The most important thing to me is, how, in the process of learning how to use my body, can I come to understand myself ?

Understanding comes about through feeling, from moment to moment in the mirror of relationship.

Zen is not “attained” by mirror-wiping mediation, but by “self-forgetfulness in the existential 'present' of life here and now.” We do not “come”, we “are.” Don't strive to become, but be.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

The martial arts are based upon understanding, hard work and a total comprehension of skills. Power training and the use of force are easy, but total comprehension of all of the skills of the martial arts is very difficult to achieve.

Art reaches its greatest peak when devoid of self-consciousn ess.

For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime.