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O. E. Laguna
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"I am ashamed to admit I have never read the Odyssey in its entirety, but Epic: The Musical has inspired me to do so." — Dec 29, 2025 03:59PM
"I am ashamed to admit I have never read the Odyssey in its entirety, but Epic: The Musical has inspired me to do so." — Dec 29, 2025 03:59PM
Bu-shi-do means literally Military-Knight-Ways—the ways which fighting nobles should observe in their daily life as well as in their vocation; in a word, the “Precepts of Knighthood,” the noblesse oblige of the warrior class.
“Do not pursue the taste of good food.”
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“You will not achieve a success in the course of your life if you practise Martial Arts without training legs.”
― Authentic Shaolin Heritage: Training Methods of 72 Arts of Shaolin: Training Methods of 72 Arts of Shaolin
― Authentic Shaolin Heritage: Training Methods of 72 Arts of Shaolin: Training Methods of 72 Arts of Shaolin
“If one learns Chinese boxing without practicing Chinese Kung Fu, it will become futile in his old age.”
― Ancient Chinese hidden weapons
― Ancient Chinese hidden weapons
“What the ancients called a clever fighter is one who not only wins, but excels in winning with ease.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
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