„Aiki is not a technique to fight with or defeat an enemy. It is the way to reconcile the world and make human beings one family.“

— Morihei Ueshiba

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„The true Way of sword fencing is the craft of defeating the enemy in a fight, and nothing other than this.“
— Miyamoto Musashi
„To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.“
— E.E. Cummings
„If a segment of one's force is located where it is not sufficiently busy with the enemy, or if the troops are on the march - that is, idle - while the enemy is fighting, then these forces are being managed uneconomically. In this sense they are being wasted, which is even worse than using them inappropriately.“
— Carl von Clausewitz
„In single combat, we can confuse the enemy by attacking with varied techniques when the chance arises. Feint a thrust or cut, or make the enemy think you are going close to him, and when he is confused you can easily win.This is the essence of fighting, and you must research it deeply.“
— Miyamoto Musashi
„Another way that you love your enemy is this: When the opportunity presents itself for you to defeat your enemy, that is the time which you must not do it.“
— Jr.