Let him cut your skin, and you cut his flesh. Let him cut your flesh, and you cut his bones. Let him cut your bones, and you cut off his life — Toshitsugu Takamatsu Copy Share Image
The heart of taijutsu is important and only through training will one polish that heart (like a gem) and understand true taijutsu. — Toshitsugu Takamatsu Copy Share Image
The way to experience ultimate happiness is to let go of all worries and regrets, and to know that being happy is the most satisfying of life's feelings. Reflect back on all the progress in your life and allow the positive, creative and joyous thoughts to outshine and overwhelm any sorrow or grief that may linger in the recesses of… — Toshitsugu Takamatsu Copy Share
When I was taught the Gyokko Ryu Koshijutsu Kihon Gata, there were in this engendering of fundamental form the eight methods. *I was told… — Toshitsugu Takamatsu Copy Share Image
For taijutsu, the flexibility of the legs is the most important factor, not the strength of the legs. — Toshitsugu Takamatsu Copy Share Image
The way of the martial artist is the way of enduring, surviving and prevailing over all that would destroy him. More than delivering strikes… — Toshitsugu Takamatsu Copy Share Image
Let him cut your skin, and you cut his flesh. Let him cut your flesh, and you cut his bones. Let him cut your… — Toshitsugu Takamatsu Copy Share Image
