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Quotes from Armed Martial Arts of Japan: Swordsmanship and Archery — Taisen Deshimaru

1914–1982 Japan

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Train the body and develop stamina and endurance. But the spirit of competition and power that presides over them is not good, it reflects a distorted vision of life. The root of the martial arts is not there.

Armed Martial Arts of Japan: Swordsmanship and Archery (1998)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Taisen Deshimaru (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.