See first with your mind, then with your eyes, and finally … - Yagyū Munenori

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

Yagyū Munenori

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About Yagyū Munenori

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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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.

It is easy to kill someone with a slash of a sword. It is hard to be impossible for others to cut down.

There may be a hundred stances and sword positions, but you win with just one.

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

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