Warrior in the Garden
is a unique book about how the ancient Bushido warrior code can be applied to modern times. Through famous stories of samurai, samurai education, origin of the art of Judo and Jiu Jitsu and his own martial arts journey, I describe his world view of the timeless warrior code.
Nobuo Yagai was raised in the traditional art of Kendo. Deeply inspired by the way of Samurai, his passion is to follow this path in modern times. After he graduated university with a BA in Law and International Relations, martial arts called him to travel the world and challenge himself.
This book was inspired by Hollywood martial arts guru Rigan Machado’s advice to Nobuo to write about his own unique journey. Nobuo left Japan with one backpack and followed his dream to explore the martial arts as a way of life.
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A Journey
This book was inspired by Hollywood martial arts guru Rigan Machado’s advice to Nobuo to write about his own unique journey. Nobuo left Japan with one backpack and followed his dream to explore the martial arts as a way of life.
"Nobuo has the culture and the philosophy. He brings the discipline from Japanese culture and students will fall in love with the way he teaches the art."
Rigan Machado
“It is better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener at war.”
Sun Tzu
"The way of the warrior is to overcome the greatest weakness of the inner self and turn it into the most powerful asset."
Nobuo Yagai
"The end of all etiquette is to cultivate your mind."
Inazo Nitobe, Bushido
"Without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage...People will never forget how you made them feel."
Maya Angelou, American poet, civil rights activist
"Watch your thoughts; They become words. Watch your words; They become actions. Watch your actions. They become habits. Watch your habits; They become character, Watch your character. It becomes your destiny."
Lao Tzu
“It is not important to be better than someone else, but to be better than yesterday.”