"When the undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi retreated to a cave in 1643 and wrote The Book of Five Rings, a manifesto on swordsmanship, strategy, and winning for his students and generations of samurai to come, he created one of the most perceptive and incisive texts on strategic thinking ever to come from Asia. Musashi gives timeless advice on defeating an adversary, throwing an opponent off-guard, creating confusion, and other techniques for overpowering...

"Kendo is the first book in English to provide an in-depth historical, cultural, and political account of the Japanese martial art of swordsmanship, from its beginnings in military training and arcane medieval schools to its widespread practice today as a global sport. Alexander Bennett shows how kendo evolved through a recurring process of 'inventing tradition', which served the changing ideologies and needs of Japanese warriors and governments over...

"This piece of writing by famed samurai Musashi (1584-1645) is the single-most influential work on samurai swordsmanship, offering insights into samurai history, the Zen Buddhist state of 'no-mind' that enables warriors to triumph and the philosophical meaning of Bushido--'the way of the warrior.' Until now, English translations of The Book of Five Rings have been based on inaccurate copies of Musashi's long-lost original manuscript. Bennett's translation...

The first 27 episodes on six discs.

Kenshin has set off on the long road to Kyoto where past and present wil clash as war looms. Shadows of the revolution threaten to topple the Meiji government and one man stands at the forefront of this plot: Battosai's successor, Makoto Shishio. He has returned to disrupt the peace of the Meiji era and reconstruct Japan to fit his own twisted vision. Yahiko and Sanosuke hope they can aid their friend Kenshin before a sea of Shishio's warriors overwhelms...

"As the battle between Kenshin and Sanosuke ends, an alliance is formed. Kenshin faces a new dilemma, to defeat his adversary he must violate everything he has come to stand for. We also meet Megumi, a women who is being chased by a drug dealer's henchmen. Kenshin and Sanosuke come to her rescue"--Container.

"Kenshin Himura has made many life-long friends, but none are closer to him than Sanosuke Sagara, a former member of the Sekihoutai. However, for every man there are duties and ideals which run deeper that any friendship, no matter how strong. When a fellow survivor from the Sekihoutai hatches a plan to avenge their slain comrades, Sanosuke is drawn back into his past. Kenshin has relentlessly defeated all those who have stood in the way of peace...