Brain
Methods to Create an Incredulous Brain
The Rules of Things
Ability Development
BOOK SIX
Effective Use of Humor and Laughter
Refining Your Spirit and Leaders
Classification of Personalities Based on Sleeping Postures
Method of Identifying Body Types
Judgment Based on Habits
Judgment Based on the Way You Walk with Your Partner
Hidden Habits
Methods of Judging Handwriting
Hormones and Personality
Cold and Cough
BOOK SEVEN
Basic Information from Countenance and Figure
The Mystery of Money
The World of Money
Mechanism of a Shoestring Operation
What is Social Reform?
Desire
BOOK EIGHT
The Wisdom of a Wise Man
The Analects of Sontoku
A Boat and Water
References And Original Citations
FOREWORD
The third book of my favorite Tactics series by Shihan Kazumi Tabata has finally arrived and it is my great pleasure to endorse this best selling series.
Shihan Tabata and I are fellow pupils and descendants of Sensei Isao Obata, founder and first Chief Director of Japan Karate-do Federation.
While I am in the business field, Shihan Tabata was dispatched overseas by Sensei Isao Obata to promote Karate. Over the years, Shihan Tabata has been teaching Karate at universities, mastered esoteric learning, awakened to the state of enlightenment to apply what he learned to the real world, and established a whole worldview that is different from the past books written about martial arts.
The soul of martial arts exists in a world you can come to understand only after you reach the mysterious esoteric learning of the East. This book completes the series that has moved many of its readers. This series is well constructed and readers may come to understand this world of enlightenment as they read forward. The accomplishments the author attained through training and effort shines brilliantly throughout the series.
This book covers everything thoroughly yet simply, from immovable heart, fudo-shin (the universe and I are the same), world of the nothingness (mu) and the emptiness (ku), boundary of inner strength, to enlightenment of ancestors including classic texts. I feel privileged that I met this book. Readers who have all the books of this series can keep them over a lifetime and find new frontiers with every new read. This book not only guides you through life but also establishes wealth in your heart by connecting you with various worlds. I am sure it can help you break through the walls that appear in your life.
I am impressed and confident that these books will be read by those who come after us. I am honored to live in the same generation with Shihan Tabata. With confidence and pride, I truly recommend this book to keep by your side over your lifetime.
Satoshi Nishitani
Descendant of Isao Obata
President, Kawaden Corporation
Chief Director, Japan Businessman Karate-do Federation
(Renmei)
AUTHOR’S PREFACE
A turbulent time can be a time of opportunity. Heiho (strategy) can serve as practical criteria for making judgments. Such criteria must be based on facts.
Reality is uncertain and situations change. Therefore, our criteria should be based on what happened in the past.
During the tumultuous times of war, when warriors played every trick imaginable on each other—engaged in diplomatic maneuvering, pressed their demands, and achieved grandiose goals—clever fighters outsmarted their opponents. That was when Heiho was born. The book of Heiho captures the essence of classic military tactics designed to win.
The essence of military tactics, developed many centuries ago, is still relevant today, providing us with new insight and captivating information.
I would be honored if this book could be of any help to you in uncovering the clues to understanding the essence of reality.
Gasshou
Kazumi Tabata
BOOK ONE
The Art of War By Sun Tsu
The Art of War by Sun Tsu is the most widely read among bukeinanasho (seven books on military strategy). This book is known to be written by Sun Tsu, a military strategist who lived more than 2,500 years ago. Sun Tsu was a military commander who served Koryo, the king of Go (514–496 BC). This book is based on the following premises: one should win without fighting; one should not fight when prospects of winning are poor; and one should utilize a weak force to overcome a powerful force. The book is about pursuing this military strategy.
This section will attempt to convey the gist of Sun Tsu’s work.
About Sun Tsu
One day, Koryo, the king of Go, requested Sun Tsu to train soldiers. One hundred and eighty beautiful ladies of the Imperial Court were recruited and divided into two groups. Two of the king’s favorite women were appointed as group leaders. Sun Tsu had all the women carry a pike. He instructed them to look at the chest when he said “front,” the left hand when he said “left,” the right hand when he said “right,” and the back when he said “back.” He explained the procedure and repeated this exercise. Once he started beating the drum and said “right,” the women began to laugh. Sun Tsu said, “It was my fault that the women did not understand my instructions.” After explaining how to do it and repeating the exercise again, he gave a command once more. When he said “left” as he beat the drum, the women started laughing again and failed to carry out the command. He said, “The first time was my fault, but this time, it is different. It is the group leaders’ fault that the command is not being relayed, despite the fact that the women all understand what the command means,” and attempted to strike down the two leaders with a sword. When the king tried to intervene, Sun Tsu explained as follows and struck down the two female leaders: “I am the commander. When the commander is fulfilling his military duties, he may not always be able to follow the king’s orders.” Sun Tsu then appointed two other beautiful ladies as their successors. When he gave a command, the women carried it out in an orderly manner. Sun Tsu said