
80: How The Way of The Samurai Translates to Life Today. Musashi, "The Book of Five Rings"
Jocko Podcast
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Military Science
There are some other schools that are fond of extra long swords from the point of martial art. This in my individual school, there is an aversion to narrow biased attitude. When facing an enemy in mortal combat, nobody thinks of striking weekly or powerfully. And I like that because obviously we see this in martial arts when somebody is trying to knock the opponent out with every swing that they take and they miss all of them. The way you knock someone out is by keeping your tight combos together and throwing them.
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