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

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

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

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.

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

To understand compassion one must first live compassionately.

Your brain doesn’t always understand what your eyes see. Training is the only option to unlock the many facets to the martial arts.

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

To defeat an enemy with compassion over aggression will take great understanding. Introduce this as a part of your life’s philosophy.

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