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> [Nature is your friend; it helps you to win. Your enemy will have unnatural movement, therefore you will be able to know what he is going to do before he does it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masaaki-hatsumi/nature-is-your-friend-it-helps-you-to-win-your-enemy-will-have/)

[Masaaki Hatsumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masaaki-hatsumi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c3/masaaki-hatsumi-16038_able_nature-is-your-friend-it-helps-you-to-wi_819838.png)

## More by Masaaki Hatsumi

> [Remember that for every technique you think you can fall back on, there is a counter for it, or there are times when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masaaki-hatsumi/remember-that-for-every-technique-you-think-you-can-fall-back-on/)

[Masaaki Hatsumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masaaki-hatsumi/)

> [You can only understand if you've had the technique done to you. It's like food. You can't describe the taste, but if you've tasted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masaaki-hatsumi/you-can-only-understand-if-you-ve-had-the-technique-done-to-you-it-s/)

[Masaaki Hatsumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masaaki-hatsumi/)

> [Breathe life into the weapon, don't take life away from it. Keep walking, because walking is life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masaaki-hatsumi/breathe-life-into-the-weapon-don-t-take-life-away-from-it-keep/)

[Masaaki Hatsumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masaaki-hatsumi/)

> [Budo is simply the study of the best ways to kill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masaaki-hatsumi/budo-is-simply-the-study-of-the-best-ways-to-kill/)

[Masaaki Hatsumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masaaki-hatsumi/)

> [Ninja should have the benevolence to protect men of justice since there are lots of good and respectable people in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masaaki-hatsumi/ninja-should-have-the-benevolence-to-protect-men-of-justice-since/)

[Masaaki Hatsumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masaaki-hatsumi/)

> [Nature is your friend; it helps you to win. Your enemy will have unnatural movement, therefore you will be able to know what he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masaaki-hatsumi/nature-is-your-friend-it-helps-you-to-win-your-enemy-will-have/)

[Masaaki Hatsumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masaaki-hatsumi/)

> [You've got to learn to utilize the space (between you and your opponent). Distancing is very important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masaaki-hatsumi/you-ve-got-to-learn-to-utilize-the-space-between-you-and-your/)

[Masaaki Hatsumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masaaki-hatsumi/)

> [There was a famous Zen master whom people would seek out to become enlightened. He was strict and would occupy people with things having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masaaki-hatsumi/there-was-a-famous-zen-master-whom-people-would-seek-out-to-become/)

[Masaaki Hatsumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masaaki-hatsumi/)

> [You are not just fighting one opponent. You are fighting the unknown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masaaki-hatsumi/you-are-not-just-fighting-one-opponent-you-are-fighting-the-unknown/)

[Masaaki Hatsumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masaaki-hatsumi/)

> [There are times to kill and times not to kill. Please bear this in mind with grave consideration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masaaki-hatsumi/there-are-times-to-kill-and-times-not-to-kill-please-bear-this-in/)

[Masaaki Hatsumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masaaki-hatsumi/)

> [Separate yourself from the technique; separate yourself from yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masaaki-hatsumi/separate-yourself-from-the-technique-separate-yourself-from-yourself/)

[Masaaki Hatsumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masaaki-hatsumi/)

> [Looking for the meaning of life, one man can discover the order of the universe. To discover the truth, to achieve. a higher spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masaaki-hatsumi/looking-for-the-meaning-of-life-one-man-can-discover-the-order-of-the/)

[Masaaki Hatsumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masaaki-hatsumi/)

> [From now on you must strive to cut out unnecessary movement. Waste in movement is wrong and will get you killed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masaaki-hatsumi/from-now-on-you-must-strive-to-cut-out-unnecessary-movement-waste-in/)

[Masaaki Hatsumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masaaki-hatsumi/)

> [Your life is on the line, practice well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masaaki-hatsumi/your-life-is-on-the-line-practice-well/)

[Masaaki Hatsumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masaaki-hatsumi/)

> [Always be able to kill your students](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/masaaki-hatsumi/always-be-able-to-kill-your-students/)

[Masaaki Hatsumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/masaaki-hatsumi/)

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