Treat others in the way you would like to be treated and a harmony shall exist.

If you study the martial arts with aggression and malice this will eventually bring you to view the world from a fearful place.

Martial arts are not studied to enhance aggression, but to train the spirit to reveal flaws for ones own self correction.

Why do we study a lifetime of fighting within the martial arts? To seek a peaceful path to enlightenment.

You can own a sword, display a sword or collect to sell swords. But the way of the samurai sword is only revealed to the user.

Without some form of understanding of “ki”, the brain will always interpret technique from a physical perspective.

Respect should always be offered to the opponent first. Often this can lead an attitude of dis-harmony into a peaceful resolution.

After a life time study in martial arts you may come to the realization that fighting or not fighting, is really the same.