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Miyamoto Musashi: A Life In Arms Documentary by William de Lange

The work of William de Lange is highly recommended. He produced this short documentary series to accompany his book 'A Life In Arms'.  Update 2019 - people can now view the author's comprehensive website dealing with Musashi here .

A Free Book of 5 Rings?

A free PDF can be found here - I have only provided a link to the location of the file as I have not been able to determine whose work this is or the copyright status.  If you know anything about this document please let me know in the comments.  The translation I most prefer is that of Tokitsu .

Examples of Musashi's Art

The following links show some examples of art attributed to the man himself: Kampaibudokai  here . MusashiMiyamoto.com  here . Trangsformation blog  here .

Niten Ichi Ryu Kenjutsu Two Sword Kata (Nito Seiho)

Some interesting notes from Kampaibudokai can be found here . There are 5 two sword kata. 1 chudan 2 jodan 3 gedan 4 waki gamae (hidari) 5 migi waki gamae

Niten Ichi Ryu Kenjutsu Short Sword Kata (Kodachi Seiho)

Interesting notes on the kata from Kampaibudokai can be found here . There are seven short sword kata. 1 sassen 2 chudan 3 uke nagashi 4 moji gamae 5 haritsuke 6 nagashi uchi 7 aisen

Niten Ichi Ryu Kenjutsu Long Sword Kata (Itto Seiho)

There are twelve long sword kata.  You can find some interesting notes on the kata from Kampaibudokai here . 1 sassen (sashi sen) 2 hasso hidari 3 hasso migi 4 uke nagashi hidari 5 uke nagashi migi 6 moji gamae 7 haritsuke 8 nagashi uchi 9 tora bura 10 kazuki 11 aisen uchidome 12 amashi uchi

Niten Ichi Ryu Jujutsu?

This demonstration would seem to include some rarely seen Jujutsu.

Niten Ichi Ryu Videos, Demonstrations & Links

What I believe is the old NHK series is unique in showing some Bojutsu.

The Structure of the Niten Ichi Ryu Kenjutsu Syllabus

Most streams of Niten Ichi Ryu contain: 24 Kenjustu kata made up of - 12 long sword - 7 short sword - 5 two sword 20 Bojutsu kata (rarely seen) made up of - 7 Bo vs Bo - 13 Bo vs Sword Different streams also contain various Oyo-waza, although information is scarce - the exact makeup varies between groups. - Jitte (6) - Aikuchi (Roppo) (5or 6) (dagger without guard/Jujutsu) - Sessa? (5) (no idea what this is, possibly a tool or Jujutsu)