Unlike most translations, some heavily footnoted, this translation is very straightforward. This was written with assumption that the reader already an adept in any type of martial arts. Musashi was not Sun Tzu in terms of stratagem. Very likely he knew the work of Sun Tzu. But, he had his own ideas of strategy based on his experiences in combat, both in war, and duels.

Every Corporation should have this book to read a 100 times. Every Martial Artist should read this Book it's a guide of faith. In Japan every executive has this book on his desk-For planning War against his competitors.

The word choices made by this translator fail to inspire me compared to the Nihon Corporation edition I first read. Passages which once moved me are utterly toothless herein.

I have a hardbound translation by William Scott Wilson which is nearly word for word to this one. Even if you don't buy into the fight record of Musashi, this is still a great read.