Yagyū Munenori citations

Yagyū Munenori est un escrimeur japonais, fondateur de la branche d'Edo du Yagyū Shinkage-ryū, qu'il a appris de son père Yagyū « Sekishusai » Muneyoshi. C'est l'un des deux styles officiels d'escrime patronnés par le shogunat Tokugawa . Munenori commence sa carrière dans l'administration Tokugawa comme hatamoto, vassal direct de la maison Tokugawa, et plus tard voit son revenu élevé à 10 000 koku, ce qui en fait un fudai daimyo secondaire , avec des propriétés foncières autour de son village ancestral de Yagyū-zato. Il reçoit de la Cour Impériale le titre honorifique de Tajima no Kami . Wikipedia  

✵ 1571 – 11. mai 1646
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Yagyū Munenori: Citations en anglais

“A stroke of the sword that does not hit its target is the sword stroke of death; you reach over it to strike the winning blow.”

A Hereditary Book on the Art of War (1632)
Contexte: A stroke of the sword that does not hit its target is the sword stroke of death; you reach over it to strike the winning blow. Your adversary's initiative having missed its mark, you turn the tables around and get the jump on your adversary.

“Conquering evil, not the opponent, is the essence of swordsmanship.”

As quoted in Behold the Second Horseman (2005), by Joseph Lumpkin, p. 44.

“Throwing down your own sword is also an art of war. If you have attained mastery of swordlessness, you will never lack for a sword. The opponent's sword is your sword. This is acting at the vanguard of the moment.”

As quoted in Soul of the Samurai (2005) by Thomas Cleary, p. 28
Variant translation: If you have attained mastery of swordlessness, you will never be without a sword.

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

As quoted in Living the Martial Way : A Manual for the Way a Modern Warrior Should Think (1992) by Forrest E. Morgan, p. 88.

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

As quoted in Behold the Second Horseman (2005), by Joseph Lumpkin, p. 53.