Quotes About Tactics

In war, the key to victory is the ability to surprise one's opponent.

diplomacy is also the art of postponing decisions until the problems resolve themselves.

Do no be ashamed to make a temporary withdrawal from the field if you see that your enemy is stronger than you; it is not winning or losing a single battle that matters, but how the war ends.

Win through your actions, never through argument.

Suckers try to win arguments, nonsuckers try to win.

A master salesman is one who takes the offensive and never the defensive sale of an argument, if argument arises.

Jiu Jitsu is a mousetrap. The trap does not chase the mouse. But when the mouse grabs the cheese, the trap plays its role.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

Judo teaches us to look for the best possible course of action, whatever the individual circumstances.

Cinematography, a military art. Prepare a film like a battle.

If a battle can not be won do not fight it.

In randori we learn employ the principle of maximum efficiency even when we could easily overpower an opponent.

Chess is the art of analysis.

When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.

Never leave an enemy standing.

Of old the expert in battle would first make himself invincible and then wait for his enemy to expose his vulnerability.

My style? You can call it the art of fighting without fighting.

Strategy is the craft of the warrior.

Factors in the art of warfare are: First, calculations; second, quantities; third, logistics; fourth, the balance of power; and fifth, the possibility of victory is based on the balance of power.

It is a doctrine of war not to assume the enemy will not come, but rather to rely on one's readiness to meet him; not to presume that he will not attack, but rather to make one's self invincible.

Should one ask: 'how do I cope with a well-ordered enemy host about to attack me?' I reply: seize something he cherishes and he will conform to your desires.

The clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him.

Attack is only one half of the art of boxing.

Fighting with a large army under your command is nowise different from fighting with a small one: it is merely a question of instituting signs and signals.