The weed crushed and pressed by the heavy rock may slowly and gently grow up anew helped by the fresh air, sunshine, and sympathetic rain. On the oth…

- Kyuzo Mifune

A chance to try your technique is in one instant never to be regained, so try it without hesitation.

- Kyuzo Mifune

True spirit of Judo is nothing but the gentle and diligent free spirit. Judo rests on flexible action of mind and body. The word flexible however nev…

- Kyuzo Mifune

Cause your opponent to repent, then let him fall

- Kyuzo Mifune

To master an actual technique, mental culture should come first. Acquiring a technique requires a careful, modest, non-mean, free and attentive mind…

- Kyuzo Mifune

"Ju" means being natural or in other words the way which is natural and in accords with the truth of the universe and the one that human beings have …

- Kyuzo Mifune

There are no shortcuts because there is no end

- Kyuzo Mifune

The mind, if slackened even a little, will cause defeat, the same as fearing the opponent will make you unable to use full strength.

- Kyuzo Mifune

A good Judoka never anticipates his action in a match, but his mind is as clever as a polished mirror which enables him to foresee precisely anything…

- Kyuzo Mifune