“The Way is in training.”

Do not collect weapons or practice with weapons beyond what is useful.

The ultimate aim of martial arts is not having to use them.

Resentment and complaint are appropriate neither for oneself nor others.

Do not seek pleasure for its own sake.

Never let yourself be saddened by a separation.

In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things.

You may abandon your own body but you must preserve your honor.

Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.