Life is deceitful because all warfare is based on deception.
The real fighter knows perfectly well that there is no difference between victory and defeat, friend and enemy, day and night, life and death.
First of all you must understand that practising martial arts means studying a certain oriental philosophy of life, otherwise it's merely a vacuous sport devoid of any significance.
When I was young I used to practice a martial art that was a mixture of karate, kung fu, Jujitsu, Yawara Kubotan, Aikido, Okinawan kobudo, Newaza, etc.; now I am just a theoretical samurai or a bushido scholar if you prefer.
Another soldier has been killed. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
All art is political, all art is a martial one.
The real hero must fail in order to succeed.
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Willie Brown Former Speaker of the California State Assembly
