Swordsmanship

This scroll of Broken Sword's

isn't about sword technique

but about swordsmanship's ultimate ideal

Swordsmanship's first achievement

is the unity of man and sword

Once this unity is attained

even a blade of grass can be a weapon

The second achievement is when

the sword exists in one's heart

when absent from one's hand

One can strike an enemy at 100 paces

even with bare hands

Swordsmanship's ultimate achievement

is the absence of the sword

in both hand and heart

The swordsman is at peace

with the rest of the world

He vows not to kill

and to bring peace to mankind