There is an apocryphal story about legendary Japanese swordsman, Miyomoto Musashi, that goes like this:.
One time the daughter of a merchant was kidnapped by a ronin (rogue samurai) and the merchant came up to Musashi crying, “My daughter has been taken and you have to go get her back for me!”
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Musashi replied, “That is none of my business. I will not go rescue your daughter.”
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The merchant, in desperation begged Musashi to teach him enough swordsmanship so that he could go rescue her by himself. Musashi tossed him a sword and told him, “The secret to winning is to just run at the enemy without thought for your own survival, and kill him.”
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The merchant, in a moment of enlightenment, took the sword, ran at the ronin, and cut him to pieces, saving his daughter.
