62 quotes
Step by step walk the thousand-mile road.
Go Rin No Sho (1645)
Waiting is bad. Always quickly re-assume your attitudes to both sides, cut the enemies down as they advance, crushing them in the direction from which they attack.
Go Rin No Sho (1645)
You cannot profit from small techniques particularly when full armor is worn. My Way of strategy is the sure method to win when fighting for your life one man against five or ten.
Go Rin No Sho (1645)
These things cannot be explained in detail. From one thing, know ten thousand things. When you attain the Way of strategy there will not be one thing you cannot see. You must study hard.
Go Rin No Sho (1645)
If you try to wield the long sword quickly you will mistake the Way. To wield the long sword well you must wield it calmly.
Go Rin No Sho (1645)
Some other schools have a liking for extra-long swords. From the point of view of my strategy these must be seen as weak schools.
Go Rin No Sho (1645)
With water as the basis, the spirit becomes like water. Water adopts the shape of its receptacle, it is sometimes a trickle and sometimes a wild sea.
Go Rin No Sho (1645)
The spirit is to attack quickly while the enemy is still shooting with bows or guns. The spirit is to win by "treading down" as we receive the enemy's attack.
Go Rin No Sho (1645)
It is difficult to realise the true Way just through sword-fencing. Know the smallest things and the biggest things, the shallowest things and the deepest things.
Go Rin No Sho (1645)
From olden times it has been said: "Great and small go together." So do not unconditionally dislike extra-long swords. What I dislike is the inclination towards the long sword.
Go Rin No Sho (1645)
Strategy is the craft of the warrior.
Go Rin No Sho (1645)
In all forms of strategy, it is necessary to maintain the combat stance in everyday life and to make your everyday stance your combat stance. You must research this well.
Go Rin No Sho (1645)
If you learn "indoor" techniques, you will think narrowly and forget the true Way. Thus you will have difficulty in actual encounters.
Go Rin No Sho (1645)
To attain the Way of strategy as a warrior you must study fully other martial arts and not deviate even a little from the Way of the warrior.
Go Rin No Sho (1645)
What is meant by 'mingling' is the spirit of advancing and becoming engaged with the enemy, and not withdrawing even one step. You must understand this.
Go Rin No Sho (1645)
Fixed formation is bad. Study this well.
Go Rin No Sho (1645)
When I reached thirty I looked back on my past.
Go Rin No Sho (1645)
Without the correct principle the fight cannot be won.
The spirit of my school is to win through the wisdom of strategy, paying no attention to trifles. Study this well.
Go Rin No Sho (1645)
Be neither insufficiently spirited nor over spirited. An elevated spirit is weak and a low spirit is weak. Do not let the enemy see your spirit.
Go Rin No Sho (1645)
When your opponent is hurrying recklessly, you must act contrarily and keep calm. You must not be influenced by the opponent. Train diligently to attain this spirit.
Go Rin No Sho (1645)