Know the smallest things and the biggest things, the shallo… - Miyamoto Musashi

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Know the smallest things and the biggest things, the shallowest things and the deepest things. As if it were a straight road mapped out on the ground ... These things cannot be explained in detail. From one thing, know ten thousand things. When you attain the Way of strategy there will not be one thing you cannot see. You must study hard

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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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Pen Names: 新免玄信 • 宮本二天

Alternative Names: Niten • Miyamoto Musashi Niten • Miyamoto Niten • Musashi • Takemura Musashi • Shinmen Takezō • Musashi Masana • Shinmen Musashi-no-Kami Fujiwara no Harunobu • Shimmen Musashi • Musachi • Musashi Miyamoto • Miyamoto Mushashi

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from one thing, know ten thousand things

From one thing, know ten thousand things.

These things cannot be explained in detail. From one thing, know ten thousand things. When you attain the Way of strategy there will not be one thing you cannot see. You must study hard.

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In a battle of martial arts, victory is in knowing the rhythms of your various opponents, in using a rhythm your opponent will be unable to grasp, and in developing a rhythm of emptiness rather than one of wisdom.

You can win with certainty with the spirit of "one cut". It is difficult to attain this if you do not learn strategy well. If you train well in this Way, strategy will come from your heart and you will be able to win at will. You must train diligently.

Whatever the Way, the master of strategy does not appear fast.

Know the smallest things and the biggest things, the shallowest things and the deepest things. As if it were a straight road mapped out on the ground… - Miyamoto Musashi

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