even though Sun Zi is about how to wage war and win.
but similar principles apply to personal combat.
1. dao, we have to be in the right/just first.
2. tian (heaven), timing, weather and other conditions/factors--
3. di (earth), place, relative position--
4. jiang (general/command/leader), we have to be brave, intelligent, planning, calculating--- we are leaders of ourself.
5. fa (law, discipline) we follow certain rules/principles and unyielding, so the benefits of the rules will give us advantage--
most important of all deception
war or one on one combat is about trickery or deception.
he who calculate more will win.
etc etc.
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