Monthly Archives: March 2010

The French

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March 31, 2010

…and thirdly you must hate a Frenchman as you hate the devil. - Admiral Horatio Nelson
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Heroism

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March 30, 2010

The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared. Some men get over their fright in a minute under fire. For some, it takes an hour. For some, it takes days. But a real man will never let his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to...
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Perfection

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March 29, 2010

A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later. - General Patton
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Void

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March 27, 2010

By Void I mean that which has no beginning and no end. Attaining this principle means not attaining the principle. The Way of strategy is the Way of nature. When you appreciate the power of nature, knowing the rhythm of any situation, you will be able to hit the enemy naturally and strike naturally....
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Wind

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March 26, 2010

By Wind I mean old traditions, present-day traditions, and family traditions of strategy. Thus I clearly explain the strategies of the world. This is tradition. It is difficult to know yourself if you do not know others. To all Ways there are side-tracks. If you study a Way daily, and your spirit diverges, you...
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Fire

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March 25, 2010

The spirit of fire is fierce, whether the fire be small or big; and so it is with battles. The Way of battles is the same for man to man fights and for ten thousand a side battles. You must appreciate that spirit can become big or small. What is big is easy to...
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Water

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March 24, 2010

With water as the basis, the spirit becomes like water. Water adopts the shape of its receptacle, it is sometimes a trickle and sometimes a wild sea. … If you master the principles of sword-fencing, when you freely beat one man, you beat any man in the world. The spirit of defeating a man...
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The Way

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March 23, 2010

It is difficult to realise the true Way just through sword-fencing. Know the smallest things and the biggest things, the shallowest things and the deepest things. Miyamoto Musashi
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How Speed is Developed

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March 22, 2010

Today’s guest post is another good one from Jay of The Firing Pin Journal. New shooters, and a few veterans, are obsessed with the speed of draw and fire. In and of itself it is not a bad thing but very often the desire for speed means a poor draw, poor presentation and a...
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Quote of the day

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March 19, 2010

I always figure you might as well approach life like everybody’s your friend or nobody is; don’t make much difference. - Paden, Silverado
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