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| This is the law. The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. The sword is more important than the shield And skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental. |
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- John Steinbeck
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| The field of martial arts is particularly rife with flamboyant showmanship, with commercial popularization, and profiteering on the part of both those who teach the science and those who study it. The result of this must be that amateuristic martial arts are a source of serious wounds. |
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- Miyamoto Musashi
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| For every one hundred men you send us, Ten should not even be here. Eighty are nothing but targets. Nine of them are real fighters; We are lucky to have them, they the battle make. Ah, but the one. One of them is a warrior. And he will bring the others back. |
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- Heraclitus
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