DescriptionCarta gosho-sensei.png	English: Presentation to the brazilian edition of the Miyamoto Musashi's Book of Five Rings written by Shihan Gosho Motoharu of the Gosho Ha Hyoho Niten Ichi Ryu Español: Presentacion de la edicion brasilena del Libro de los Cinco Anillos, de Miyamoto Musashi, escribida por el Shihan Gosho Motoharu, de la escuela Gosho Ha Hyoho Niten Ichi Ryu Português: Apresentação da edição brasileira do Livro dos Cinco Anéis, de Miyamoto Musashi, escrita pelo Shihan Gosho Motoharu, do estilo Gosho Ha Hyoho Niten Ichi Ryu
Date	December 2005
Source	English: Author Personal Archieve Español: Archivo personal del autor Português: Arquivo pessoal do autor
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English translation

Congratulations for the release of the Go Rin No Sho (book of five rings). With great joy I received the news if the publishing of the Go Rin No Sho, The Book of Five Rings, from Miyamoto Musashi. In it’s first version in Portuguese under the supervision of Mr. Jorge Kishikawa, who asked me a few lines as a presentation. I accepted the assignment, even not been used to to this.

according what I have been told, the Kishikawa family came from the Saga county. And talking about Saga, this county constituted, during the Tokugawa period (1603-1867) the Nabeshisha feud. And in this land was born the so called Nabeshima Rongo or Hagakure, famous by it’s opening phrase: “I discovered that the meaning of been a Samurai is found in death”, referring to the usual form of the Samurai spirit. So, this family descends of the famous Hagakure Samurai.

In fact, Mr Kishikawa’s will in his search for the spirit of the Japanese Bushido can even surpass the japanese then selfs. Besides holder of Kendo 7th Dan, Kishikawa diversified his knowledge int the Martial Arts, having trained the jodô style Shindo Muso ryu, that is part of Kobudô, as well as the Iai of the Suio Ryu. In the school Niten Ichi Ryu, developed by Miyamoto Musashi, Kishikawa holds Menkyo Kaiden (1). His enthusiasm and dedication to the training are rarely achieved by normal people. With this enthusiasm he quickly improved himself in his art, reaching the certificate of the ultimate level, the Menkyo Kaiden.

Specifically, the Niten Ichi Ryu style demands to learn twelve katas in the Ittô Seiho (sword), seven in the Kodachi Seiho (short sword) and five in the Nito Seiho (two swords). The training continues, with more seven staff techniques and thirteen techniques of staff against sword. Many days of training and a uncommon effort are need to assimilate this all. Mr. Jorge Kishikawa reached this level with the Hagakure spirit. I much appreciate his great dedication to the training, to the point of putting his own life at risk. I wish that this Book of Five Ring in the brazilian version act like a spark to the development of Bushido in Brazil, contributing to the well-being of the humanity

Gosho Motoharu Niten Ichi Ryu - 9th generation successor master- December 12, 2005

I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so: I grant anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.