The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts

Name: The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts
Brand: Shambhala
SKU: 9781611800210-PRUSDTR-US
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A Graphic Novel

Sean Michael Wilson (Author) • Issai Chozanshi (Author) • Michiru Morikawa (Illustrator) ... more

Edition: US - Paperback / softback

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English • Age Adult - Adult

160 pages • 6.0 x 9.0 x 0.4 in

Approx. weight: 0.61 lb

Publication date: 12 Mar,2013

Barcode: 9781611800210 • Shambhala

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By: Sean Michael Wilson, Issai Chozanshi | Illustrator: Michiru Morikawa

A visually thrilling graphic novel adaptation of classic martial arts parables on swordsmanship and strategy—written by a real-life samurai

The Demon’s Sermon on the Martial Arts is a classic collection of martial arts tales, written by the eighteenth-century samurai Issai Chozanshi. Featuring demons, insects, birds, cats, and numerous other creatures, the stories here may seem whimsical, but they contain essential teachings that offer insight into the fundamental principles of the martial arts. This graphic novel version based on Chozanshi’s text brings these tales alive in a captivating and immediately accessible way.

Infused with Chozanshi’s deep understanding of Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shinto, the tales elucidate the nature of conflict, the importance of following one’s own nature, yin and yang, the cultivation and transformation of ch’i (life energy), and the attainment of mushin (no-mind). Ultimately, the reader learns in a visually exciting way that the path of the sword is a path of self-knowledge and leads to an understanding of life itself.