War Fighting

Secrets of Warfighting

1. “One who is weak must prepare against his enemy. One who is strong makes his enemy prepare against him.” -Sun Tzu
2. Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win."  by Sun Tzu (The Art of War)
3. All Battles Are Won Before They Are Fought." from Sun Tzu
4. Defeat always makes us stronger.
5. We lose so that we can win.
6. Seeds of future victory are always present in current defeat.
7. Sometimes the simple is complex.
8. Sometimes the ordinary is the extraordinary.
9. Sometimes the expected is the unexpected.
10. Surprise your opponent with chaos and unpredictability.
11. Always find the 1^st leverage point, the 1^st domino, the 1^st advantage, the tipping point.
12. Make the opponent chase the game.
13. Use novelty and strategies outside our opponents experience.
14. Impose chaos, disorder and random acts of strategy on the opponent.
15. Keep the off balance and unbalanced.
16. Every game is a fresh approach.  No two games are the same. Every game is a season.
17. Own the turning moment of the game.
18. Attack the flank…everyone is vulnerable on the sides of the field.
19. Someone is going to be confused…we must make sure it is not us.
20. Success has enemies and enemies bring many gifts.
21. Success in battle makes us complacent, satisfied, comfortable and full.
22. After victory we must convince ourselves it was actually a defeat.
23. After a loss we must convince ourselves it was actually a win.
24. Know when the culminating point of victory appears and go no farther.
25. The perfect assistant is the one who gives you something you cannot get on your own.
26. Never fight the last war.  Never play the last game.
27. No game has ever been won by waiting.
28. Always level the playing field, and then tilt it.
29. Know the difference between a gamble and a risk.
30. Every ending is a door leading to the next battle.
31. No matter how far ahead we are still behind.  No matter how well we have done it is not good enough.
32. How we finish something influences what we do next.
33. All victories and defeats are temporary.
34. Keep our mentality all the way to the end and past it.
35. Always stay the course.
36. Always have an opening, middle and end game strategy.
37. Dominate the first ten, the final ten and middle forty.
38. Are we relying on talent and superiority or novel strategies and maneuvers.
39. The weight of accumulating victory.
40. Superior strategy creates luck and random opportunities.
41. Calculation and percentages…always be open to a change in the dynamic
42. Defending shadows.
43. Always show appearance of weakness.
44. Making adjustments on the run comes from detailed planning, analysis, calculating and contingencies, if-then thinking, anticipating every problem going in to create rapid fire answers.
45. Always maintain advantage with methodical planning.
46. Organize to win the random moments of the game, the unexpected opportunities.
47. Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake. -Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower
48. "Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things."
    Miyamoto Musashi (1584- 1645)
49. Invincibility lies in the defense; the possibility of victory in the attack. One defends when his strength is inadequate; he attacks when it is abundant. -Sun Tzu
50. They may have fought for their country but they died for their friends.