柔道は最善の心身活用の道である

Maximum efficient use of energy; mutual welfare and benefit.

Judo is the way of the highest and most efficient use of both physical and mental energy, directed toward mutual benefit.

Rise early in the morning, retire early at night.

-- The man who invented the Sengoku period's model of conquest

子供には物を与えるな、苦労をさせよ

-- The Japanese general whose siege of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War became synonymous with both the terrible cost of modern warfare and the samurai ideal of duty unto death

A few disciplined men are worth more than a disorganized multitude.

-- The Byzantine Empire's greatest general

No man has the right to be an amateur in the matter of physical training.

-- The Theban general who shattered Sparta's military supremacy at Leuctra

Hard in training, easy in battle.

-- The undefeated Russian generalissimus whose three

Discipline learned in sports carries over to every aspect of life.

-- Born in Plainfield