The primary thing when you take a sword in your hands is your intention to cut the enemy, whatever the means. Whenever you parry, hit, spring, strike or touch the enemy's cutting sword, you must cut the enemy in the same movement. It is essential to attain this. If you think only of hitting, springing, striking or touching the enemy, you will not be able actually to cut him.

In battle, if you you make your opponent flinch, you have already won.

When you have attained the way of strategy there will be nothing that you cannot understand. You will see the way in everything.

In strategy your spiritual bearing must not be any different from normal. Both in fighting and in everyday life you should be determined though calm. Meet the situation without tenseness yet not recklessly, your spirit settled yet unbiased.

When your spirit is not in the least clouded, when the clouds of bewilderment clear away, there is the true void.

A warrior has no confusion in his mind...This is true emptiness.

Respect Buddha and the gods without counting on their help