9 quotes
It is easy to kill someone with a slash of a sword. It is hard to be impossible for others to cut down.
Behold the Second Horseman (2005)
Conquering evil, not the opponent, is the essence of swordsmanship.
Behold the Second Horseman (2005)
There may be a hundred stances and sword positions, but you win with just one.
A Hereditary Book on the Art of War (1632)
See first with your mind, then with your eyes, and finally with your body.
It is bias to think that the art of war is just for killing people. It is not to kill people, it is to kill evil. It is a stratagem to give life to many people by killing the evil of one person.
The Japanese Art of War (1991)
Throwing down your own sword is also an art of war. If you have attained mastery of swordlessness, you will never lack for a sword. The opponent's sword is your sword. This is acting at the vanguard of the moment.
Soul of the Samurai (2005)
Once a fight has started, if you get involved in thinking about what to do, you will be cut down by your opponent with the very next blow.
A Hereditary Book on the Art of War (1632)
A stroke of the sword that does not hit its target is the sword stroke of death; you reach over it to strike the winning blow. Your adversary's initiative having missed its mark, you turn the tables around and get the jump on your adversary.
A Hereditary Book on the Art of War (1632)
When you strike a blow, do not let your mind dally on it, not concerning yourself with whether or not it is a telling blow; you should strike again and again, over and over, even four or five times. The thing is not to let your opponent even raise his head.
A Hereditary Book on the Art of War (1632)