Taisen Deshimaru Quote

Train the body and develop stamina and endurance. But the spirit of competition and power that presides over them is not good, it reflects a distorted vision of life. The root of the martial arts is not there.


As quoted in Armed Martial Arts of Japan: Swordsmanship and Archery (1998) by G. Cameron Hurst, G. Cameron Hurst, 3rd, G. Hurst I, p. 4


Train the body and develop stamina and endurance. But the spirit of competition and power that presides over them is not good, it reflects a...

Train the body and develop stamina and endurance. But the spirit of competition and power that presides over them is not good, it reflects a...

Train the body and develop stamina and endurance. But the spirit of competition and power that presides over them is not good, it reflects a...

Train the body and develop stamina and endurance. But the spirit of competition and power that presides over them is not good, it reflects a...