Translation of: Miyamoto Musashi. Méolans-Revel [France] : Editions désiris, c2000. Translation of: Miyamoto Musashi. Méolans-Revel [France] : Editions désiris, c2000. Japanese collection.

1. Childhood and training -- The birth of Musashi -- Musashi's childhood and his first duel -- The founding of the school of two swords -- The two sources of Musashi's art -- The school of two swords -- 2. Musashi's duels -- Duels and wars -- Studying the arts of other schools through duels -- The duel against Sasaki Kojiro -- Musashi at the battle of Osaka -- 3. Deepening the way -- Maturity -- Musashi's last years -- Composition of the Gorin no sho and Musashi's death -- 4. Writings on the five elements (Gorin no sho) -- The scroll of earth -- The scroll of water -- The scroll of fire -- The scroll of wind -- The scroll of heaven -- 5. The texts preceding the Gorin no sho -- The mirror of the way of strategy (Hyodokyo) -- Thirty-five instructions on strategy -- Forty-two instructions on strategy -- The way to be followed alone (Dokkodo) -- 6. Notes of Musashi's disciples on the practice of his school -- 7. The school of musashi (Hyoho niten ichiryu) -- The branches of the Hyoho niten ichiryu -- The Hyoho niten ichiryu today -- 8. The transmission of Musashi's art -- The role of Musashi's writings in the transmission of his art -- The transmission of Musashi's art through practice -- 9. Musashi today : the practice of a contemporary adept -- The labyrinth created by the way of holding the sword -- The Nenryu school and its lineage -- 10. Weapons and ethics in swordsmanship training -- The status of warriors -- Technique and the status of the body -- Integration of the religious element into the art of the sword -- The formation of katas -- 11. Budo -- The Meiji turning point and the modern notion of budo -- The evolution of budo in the twentieth century -- 12. The relationship between adversaries -- The complexity of combat in budo -- The significance of the quest for kizeme -- Confrontation and harmony -- 13. One life, one art.