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

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

To overcome fear one must have lived with fear.

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.

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

To hate or to not hate an enemy! It starts within your mind! Train to see all from the same perspective.

The true martial artist has a caring spirit that sees all as one.

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

Those who only seek destruction within the martial arts are disconnected to themselves and all fragile life.

A martial artist should not be measured on their ability to hurt or destroy an enemy but how they can change aggression into the art of peace.