Musashi said...

[Gyakuto]

My editions of Musashi and Sun Tzu are bruised, battered and beaten from continued study - these books are beneficial no matter what your preferred style or choice of weapon.

If you’d like a new copy, is a really nice edition of ‘Art of War’

The Art of War

Written more than 2,500 years ago, The Art of War remains the most famous military treatise of all time. Sun-tzu’s collection of precepts on strategic warfare has yet to be surpassed.

www.foliosociety.com

I asked if they might consider doing a version of ‘Gorin no Sho’ and they said they ‘might’!

 

[Holmejr]

I know people that still cant use a knife and fork

Have we met?

 

[Holmejr]

This is not a concept unique to swordsmanship. Tennis, golf, baseball, wielding an axe, driving a car or flying a plane etc have this idea that the tool should become an extension of one’s body. It’s called mechanosensory association. I have a friend who is a poor driver (he was late to driving and took 4 attempts to pass his test!) and when being in his passenger seat, you can see he doesn’t ‘anticipate’ gear changes/clutch depression with approaching increasing engine revs etc (I realise this may all be alien to our US cousins) or anticipate important points in driving. He hears the engine struggling a little and then jerkily changes up the gearbox. His car hasn’t permeated his mind/body axis (mechanosensory dissociation).

Mechanosensory association usually comes with active practise and I sometimes wonder if there’s a ‘critical period’ for its deep acquisition.

“Driving a car”! So funny, because a long time ago, my instructor use this example of doing something so naturally that there is little pondering involved.
I do play tennis and my best shots are my most kinetic on the run shots with little time to think.
Good post.

 

[Hyoho]

If you’d like a new copy, is a really nice edition of ‘Art of War’

The Art of War

Written more than 2,500 years ago, The Art of War remains the most famous military treatise of all time. Sun-tzu’s collection of precepts on strategic warfare has yet to be surpassed.

www.foliosociety.com

I asked if they might consider doing a version of ‘Gorin no Sho’ and they said they ‘might’!

Kim Taylor Sensei who has practiced HNIR for thirty years had a PDF book on his .com. I see its now published on Amazon.

 

[Taiji Rebel]

If you’d like a new copy, is a really nice edition of ‘Art of War’

The Art of War

Written more than 2,500 years ago, The Art of War remains the most famous military treatise of all time. Sun-tzu’s collection of precepts on strategic warfare has yet to be surpassed.

www.foliosociety.com

I asked if they might consider doing a version of ‘Gorin no Sho’ and they said they ‘might’!

Thank you for the recommendation. It is one I will definitely consider for my collection.

The Ultimate Art of War: A Step-By-Step Guide to Sun Tzu's Teachings by Antony Cumming is a good read