Karate Quotes · Page 3

I used to do karate, but then as acting and school got a little more hectic, I stopped.

— Isa Briones

When I was a kid, I used to think pork chops and karate chops were the same thing.

— Shane Koyczan

As far as possible, I want nothing more than to don my training gi and teach Karate.

— Mas Oyama

I had a bit of a martial arts background from when I was a teenager: I did a bit of karate.

— Joel Edgerton

I don't like creating software anymore. It's too exact. It's like karate; there's no room for error.

— John Maeda

It's like the drag fairy coming and saying 'What would you like to do?' Um, yeah karate.

— Gerard Way

I never was able to do karate. That's calling me a good actor. I act like I can do anything.

— Pat Morita

I know karate, and like two other Japanese words - T-SHIRT

— Darynda Jones

You know, all 'The Karate Kid' fans from the original are parents these days. I think it's a cool thing.

— William Zabka

Karate-do is definitely a martial way, and its identity lies in do or principles. Any martial art without proper training of the…

— Shoshin Nagamine

“The ultimate aim of karate lies not in victory nor defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants ”

— Gichin Funakoshi

“Karate is many things, but mainly it's about synergy, ebb and flow, trial and error, action and reaction, rhythm of life, progress . . .”

— Soke behzad Ahmadi

“the pankration, a no-holds-barred martial art event akin to today’s kickboxing or perhaps a combination of karate and judo, in which everything…

— Eric H Cline

I was in 'The Outsiders,' which was a good launching pad for me, but 'The Karate Kid' sent me into a different…

— Ralph Macchio

In karate, there's a lot of respect. In fact, when an opponent accepts to fight me, he's giving me a chance to…

— Lyoto Machida

~[My son] is at that age now where he's so loving and says the sweetest things to me. Of course, I still…

— Liv Tyler

Before my father would open up a karate school in a particular neighborhood, he'd clean up the block - kick all the…

— Lupe Fiasco

That's right. Uh-huh. Uh-huh," Nick said arrogantly. "You might know karate, boy, but I know gorilla, and I'm a level 40 champion…

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

I go back home for Christmas every year. Inevitably, somebody from my family will say, 'How's the karate going?' I've told them…

— Riley Stearns

Many Karate teachers teach a watered down style - no hip action and no depth of punching - so it is easy…

— Higa Yuchoku

I think one of the reasons 'The Karate Kid' film has stood the test of time, aside from 'Get him a body…

— Ralph Macchio

One thing I've done in my life is train year-round to compete at anything, anything. I've got an invitation now to maybe…

— Herschel Walker

You may train for a long time, but if you merely move your hands and feet and jump up and down like…

— Gichin Funakoshi

My first tic was to shake my head violently. I was in karate class, and I was shaking violently. All of a…

— Dash Mihok

I did a bit of karate - I'm a blackbelt - so I know how to move.

— Elodie Yung

The theme of 'Karate' is about fighting yourself to break down barriers and move forward.

— Suzuka Nakamoto

I quit karate originally because it wasn't something that I was initially passionate about.

— Kristin Kreuk

“We face the enemy and contend with him—if he turns away we let him go. (Page 13).”

— Sadami Yamada

I did martial arts and karate for eight years when I was growing up.

— Antony Starr

Under conditions of peace the warlike man attacks himself.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Students of any art, including Karate-do must never forget the cultivation of the mind and the body.

— Gichin Funakoshi

One of the reasons I started acting was to re-make The Karate Kid, but Jaden Smith beat me to it.

— Justin Hires

“[...] before you can control your opponent's body you must first control his mind. (Page 17).”

— Sadami Yamada

Just used my Complete Works of karate to crush a cockroach.

— Nikhil Saluja

Karate's a very boring sport, but when you know the technique you can go further and further.

— Jean-Claude Van Damme

Put Karate into your everyday living, that is how you will see true beauty.

— Gichin Funakoshi

I was crazy about martial arts. At the age of three, I started training in karate.

— Ritika Singh

That's right, karate... made my whole body a weapon.

— Don Knotts

There are no styles of karate-do, just varying interpretations of its principles.

— Kenwa Mabuni

Apply the way of karate to all things. Therein lies its beauty.

— Gichin Funakoshi