Prosthetic Conscience

Swordfighting

So, how does swordfighting go along with all this peace and lurve stuff I do? There’s a good book on the subject called Herding The Ox, but here’s a quick movie quote that gets to the heart of it:

King of Qin: It just dawned on me! This scroll of Broken Sword’s isn’t about sword technique but about swordsmanship’s ultimate ideal. Swordsmanship’s first achievement is the unity of man and sword. Once this unity is attained, even a blade of grass can be a weapon. The second achievement is when the sword exists in one’s heart when absent from one’s hand. One can strike an enemy at 100 paces, even with bare hands. Swordsmanship’s ultimate achievement is the absence of the sword in both hand and heart. The swordsman is at peace with the rest of the world. He vows not to kill and to bring peace to mankind.
— Hero

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