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Usman Wibisono

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“A kunoichi is married to her duty, and to death.”
― David Kudler, Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale

tags: bushido, duty, kunoichi, risuko

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“Bushido as an independent code of ethics may vanish, but its power will not perish from the earth; its schools of martial prowess or civic honor may be demolished, but its light and its glory will long survive their ruins. Like its symbolic flower, after it is blown to the four winds, it will still bless mankind with the perfume with which it will enrich life.”
― Inazo Nitobe, Bushido: The Soul of Japan

tags: bushido, code, enrichment, ethics, perfume

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“On Ryukyu islands, the expert Kara-te practitioners, used their skills to subdue, control and generally teach bullies A lesson, rather than severely injure or kill their attackers. They knew full well the consequences of their actions and the trail of blood and retribution that would ensue”
― Soke Behzad Ahmadi, COMPLETE OKINAWA KARATE : Chin-na & Shuai-Jiao

“Read Hearn, the most eloquent and truthful interpreter of the Japanese mind, and you see the working of that mind to be an example of the working of Bushido.”
― Inazo Nitobe, Bushido: The Soul of Japan

tags: bushido, hearn, japanese, lefkadio, mind

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“Any self-defense situation has the potential to quickly become A 'life and death' situation, therefore your practice of martial arts should be undertaken, as if your very life depends on it . . .”
― Soke Behzad Ahmadi, Legacy of A Sensei