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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.

Yagyū Munenori

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Yagyū Munenori (1571 – May 11, 1646) was a Japanese swordsman, the son of Yagyū Munetoshi, and founder of the Edo branch of Yagyū Shinkage-ryū school of swordsmanship. He is famous as the author of the Heihō kadensho (1632), an acclaimed treatise on practical swordsmanship and how it can be applied to life and politics. His sons, Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi and Yagyū Munefuyu, were also famous swordsmen.

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Alternative Names: Yagyu Munenori • Yagyuu Munenori

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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.

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

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

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. - Yagyū Munenori

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