When you strike a blow, do not let your mind dally on it, not concerning yourself with whether or not it is a telling blow; you should strike again a…

- Yagyu Munenori

Once a fight has started, if you get involved in thinking about what to do, you will be cut down by your opponent with the very next blow.

- Yagyu Munenori

See first with your mind, then with your eyes, and finally with your body.

- Yagyu Munenori

It is bias to think that the art of war is just for killing people. It is not to kill people, it is to kill evil. It is a strategem to give life to m…

- Yagyu Munenori

Conquering evil, not the opponent, is the essence of swordsmanship.

- Yagyu Munenori