Dugi se mač isprva svima čini teškim i nespretnim, ali sve je tako prvi put : luk je teško nategnuti, helebardom je teško zamahnuti. - Miyamoto Musashi
" "Dugi se mač isprva svima čini teškim i nespretnim, ali sve je tako prvi put : luk je teško nategnuti, helebardom je teško zamahnuti.
About Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi 宮本 武蔵 (c. 1584 – 13 June 1645) was a famous Japanese swordsman, believed to have been one of the most skilled swordsmen in history. He founded the Hyoho Niten Ichi-ryu, or Nito Ryu style of swordsmanship and wrote Go Rin No Sho (The Book of Five Rings) a classic work on strategy, tactics, and philosophy.
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"If we look at the world we see arts for sale. Men use equipment to sell their own selves. As if with the nut and the flower, the nut has become less than the flower. In this kind of Way of strategy, both those teaching and those learning the way are concerned with coloring and showing off their technique, trying to hasten the bloom of the flower. They speak of "This Dojo" and "That Dojo". They are looking for profit."
While one is ignorant of the true path, he is convinced that his path alone is correct, (...). But when seen from the standpoint of the true path and in the light of the situation in the real world, these views divert from the true path because of individual prejudices and distorted points of view (The book of emptiness, pp. 115-116).
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