How long does it take to read The Zen Way to the Martial Arts?
Taisen Deshimaru
The Zen Way to the Martial Arts by Taisen Deshimaru takes about 2 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 12 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1980. 120 pages, about 33,000 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 40 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 23 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Hand-to-hand fighting, Oriental, Martial arts, Zen Buddhism