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Desiring an enemy is foolishness.

Foolishness is the darkness of your heart.

If you live sincerely, your heart will hold no shadows.

If your heart and deeds are pure, then you will never encounter an enemy.

Then, time and distance are transcended and you will defeat any enemy.

This is “Shin-da.” (Truly pierced.)

Yasuyuki Otsuka.

Headmaster of Meifu Shinkage Ryu.

2011

(See page 115 for original Japanese text of this creed.)

Shuriken-jutsu

For nearly a thousand years, there have been schools in Japan dedicated to the art of killing. The ancient schools of martial arts instructed students in every facet of survival in a hostile environment, including castle design, first aid, stress management, and more. The martial arts we see so often these days bear only a vague resemblance to their true origins. There is nothing wrong with using parts of budo in order to teach virtues, morals and physical fitness, but there are much more serious kinds of teachings that exist in the ancient densho (written records) and kuden (personal transmissions) of the original schools. Most people have no idea of the serious nature of real budo. While it is perfectly understandable that your average parent would not want his or her child actually learning how to kill, it must be understood that these arts were not created for the purpose of entertainment or for sport or for self-improvement—they certainly were not intended for children. The martial arts were intended to train soldiers in how to do their jobs, just as modern militaries train their recruits in the use of the rifle, bayonet, and grenade. The purpose of this book is to introduce you to the teachings of only one small piece of that life-and-death world of budo.