It’s less important how strong others see you. And far more important in the strength you see in yourself.

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

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

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

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

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 train a life time acquiring skills of self-defence only to seek retribution in the destruction of others becomes a wasted journey; a path of self-destruction.

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

To seek the path of ego within the martial arts will seed jealousy and corruption.

Martial Arts should not focus entirely on the destruction of an enemy but in ways it can strive to embrace the enemy.