
Strategy Combo
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The Art of War:
The Art of War' is an ancient Chinese military treatise written by Sun Tzu, a high-ranking military general, strategist and tactician. The text is composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare. It is commonly known to be the definitive work on military strategy and tactics of its time. It has been the most famous and influential of China's Seven Military Classics, and for the last two thousand years it remained the most important military treatise in Asia, where even the common people knew it by name.
Sun Tzu believed war to be an essential wrongdoing that must be got rid of whenever it can be. The war should be fought fleetingly to reduce economic decline. Sun Tzu harped on the significance of placement in military tactics. The planning to position an army must be dependent on the stipulations in the physical surroundings and the subjective thoughts of various militants in those conditions. He believed that strategy cannot be considered as planning with respect to glancing through a previously decided list. It is better represented by the fact that it needs speedy and suitable reactions to altering situations. Planning gives results in restrained surroundings. But in case of an altering environment, similar plans come in each other's ways and give rise to undesired outcomes. It has had an influence on Eastern and Western military thinking, business tactics, legal strategy and beyond.
The Book of Five Rings:
Along with Sun Tzu's the art of War, the book of five rings is considered to be one of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asia. It analyses the process of struggle and mastery over conflict that underlies every level of human interaction. For Musashi, the way of the martial arts was a mastery of the mind rather than simply technical prowess-and it is this path to mastery that is the core teaching in the book of five rings. This brilliant manifesto is written not only for martial artists but for anyone who wants to apply the timeless principles of this text to their life.
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Content
- Intro
- THE ART OF WAR
- Introduction
- About the Author
- Chapter 1
- Laying Plans
- Chapter 2
- Waging War
- Chapter 3
- Attack by Stratagem
- Chapter 4
- Tactical Dispositions
- Chapter 5
- Energy
- Chapter 6
- Weak Points and Strong
- Chapter 7
- Manoeuvring
- Chapter 8
- Variation of Tactics
- Chapter 9
- The Army on the March
- Chapter 10
- Terrain
- Chapter 11
- The Nine Situations
- Chapter 12
- The Attack by Fire
- Chapter 13
- The Use of Spies
- THE BOOK OF FIVE RINGS
- Chapter 1
- The Ground Book
- The Way of Strategy
- Comparing the Way of the Carpenter to Strategy
- The Way of Strategy
- Outline of the Five Books of this Book of Strategy
- The Name Ichi Ryu Ni To (One school - two swords)
- The Benefit of the Two Characters Reading "Strategy"
- The Benefit of Weapons in Strategy
- Timing in Strategy
- Chapter 2
- The Water Book
- Spiritual Bearing in Strategy
- Stance in Strategy
- The Gaze in Strategy
- Holding the Long Sword
- Footwork
- The Five Attitudes
- The Way of the Long Sword
- The Five Approaches
- The "Attitude No-Attitude" Teaching
- To Hit the Enemy "In One Timing"
- The "Abdomen Timing of Two"
- No Design, No Conception
- The Flowing Water Cut
- Continuous Cut
- The Fire and Stones
- The Red Leaves Cut
- The Body in Place of the Long Sword
- Cut and Slash
- Chinese Monkey's Body
- Glue and Lacquer Emulsion Body
- To Strive for Height
- To Apply Stickiness
- The Body Strike
- Three Ways to Parry His Attack
- To Stab at the Face
- To Stab at the Heart
- To Scold "Tut-TUT!"
- The Smacking Parry
- There are Many Enemies
- The Advantage when Coming to Blows
- One Cut
- Direct Communication
- Chapter 3
- The Fire Book
- Depending on the Place
- The Three Methods to Forestall the Enemy
- The First - Ken No Sen
- The Second - Tai No Sen
- The Third - Tai Tai No Sen
- To Hold Down a Pillow
- Crossing at a Ford
- To Know the Times
- To Tread Down the Sword
- To Know "Collapse"
- To Become the Enemy
- To Release Four Hands
- To Move the Shade
- To Hold Down a Shadow
- To Pass On
- To Cause Loss of Balance
- To Frighten
- To Soak In
- To Injure the Corners
- To Throw into Confusion
- The Three Shouts
- To Mingle
- To Crush
- The Mountain-Sea Change
- To Penetrate the Depths
- To Renew
- Rat's Head, Ox's Neck
- The Commander Knows the Troops
- To Let Go the Hilt
- The Body of a Rock
- Chapter 4
- The Wind Book
- Other Schools Using Extra-Long Swords
- The Strong Long Sword Spirit in Other Schools
- Use of the Shorter Long Sword in Other Schools
- Other Schools with Many Methods of using the Long Sword
- Fixing the Eyes in Other Schools
- Use of the Feet in Other Schools
- Speed in Other Schools
- "Interior" and "Surface" in Other Schools
- Chapter 5
- The Book of the Void
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