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Setting down his thoughts on swordplay, on winning, and on spirituality, legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi intended this modest work as a guide for his immediate disciples and future generations of samurai. He had little idea he was penning a masterpiece that would be eagerly devoured by people in all walks of life centuries after his death.

Legendary 17th century swordsman Miyamoto Musashi’s exposition of sword fighting, strategy and Zen philosophy. Required reading for any martial artist, business person or student of strategy. Includes the one hour Zen inspired soundtrack The Mysterious Sound of Wind in the Bamboo. Performed on authentic Japanese instruments.

The Complete Book of Five Rings is an authoritative version of Musashi's classic The Book of Five Rings, translated and annotated by a modern martial arts master, Kenji Tokitsu. Tokitsu has spent most of his life researching the legendary samurai swordsman and his works, and in this book he illuminates this seminal text, along with several other works by Musashi.

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."

This is legendary 17th century swordsman Miyamoto Musashi’s exposition of sword fighting, strategy, and Zen philosophy. Required listening for any martial artist, business person, or student of strategy, this audiobook includes the one hour Zen inspired soundtrack, The Mysterious Sound of Wind in the Bamboo, performed on authentic Japanese instruments.

Score a front-row seat for the thrilling story of the icons and iconoclasts that revolutionized professional wrestling, packed with exclusive interviews and explosive action shots of your favorite stars. The year is 2019. It is the dawn of All Elite Wrestling . . . and you know what that means...

Nitro is a story about much more than WCW and the Monday Night Wars. It is a story of an era, a time in which the media and cultural landscape precipitated - and later supported - pro wrestling's mainstream popularity. It is a story of how a company made in the image of an intuitively brilliant risk-taker betrayed its original promise. It is a story of how a handful of men, each struggling with their own limitations, facilitated a public obsession that changed television forever.

There’s more to winning battles than fists and feet For world-renowned professional fighter Georges St-Pierre, the greatest asset is not physical strength or athleticism—it’s a sense of purpose. From his beginnings as a small, mercilessly bullied child first discovering karate to his years...

Jackie Chan has never told his own story in his own words. In I Am Jackie Chan, he tells the fascinating, harrowing, ultimately triumphant story of his life: How the son of refugees in 1950s Hong Kong became the disciplined disciple of a Chinese Opera Master. How, after years of plunging off skyscrapers and living to tell the tale, a once scared seven-year-old boy broke into the Hollywood big time by breaking almost every bone in his body.

Grounded in her experience as a blackbelt, self-defense instructor, and globally recognized organizer, Rana Abdelhamid offers a bold, urgent roadmap to a safer world Abdelhamid wants every woman and survivor of gender-based violence to be able to defend themselves, and every community to build...

'Brilliant and electrifying... I loved every trash-talking, spandex-wearing and body-slamming page of it' Dan Schreiber, Host of 'No Such Thing As A Fish' A behind-the-scenes look at the weird and wonderful world of professional wrestling. Wrestling is at a new peak of popularity, but for years...

Join 'What's The Story 90s Glory' host Paul McGrath, 'The 90s Football Podcast' host Ash Rose and 'Once Upon A Turnbuckle' host chris Tetreault-Blay as we become bookers for our own wrestling promotion, picking the best-of-the-best from the 90s wrestling scene. First we will pick the roster and then we will book them. But who will make the cut?

Wrestling's Past Meets Wrestling's Present! Doc & Friends discuss the best (and sometimes worst) of pro wrestling's past, talk about wrestling's present, and talk to those who will build wrestling's future.

There are some wrestling matches we can only dream of. Welcome to BOOK IT VINCE! Pro wrestling superfans Martin Bennett and Antony Hall are here to dive deep into how these feuds would play out as they challenge each other to book over-the-top dream matches.

Join the Bulldog and his friend NoseDive as they discuss some of the classic storylines from Pro Wrestling history, and fantasy book how things could have (and in some cases SHOULD have) been done differently! It's fantasy booking at its best here on the Bulldog's Got the Book Wrestling podcast!!!

Join host Jon Kloss and a variety of guests as they give their unique view on the world of professional wrestling, as well as fantasy book and react to the WWE & AEW products.

Hit The Books is the only WWE Smackdown vs Raw fantasy booking podcast hosted by Ryan Neitzey and Mikey Manfredi. Each week, they set about writing a full episode of both WWE's Raw and Smackdown, which includes writing every segment, every match, and every storyline for a locker room full of wrestling superstars, all while trying to make an entertaining show for the WWE Universe.

Pro Wrestling from every angle, fantasy booking, nostalgia, recaps and reviews from 3 of the best Smart Marks walking planet earth today

From Jim Lampley, HBO’s ringside face and voice of boxing, comes a first-person, blow-by-blow account of the evolution of sports television chock full of famous names, history-making events, and never-before-told stories from the world of sports.

The incredible story of the first African American military pilot, who went on to become a Paris nightclub impresario, a spy in the French Resistance and an American civil rights pioneer Eugene Bullard lived one of the most fascinating lives of the twentieth century. The son of a former slave...