“If you learn "indoor" techniques, you will think narrowly and forget the true Way. Thus you will have difficulty in actual encounters.”

— Miyamoto Musashi

Go Rin No Sho (1645), The Ground Book

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Japanese martial artist, writer, artist 1584–1645

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