I read Yoshikawa's Musashi a number of years ago, and have pondered the ever-shrinking lines of distinction between the real 16th Century polymath Miyamoto Musashi and Yoshikawa's fictionalised account of the sword saint.One of my favourite martial arts books, Musashi is an important novel in the present-day cult worship of the 16th Century swordsmanMusashi is a long epic, detailing the journey of the Miyamoto Musashi beginning just after the Battle of Sekigahara, the insight he gained leading to his revolutionary and previously unheard of two sword style, and the climactic battle with Sasaki Kojiro on Ganryu Island. Written as an 'serial' for the Asahi Shimbun starting in 1935, Yoshikawa's Musashi, whilst based on fact, is popularly received as a true account of the man himself.Yoshikawa's work was part of my inspiration for starting research on Choi: The Beginning, which is really a historical fiction series surrounding the Founder of Taekwondo General Choi Hong Hi. I have always felt

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