"In swordsmanship you face your opponent, you forget about life, you forget about death, forget about your opponent, and forget about yourself.
Your thoughts do not move and you create no intentions. You are in a state of no-mind and practical application will have no obstacles.
When in the midst of a great number of opponents, you will cut and thrust before and behind, and to the left and right.
And even if your body is smashed to bits, your ch'i will be under your control and your spirit settled.
You will suffer no changes at all, and you will be as correct and peerless as Tzu Lu."
-Tengu, The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts








