Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men. ... Even if you kill an enemy, if it is not based on what you have learned it is not the true Way.

Step by step walk the thousand-mile road.

In this the Fire Book of the NiTo Ichi school of strategy I describe fighting as fire.

You can win with certainty with the spirit of 'one cut'. It is difficult to attain this if you do not learn strategy well. If you train well in this Way, strat…

'Keep reading books, stay in school. I encourage kids to read as much as they can; I challenge you to read a book every two weeks, like I try to.'

I believe in the ability of focusing strongly in something, then you are able to extract even more out of it. It's been like this all my life, and it's been on…

The most important battle is one to conquer yourself.