Every Corporation should have this book to read a 100 times. Every Martial Artist should read this Book it's a guide of faith. In Japan every executive has this book on his desk-For planning War against his competitors.

The word choices made by this translator fail to inspire me compared to the Nihon Corporation edition I first read. Passages which once moved me are utterly toothless herein.

I have a hardbound translation by William Scott Wilson which is nearly word for word to this one. Even if you don't buy into the fight record of Musashi, this is still a great read.