“When you strike a blow, do not let your mind dally on it, not concerning yourself with whether or not it is a telling blow; you should strike again and again, over and over, even four or five times. The thing is not to let your opponent even raise his head.”

—  Yagyū Munenori

A Hereditary Book on the Art of War (1632)

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