind.

Author: Yagyu, Munenori (1571-1646)

Title of the original: Hyoho kadensho
Translated into English by Sato, Hiroaki
Publisher: Overlook Press

German title: "Der Weg des Samurai"

5. The Sword of No-Sword: Life of the Master Warrior Tesshu

Author: John Stevens
Paperback - 176 pages
Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc.
ISBN: 1570620504

German title: "Zen-Schwert-Kunst"
Publisher: Kristkeitz Verlag 
ISBN: 3921508509

6. Martial Arts Teaching Tales of Power and Paradox

Author: Pascal Fauliot
Paperback - 117 pages
Publisher: Inner Traditions
First published: 2000
ISBN: 0-89281-822-4

Original french title: 'Les contes des arts martiaux'
German title: 'Die Kunst zu siegen, ohne zu kämpfen'

7. Zen and the way of the sword: arming the samurai psyche

Author: Winston L. King

Hardcover - 265 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press
First published: 1993
ISBN: 0-19-506810-6
Price: $ 35.00

"It may be considered strange that Zen has in any way been affiliated with the spirit of the military classes in Japan. Whatever form Buddhism takes in the various countries where it flourishes, it is a religion of compassion, and in its varied history it has never been found engaged in warlike activities. How is it, then, that Zen has come to activate the fighting spirit of the Japanese warrior?"

Quote from D.T. Suzuki, 1959, from the introduction.

8. The 47 Ronin Story

Author: John Allyn

Paperback - 240 pages
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
First published: 1970
ISBN: 0-8048-0196-7
Price: $ 14.95

"It happend in 1701 in Edo. In a moment of anger and frustration, Lord Asano of Ako lashed out at a corrupt court official and set in motion a chain of events that terminated in one of the bloodiest vendettas in Japan's feudal history. These events shocked the country and brought the Shogun himself to a legal and moral impasse. When it was over, Japan had a new set of heros-the forty-seven ronin, or ex-samurai, of Ako."

Excerpt from the book.

9. Bushidô. The Soul of Japan. An Exposition of Japanese Thought.

Author: Inazô Nitobe (1862 - 1933)

10. Year of the Baboon - A Crazy Dutch Kendo Student Reporting from The Land of the Rising Fun

Author: Stefan Korpel

ISBN: 1-4116-3322-9
First published: 2006
Publisher: Stefan Korpel

11. The  Kendo Reader

Author: Noma Hisashi (1920-1939)

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