Sublime

“Leonardo da Vinci said, ‘One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself,’”

Life will always be the most grueling endurance sport, and when you train hard, get uncomfortable, and callous your mind, you will become a more versatile competitor, trained to find a way forward no matter what.

Partiality Fluidity Emptiness Jeet Kune Do

peaceful but never satisfied.

We may bring intention and intensity to our practice (in fact we must), but not ego. Dedication, even ferocity, yes. But never arrogance.

Each day we, as professionals, face the same monsters and chimeras as did Perseus or Bellerophon or St. George. The sword master advancing into ritual combat has inwardly made peace with his own extinction. He is prepared to leave everything, including his life, there on the fighting floor.

“The secret of Saladin’s success in war,” Yusuf continued, “was that his heart was at peace.”