Martial arts should not be a platform for displaying the ego. Methods that do can lead one down a wrong path.

Why is there so much energy given to the art of war? The art of peace requires so little!

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.

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

Love never destroys; hate in itself bears the scars of countless battles.

The enlightened martial artist sees no enemy but the one within.

Training in a martial art has no end, just a beginning.

Within the martial arts, while competition in the form of sport exists, the art of Budo, a way of love may never be truly understood.