Masaaki Hatsumi Quotes

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• The first priority to the ninja is to win without fighting.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Fighting, Winning, Priorities

  Masaaki Hatsumi (1988). “Essence of Ninjutsu”, McGraw-Hill Education

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• Learning a technique is not an end in itself, it merely indicates where you need to start.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Technique, Needs, Ends

  Masaaki Hatsumi, Ben Jones (2004). “THE WAY OF THE NINJA: Secret Techniques”, p.178, Kodansha International

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• Forget your sadness, anger, grudges, and hatred. Let them
  pass like smoke caught in the breeze. You should not deviate
  from the path of righteousness; you should lead a life worthy
  of a man. Don't be possessed by greed, luxury, or your ego.
  You should accept sorrows, sadness and hatred as they are,
  and consider them a chance for trial given to you by the
  powers... a blessing given by nature. Have both your mind and
  your time fully engaged in bud?, and have your mind deeply
  set on bujutsu.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Sadness, Blessing, Men

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• The simplest is always the most difficult.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Difficult, Simplest

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• When weak or injured always continue training as you should always be able to adapt in any condition.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Training, Able, Martial Arts

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• Nature is your friend; it helps you to win. Your enemy will have unnatural movement, therefore you will be able to know what he is going to do before he does it.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Winning, Enemy, Movement

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• Forget your sadness, anger, grudges and hatred. Let them pass like smoke caught in a breeze. Do not indulge yourself in such feelings.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Sadness, Indulge Yourself, Hatred

  Masaaki Hatsumi (1988). “Essence of Ninjutsu”, McGraw-Hill Education

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• You are not just fighting one opponent. You are fighting the
  unknown.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Fighting, Opponents

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• If you do something and it saves your life, it was good
  taijutsu. In a real fight, you aren't worried about what's
  pretty.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Real, Fighting, Martial Arts

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• Looking for the meaning of life, one man can discover the order of the universe. To discover the truth, to achieve. a higher spiritual state, that is the true meaning of ninja.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Spiritual, Men, Order

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• There was a famous Zen master whom people would seek out to become enlightened. He was strict and would occupy people with things having nothing to do with seeking enlightenment. You see, that is the only way to achieve enlightenment; by not focusing on achieving it. Then, one day it will just come to you.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Wisdom

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• It's important to make an effort under any circumstance - stagnant, sickness, being in an unstable lifestyle, even when society is insane. You should consider such periods as an omen before you move. When you are stuck on something, it is important to hold to your purpose but not press onward against the current. When you can't move at all, try to concentrate, continuing forward as if in a boat switching to a stronger motor. The keiko that is most important when you cannot move is kage no keiko [shadow training].

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Moving, Effort, Training

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• When properly applied, the kamae reflects the ninja's heart.
  This means that our physical nature conforms to our intentions,
  and there is no division between our interior and exterior
  aspects. This state of integrated mind and body action is
  totally natural, and can be observed readily in the movements
  of animals as they interact with their environment. Only human
  beings seem to develop the need to be trained in natural body
  motion.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Heart, Mean, Animal

  Masaaki Hatsumi (1981). “Ninjutsu, History and Tradition”, Action Pursuit Group

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• Any place we can breathe, we can do Ninjutsu.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Breathe, Can Do

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• Your life is on the line, practice well.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Bad Ass, Practice, Lines

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• People who cannot respect others for their good qualities -
  people who only look at the bad in others - are no good
  themselves. By looking at only the bad points, you open
  yourself up, and in a real encounter, will most probably be
  killed.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Real, People, Quality

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• Always be able to kill your students

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Able, Martial Arts, Students

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• No more talk. I'm sick of people talking. Train.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Talking, People, Sick

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• What I want you to do is just take it as it is. Don't think too much. If you get involved with thinking about it, the whole thing gets lost or loses its purity. Don't think during practice - DO! The more you think, the further from the truth of budo you get: Budo is NOT an academic subject!

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Thinking, Practice, Want

  Masaaki Hatsumi (1988). “The Grandmaster's Book of Ninja Training”, McGraw-Hill Education

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• Separate yourself from the technique; separate yourself from
  yourself.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Technique

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• Move with your feet, the hands will follow.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Moving, Hands, Feet

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• Humans have yet to dwell upon the consequences of their
  actions. People have yet to admit the bad that they do to
  nature, for example. Actually, most people spend their time
  finding fault in the action of others, rather than their own.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  People, Example, Faults

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• Those who desire only techniques will never understand this art. It is everything beyond that

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Art, Desire, Technique

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• It is important to practice so your movement is the minimum
  necessary to complete its task.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Practice, Important, Tasks

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• Don't think that any one technique is the end. there is no end.
  There is no perfect technique. Just when you think you've got
  them, you're dead because you didn't.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Thinking, Perfect, Technique

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