See first with your mind, then with your eyes, and finally with your body. Yagyu Munenori More Quotes by Yagyu Munenori More Quotes From 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 cutting fighting blow 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 many people by killing the evil of one person. Yagyu Munenori war art thinking 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 and again, over and over, even four or five times. The thing is not to let your opponent even raise his head. Yagyu Munenori four blow mind Conquering evil, not the opponent, is the essence of swordsmanship. Yagyu Munenori opponents essence evil When officials pursue personal interest and thus oppress the common people, this above all is the beginning of the end for a nation. Yagyu Munenori
