The Path of Pen and Sword, by Mishima Yukio
"The ideal, beautiful human being must be one whose mind and body are balanced, who excels in the path of pen and sword."
The Path of Pen and Sword
Mishima Yukio
I am a little difficult, and I hate following trends. Even with respect to golf which is popular lately there are many braggarts in the literary world. The seniors are finicky and beginners are bullied. Hazing in the literary world is done by mouth, which is actually more bothersome. I refuse to think that way, so I chose kendō because it’s the thing that most people don’t do. Prior to that, I did a little boxing but I realized that above the age of thirty it’s physically too difficult. With kendō, there are great instructors who practice it with energy even at the age of seventy to eighty, so I started it because I thought that would be best.