What martial arts book are you currently reading?

[Kung Fu Wang]

 

[Stuarto]

Oh yes, Bennet knows his onions! Hagakure is like Go Rin no Sho…there are great translations and some not so good. It’s interesting to read Tsunetomo Yamamoto’s thoughts on the ‘47 Ronin’ incident (or the ‘Asano affair’ as I think he calls it).

Do you have any good book recommendations for the story of the 47 Ronin?

 

[Gyakuto]

Do you have any good book recommendations for the story of the 47 Ronin?

I don’t really. There are many to choose from including audiobooks. The controversy seems to be how Kira (the etiquette coach) was insulted by Asano. Was it an inadequate gift to thank him for his teaching, was it because Asano was an uninterested student or was it that Kira simply took a dislike to the provincial lord that was Asano?