How terrible is the life of self-discipline, self-discipline coupled with persistence equals success, I believe many people will agree with this law. In Japan's Sengoku period, there was a samurai who was extremely self-disciplined, to what extent?
Persistent "martial fool", total victory record
China's Warring States Period more than 2,000 years ago, what is less well known is that Japan also had its Warring States Era, that is, China's Ming Dynasty.
It is well known that the Japanese worshipped the spirit of Bushido, and their Sengoku period produced a large number of very good samurai, the most famous of which was Miyamoto Musashi.
Miyamoto Musashi was a "martial fool". Legend has it that he never bathed in order to pursue the highest state of kendo, not close to women, and almost extreme self-discipline.
The ascetic practice also brought him extremely brilliant achievements, and he experienced more than 60 battles without a single defeat in his lifetime, and finally became the well-deserved first swordsman of Japan.
Miyamoto Musashi, who came from a samurai family, learned kendo from his father from an early age.
He won his first victory at the age of 13.
That year, he defeated the "Shindang" samurai MaseiBei and became famous in one fell swoop. Three years later, the famous Japanese warrior Akiyama was also defeated by his sword.
The young Miyamoto, hot-blooded and aggressive, not afraid of life and death, defeated one strong enemy after another, and rose to fame in his hometown.
In order to find more powerful enemies, but also to pursue the highest realm of kendo. The 21-year-old Miyamoto came to Kyoto and met excellent warriors from all over the world.
He began to fight with the martial artists of various countries one by one. In more than ten years, a total of more than sixty confrontations have achieved a total victory record.
The dialogue of the strong, the most classic battle of the career
The most powerful master Miyamoto encountered during this period was Kojiro Sasaki. Before Miyamoto became the number one in the world, Kojiro Sasaki was the most powerful swordsman in Japan.
Not only that, but Kojiro was also a well-known beautiful man among samurai, and his blade was a long sword known as "Bizen Nagamitsu".
The location of this duel was agreed between the two sides on Rock Flow Island.
On the day of the decisive battle, Musashi played a trick and deliberately arrived late. Knowing in advance that Kojiro was good at using long swords, Miyamoto gave up the double knives he had often used before in order to defeat the enemy.
Instead, he chose a long, bulky wooden knife modified from an oar to meet the battle, so well-intentioned and obviously prepared.
Since Musashi was a few hours late, at the beginning of the decisive battle, the impatient Kojiro took the initiative, drew his sword, threw the sheath of the sword and rushed directly to Miyamoto.
And Miyamoto quickly met the enemy with a homemade wooden knife, and the sword and light sword shadow on the battlefield suddenly flashed and moved, you came and went, and unconsciously the two had dismantled nearly a hundred moves.
The master overplayed, the victory and defeat was originally between the millimeters, from the slightest distraction, suddenly a careless, Kojiro's eyes were blinded by the sun for a moment, in an instant, Miyamoto hit Kojiro's head with a wooden sword, and Kojiro was seriously injured and died.
Unfortunately, Kojiro had not yet had time to use his famous stunt "Yan Hui", and he was already defeated by Miyamoto's sword, and the "Yan Hui" skill was also lost with kojiro's death.
Founded a sect and pursued the highest realm of martial arts
The decisive battle with Kojiro Sasaki became a classic battle in Miyamoto's career.
Since then, he has become a myth in the Japanese samurai world, but after this battle, there was a lot of controversy, some people accused Miyamoto of means, deliberately late to make Sasaki Kojiro impetuous, some people felt that there was nothing wrong with it.
But people valued the results more, and Musashi went from being a ronin to being the world's number one swordsman.
As a result of the continuous victory over the masters of various countries, Miyamoto's kendo has also reached a higher level.
Both the body shape and swordplay reached the realm of the top master, so the famous Miyamoto founded the sect and created the "Yuanming First-class" sect.
Subsequently, with his hard work and daily practice, Miyamoto's double-sword flow swordplay gradually reached the realm of transformation, and he was revered as "second-class in the second day".
In addition, while practicing kendo, Miyamoto also wrote many books on kendo, such as "The Mirror of The Soldier", "The Book of Five Wheels", etc., which played an immeasurable role in the development of kendo in Japan.
Miyamoto also became a famous Japanese person, a kendoist, and a martial artist.
When it comes to Miyamoto's success, the first essential is not to be close to women and not to bathe.
Not to be close to the female color is to maintain concentration, not to be confused by external temptations, but how is it to not take a bath?
It is said that Miyamoto first took a bath and was very hygienic. But once, when he was taking a bath, he was secretly calculated by the enemy family and almost died.
Since then, he has vowed never to bathe again, and he has carried a knife with him.
In order not to be disturbed by the outside world, he studied the highest realm of swordplay without distraction.
Miyamoto often went alone to the wilderness to practice physical skills. In martial arts novels, it is often narrated that if a person wants to reach the highest realm of martial arts, he must retreat and practice. Miyamoto was such a martial arts master who practiced alone.
Abandoning martial arts and self-cultivation, fighting is to stop fighting
Later, Miyamoto quit the jianghu and went to work for the Hosokawa family of The Lord of Kumamoto Castle, receiving an income that was enough to make ends meet. In his later years, he stopped studying swordsmanship and began to learn Zen meditation and painting, hoping that he would cultivate himself.
Miyamoto likes to paint old trees, geese, horses, Buddha statues and other subjects, in addition, he also likes crafts, especially knife carving crafts, he often personally tries, carving some exquisite Buddha statues, saddles, etc.
For a person who is obsessed with kendo and has been competitive all his life, it is really puzzling to be able to choose to disarm and return to the field in his later years, and the way of life of Ma Fang Nanshan is really puzzling.
But for Miyamoto, who had been fighting all his life, he had already realized the highest state of kendo, and the ultimate purpose of the fight was not to divide the high and low victories and defeats, but to stop the fight.
The best way for people to meet each other is not to face each other with swords, but to shake hands and make peace.
The most beautiful scenery in life is to have a calm and natural heart.
Miyamoto advocates healthy eating habits, only eats five grains, coupled with not being close to women, and has great energy, which makes Miyamoto always maintain the best competitive state.
A high degree of self-discipline, courage and hard work of the craftsman spirit, is also worth our learning place, treat the direction of the heart, to have the courage to pursue, coupled with self-discipline, I believe that there will be some achievements.
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