Bushido Quotes
Bushido Quote of the day
My code of life and my personal bushido is honour, respect, loyalty, courage and surrender.
Bushido is realised in the presence of death. In the case of having to choose between life and death you should choose death. There is no other reasoning.
Intelligence is the flower of discrimination. There are many examples of the flower blooming but not bearing fruit. Bushido is in being crazy to die. Fifty or more could not kill one such a man.
If a man does not investigate into the matter of bushido daily, it will be difficult for him to die a brave and manly death.
The Japanese had a very strong belief in Bushido, death before dishonour. They were fighting for their country; they were the aggressors in World War II.
Karate is not about techniques and their execution, but about boldness, integrity and fight for justice and common good
Warriors do not lower themselves to the standards of other people
There is no greater solitude than that of the samurai unless it is that of the tiger in the jungle... Perhaps...
. . . for any worthwhile martial arts skill to be pragmatic, it has to be done live, otherwise it is of limited or no use in actual combat
Never respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves it...Don't allow his anger to become your anger.
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 . . .
The essence of warrior traits are demonstrated by : integrity with self, and honesty with others
The warrior guided by the spirit serves humanity, the warrior without, serves the ego
True Martial Arts is universal, simple and practical. Anything else is too complex to be used in combat.
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.
A karate practitioner should possess two things : wicked hands, and Buddha's heart
Bushido is realized in the presence of death. This means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death. There is no other reasoning.