To have no compassion in your martial art, shows a cover up of our most natural instinct; “fear”.

To understand compassion one must first live compassionately.

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

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.

To view one as an enemy is to see ourselves without having any wrong.

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

As there are opposites such as, positive and negative, yin and yang, war and peace. We should always strive to seek the art of peace.

The use of aggression for the martial artist is to cover up there anger and or fear. This contributes to their miss-understanding to truly know themselves.

Why do we bear arms at the slightest miscommunication? Our relationship with our ego craves always to be right.