Miyamoto Musashi in a fist fight: every matchup
“The Sword Saint” · Japan · c. 1584–1645 · about 5′11″ (180 cm), about 176 lb (80 kg)
Japanese swordsman who said he won all 61 of his duels, and author of The Book of Five Rings. Famously turned up late to his duel with Sasaki Kojirō and won with a wooden sword carved from an oar.
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Did you know?
- He fought with two swords at once, a style he called Niten Ichi-ryū, “two heavens as one”.
- He won his first duel when he was just 13.
- He wrote The Book of Five Rings while living in a cave, Reigandō, near Kumamoto.
- The Book of Five Rings is still read today, even by business people looking for strategy tips.
- He was also a fine painter, and some of his ink paintings are listed as Important Cultural Properties in Japan.
- He was a skilled calligrapher and also carved wooden statues.
- Old stories say he hardly ever took a bath.
- He never married, but he adopted sons, one of whom, Iori, became a senior official.
- Near the end of his life he wrote 21 short rules for living, called the Dokkōdō, “the path of walking alone”.
- Eiji Yoshikawa’s novel Musashi and the manga Vagabond made him famous with new generations.
Every fight (34)
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- Miyamoto Musashi vs Ulysses S. Grant · The AI: Musashi by TKO
- Miyamoto Musashi vs Adolf Hitler · The AI: Musashi by Decision
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- Miyamoto Musashi vs Machamp · The AI: Machamp by TKO
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- Miyamoto Musashi vs Audie Murphy · The AI: Musashi by TKO
- Miyamoto Musashi vs Benito Mussolini · The AI: Musashi by TKO
- Miyamoto Musashi vs Horatio Nelson · The AI: Musashi by TKO
- Miyamoto Musashi vs Barack Obama · The AI: Musashi by TKO
- Miyamoto Musashi vs George S. Patton · The AI: Patton by Decision
- Miyamoto Musashi vs Pikachu · The AI: Musashi by TKO
- Miyamoto Musashi vs Theodore Roosevelt · The AI: Musashi by DQ
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- Miyamoto Musashi vs Solid Snake · The AI: Musashi by DQ
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- Miyamoto Musashi vs Sonic · The AI: Musashi by TKO
- Miyamoto Musashi vs Joseph Stalin · The AI: Musashi by DQ
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