I used to go to fights in Japan, mega shows at soccer stadiums. They would have all kinds of martial arts fights… — Scott Coker Copy Share Image
It's not what you're going to take from martial arts, it's what you have to give to martial arts — Saulo Ribeiro Copy Share Image
To me defeat in anything is merely temporary. Defeat simply tells me that something is wrong in my doing; it is a… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
My father was a very tough guy with me and my brothers. He wanted to teach us a lot of discipline and… — Lyoto Machida Copy Share Image
It wasn't until I went to Korea out of high school and got exposed to the martial arts for the first time… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
I'm kind of like a middle mix between a warrior diet and a Paleo diet, so I only eat once a day… — Ronda Rousey Copy Share Image
“We need to remember that the primary goal of Aikido is harmony and good relations between people. If we don't cultivate a… — Linda Holiday Copy Share Image
To be bound by traditional martial art style or styles is the way of the mindless, enslaved martial artist. But to be… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Spiritual life can certainly follow the pattern one sees in the fake martial arts, with most teachers making nebulous and magical claims… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Initially I was very drawn to the Tao Te Ching, the Taoist philosophy. It was helping me deal with the balance of… — Joshua Waitzkin Copy Share Image
“Effort within the mind further limits the mind, because effort implies struggle toward a goal and when you have a goal, a… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
I had a few months of physical prep where I was training six hours a day - I was doing an hour… — Esme Creed-Miles Copy Share Image
The goal of the martial arts is not for the destruction of an opponent, but rather for self-growth and self-perfection. The practice… — Dan Inosanto Copy Share Image
A lot of people take shortcuts in terms of using athleticism and defensive tactics to try and have the right game plan… — Josh Barnett Copy Share Image
To any situation the reaction may be different. That's why it's useless - in a way - to memorize patterns, because the… — Vladimir Vasiliev Copy Share Image
Originally this was the most important thing about martial arts - to reach a higher level, to become a strong human being.… — Tsutomu Ohshima Copy Share Image
Jackie Chan is a very good comedy/martial arts star. He does one kind of martial arts that Jet Li doesn't know how… — Jet Li Copy Share Image
“In my school, no consideration is given to anything unreasonable; the heart of the matter is to use the power of the… — Miyamoto Musashi Copy Share Image
In the past, it was expected that about three years were required to learn a single kata, and usually even an expert… — Gichin Funakoshi Copy Share Image
Merantau' was my attempt to infuse drama with martial arts. It was a bit of a mixed bag for me. I'm super… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
I think all the fight stuff. I'm cut out for that. I used to wrestle in high school so I really love… — Jaimie Alexander Copy Share Image
I was a very outgoing guy. I loved roaming around, hanging out with friends. From class 5th, I practised and learnt martial… — Rajkummar Rao Copy Share Image
There's guys like Daniel Bryan and CM Punk that incorporated mixed martial arts submissions and moves into professional wrestling. I feel like… — Matt Riddle Copy Share Image
I remember coming across some DVDs of the UFC and so I started watching that and became a fan of it. It… — Robbie Lawler Copy Share Image
The Bruce Lee Action Museum will represent action in the sense that the word is not just used to mean action in… — Shannon Lee Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of magic. If you think of it like martial arts, there's sparring, where you are doing it with… — Apollo Robbins Copy Share Image
I feel like through martial arts I'm able to face my fears head on. It makes me not run away from challenges… — Michelle Waterson Copy Share Image
“There were only two men on the planet better educated in the various martial arts than Butler, and he was related to… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
Fight choreography has far more in common with dance choreography than it does with actual martial arts. You learn martial arts techniques,… — David Leitch Copy Share Image
You and your opponent are one. There is a coexisting relationship between you. You coexist with your opponent and become his complement,… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
I had always considered myself a martial artist who fights rather than a fighter who learned martial arts - although I probably… — Sharice Davids Copy Share Image
I do a one-hour workout called Drenched, a cardio-boxing fitness routine, Monday through Friday. There are usually between twenty-five and fifty people… — Carrie Ann Inaba Copy Share Image
The journey has moulded me into the person I am today. The journey of my mixed martial arts experience has been filled… — Robert Whittaker Copy Share Image
I feel like we are professional athletes and our whole life, we have trained as athletes and had the dream to become… — Sky Blu Copy Share Image
Best fight ever in a movie: 'They Live.' I want to do a martial arts version of that, where you think it's… — Scott Adkins Copy Share Image
I am desperately trying to come up with a film project that is related to mixed martial arts. In fact, I would… — Ti West Copy Share Image
The truth is that throughout my careers in both chess and the martial arts, I often knew that my rivals were more… — Joshua Waitzkin Copy Share Image
A kata is not fixed or immoveable. Like water, it's ever changing and fits itself to the shape of the vessel containing… — Kenwa Mabuni Copy Share Image
Martial arts was something that I wanted to do for the rest of my life, and I wasn't getting what I needed… — Michelle Waterson Copy Share Image
When people talk about this idea of being a Welsh guy from the Valleys who travelled off to Indonesia to make martial… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
