Martial Arts Quotes
Martial Arts Quote of the day
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it.
True Martial Arts is universal, simple and practical. Anything else is too complex to be used in combat.
. . as A martial arts teacher, we should never forget the first time we stepped onto the Dojo ground, remembering this, we will be better equipped to teach the next generation of Karate practitioners
I’ve learned to fall like the BJJ player, to protect the body through controlling the distribution of force by slapping the mat with hands open. With hands open. Hands open. Open. O Pen.
Autopilot is great, and removal of thought is one of the highest ideals of training. But removal of thought in the moment must be preceded by purposeful thought beforehand.
He landed on cheap shot, but I knocked him out of the tournament.
Being like a rock wall" is when a master of martial arts suddenly becomes like a rock wall, inaccessible to anything at all, immovable.
Karate training will make you strong and confident, but restraint will make you respected
. . . for any worthwhile martial arts skill to be pragmatic, it has to be done live, otherwise it is of limited or no use in actual combat
The essence of warrior traits are demonstrated by : integrity with self, and honesty with others
Thoreau went to the woods. I went to the mats.
We call it training. Not because we are training for Jiu Jitsu. We are training for life.
Do not seek victory, for victory in itself will not serve you. Seek to understand what made the victory possible.
An arm bar in a vacuum is worthless. It is the realization of the truths which constitute that arm bar that is the real treasure we seek.
There is no force in Earth or Heaven above, No, not even the damned of Hell can stop relentless Love. ---Kari, The Valkyrie, Chapter Sixteen, Valley of the Damned Epic Martial Poem/Allegory
There is no force in Earth or Heaven above, No, not even the damned of Hell can stop relentless Love. ---Kari, The Valkyrie, Chapter Sixteen, Valley of the Damned Epic Martial Poem/Allegory
For the sincere student, it mustn't be enough to simply understand Jiu Jitsu. We must seek to understand ourselves.
When I was younger I did karate and martial arts, and I think it's really cool for girls to have those kinds of abilities.
You are never as good as you think you are, and you are never as bad as you believe yourself to be.
Jiu Jitsu is a vehicle for self-discovery and growth. It reminds me of my ego, of my insecurities, and of my shortcomings.
I believe that which you study is only matched in importance by the sincerity with which you approach it.
There is no concrete way to play Jiu Jitsu, and this is why so many different types of people find joy in it.
Karate is not A religion, cult or dogma. It is incumbent on every generation of martial artists, to find the weaknesses of the previous generations, not to revere it . . .
When she straightened, he leaned back in the chair, his eyelids heavy. “My God, woman, you know how to make a man melt.
When you realize you are no longer made of glass, you lose the desire to demonstrate that fragility in others.
Never respond to an angry person with a fiery comeback, even if he deserves it...Don't allow his anger to become your anger.
A threat should never be spoken, your enemy should not be told of your intentions. Either take decisive action or refrain from it, but never threaten
just as a stool requires three legs to stand upright so the taekwondoist must cultivate basic skills, meaningful forms, and effective sparring in order to have both feet firmly planted in the art
We must not learn to try harder. The key is to learn how not to try in the first place.
Any advanced student will tell you the best way to recover guard is simply not to get your guard passed in the first place.
The warrior guided by the spirit serves humanity, the warrior without, serves the ego
~In motivating people, YOU've got to engage their minds and their hearts. I motivate people, I hope, by example - and perhaps by excitement, by having productive ideas to make others feel involved~
. . . most martial artists want to know how A technique is done, A seasoned Sensei will demonstrate why
The Destructive Arts are exactly like Martial Arts, except they don't have uniforms or usefulness and the end result doesn't resemble art in any way.
... but to remain historically accurate, I would have had to leave out an important question that I felt needed to be addressed, which is, 'What if Jesus had known kung fu?
I can think of no more worthwhile aim than pursuing mastery in this craft while transcending one's own limitations.
By becoming a black belt, you will become whatever it is you wanted to be in the first place, and Jiu Jitsu will have served its aim.
In Jiu Jitsu, we often fall into the trap of simply trying a technique "harder, " rather than recognizing that it is a poorly chosen tool for the task at hand.
Jiu Jitsu is the vehicle. Not the road.
A champion always prepares to win.
A karate practitioner should possess two things : wicked hands, and Buddha's heart
The major events in our lives receive the entire spotlight, but ultimately your life will be defined by the same handful of choices you make each day.
Jiu Jitsu uses us to express itself, and the best thing we can do to is to become a vehicle capable of expressing Jiu Jitsu with all of its perfection minus our imperfections.
