人に勝つより自分に勝て

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.

The ancients said: after victory, tighten the cords of your helmet.

-- The admiral who destroyed the Russian Baltic Fleet at the Battle of Tsushima

兵無常勢、水無常形。能因敵変化而取勝者、謂之神。

-- A 5th-century BCE Chinese military theorist whose

The best form of welfare for the troops is first-rate training.

-- The 'Desert Fox' whose North African campaigns made him the most respected German general of World War II among both allies and enemies

What is difficult in training will become easy in a battle.

-- The undefeated Russian generalissimus whose three

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

The discipline and perseverance learned through sport apply to everything in life.

-- Born in Plainfield