Nothing is so strong as gentleness.
Nothing is so gentle as real strength.
— Frances de Sales
There may be a day when I can no longer do this. That day is not today.
Strategy of Lao Tzu, often used by the arts of Aikido, Judo and Jiu-Jitsu: “Ju Yoku Go O Seisu,” meaning “Gentleness Controls Strength.”
Don’t break someone’s heart, they only have one.
Break their bones, they have 206 of them.
It never gets easier. You just get better.
Samurai saying regarding developing skill in the combat arts: “Knife sharpens on stone, man sharpens on man.”
Jiki Shin Kore Dojo: If your mind and heart are in the right place, everywhere is the dojo.