Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by Tsukahara Bokuden

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Last updated on November 22, 2024.
Tsukahara Bokuden

Tsukahara Bokuden was a famous swordsman of the early Sengoku period. He was described as a kensei. He was the founder of a new Kashima style of kenjutsu, and served as an instructor of Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Ise provincial governor daimyō Kitabatake Tomonori.

1489 - 1571
My art is different than yours; it consists not in defeating others, but in not being defeated. — © Tsukahara Bokuden
My art is different than yours; it consists not in defeating others, but in not being defeated.
Mental bearing (calmness), not skill, is the sign of a matured samurai. A Samurai therefore should neither be pompous nor arrogant.
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