PRACTICE OF THE Art of Peace enables you to rise above praise or blame, and it frees you from attachment to this and that.

Seeing me before him, / The adversary attacks, / But by that time / I am already standing / Safely behind him.

Around 2am as I was performing misogi, I suddenly forgot all the martial techniques I had ever learned. The techniques of my teachers appeared completely new. Now they were vehicles for the cultivation of life, knowledge, and virtue, not devices to throw people with.

Foster and polish the warrior spirit while serving in the world; illuminate the path according to your inner light.

ALL THINGS, material and spiritual, originate from one source and are related as if they were one family. The past, present, and future are all contained in the life force. The universe emerged and developed from one source, and we evolved through the optimal process of unification and harmonization.

Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead. The Art of Peace is a celebration of the bonding of heaven, earth, and humankind. It is all that is true, good, and beautiful.

The Way of a Warrior is to establish harmony.