Miyamoto Musashi biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Miyamoto Musashi

Author Name:

Miyamoto Musashi

Born As:

Miyamoto Musashi

Other Names:

Miyamoto Musashi

Born:

1584

Died:

1645




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Samurai and strategist                          
The founder of the Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū or Niten-ryū style of swordsmanship and the author of The Book of Five Rings Go Rin No Sho, a book on strategy, tactics, and philosophy that is still studied today.                          
                          
Musashi created and perfected a two-sword kenjutsu technique called niten'ichi, "two heavens as one" or nitōich, "two swords as one" or "Ni-Ten Ichi Ryu" - a Kongen Buddhist Sutra refers to the two heavens as the two guardians of Buddha. In this technique, the swordsman uses both a large sword, and a "companion sword" at the same time, such as a katana and wakizashi.                          
Childhood name was Bennosuke