A Book Of Five Rings

[Trainer Monkey]

Ah, the Go Rin No Sho (A Book of Five Rings), the story of Miyamoto Musashi. One of my favorites from it was the Fire and Stones cut that he used to defeat the monk who utilized a spear. Then he stayed with the monks and trained with them for a time.

This and the Art Of War are religion to me
Its depressing<im a relatively peaceful dude,and one of the things Im most adept at,is creating havoc on the form of my fellow man

I don't see why it would be depressing: you don't have to actually DO it, but knowing how is a good tool to have in your skillset. The objective is usually peace, but the means are often not thusly based.

Thankfully humans have a base survival instinct that tells them when that dog will bite. So I allmost never have to get in to a physical confrontation outside of a sparring situation. Something about the way I carry myself,says this dog will bite hard. I prefer it that way. I dont really like non-athletic physical confrontations,ignoring the fact that Im going to have to do some serious explaining when the cops show up,and may have to spend the evening rattling cell doors until it all gets sorted out by my lawyer,I allways have this feeling that,if we had calmed down and talked,it would have never reached a physical confrontation stage.
Sun-Tzu says that triumph in war is not so much a triumph as a failure in diplomacy.
In the ring,well lets dosey doe, outside of it,we reduce ourselves to base instincts.