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The halberd is inferior to the spear on the battlefield. With the spear you can take the initiative, the halberd is defensive.

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Crossing at a ford occurs often in a man's lifetime. It means setting sail even though your friends stay in harbour, knowing…
When the enemy starts to collapse you must pursue him without the chance of letting go. If you fail to take advantage…
When you cannot be deceived by men you will have realised the wisdom of strategy.
Do not let your spirit be influenced by your body, or your body be influenced by your spirit. Be neither insufficiently spirited…
If there is a Way involving the spirit of not being defeated, to help oneself and gain honour, it is the Way…
When you have attained the way of strategy there will be nothing that you cannot understand. You will see the way in…
The spirit of defeating a man is the same for ten million men. The strategist makes small things into big things, like…
As if with the nut and flower, the nut has become less than the flower... both those teaching and those learning are…
In strategy your spiritual bearing must not be any different from normal. Both in fighting and in everyday life you should be…
Also by training you will be able to freely control your own body, conquer men with your body, and with sufficient training…
The bow is tactically strong at the commencement of battle, especially battles on a moor, as it is possible to shoot quickly…
This is truth: When you sacrifice your life, you must make fullest use of your weaponry. It is false not to do…

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The halberd is inferior to the spear on the battlefield. With the spear you can take the initiative, the halberd is defensive. — Miyamoto Musashi
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