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Martial Quotes by Bruce Lee
- A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I…
- Martial arts, like any art, is an unrestricted athletic expression of an individual soul.
- All martial arts is simply an honest expression of one's body - with a lot of deception in between.
- A quality martial artist is always ready for any move, and trains oneself invincible.
- To be bound by traditional martial art style or styles is the way of the mindless, enslaved martial artist. But to be inspired by the…
- A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready.
- The core of understanding lies in the individual mind, and until that is touched everything is uncertain and superficial. Truth cannot be perceived until we…
- Unfortunately, now in boxing people are only allowed to punch. In Judo, people are only allowed to throw. I do not despise these kinds of…
- I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves.
- A good martial artist does not become tend but ready, not thinking but jet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come.
- To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself.
- Where there is no style, there is no slave. Martial Arts mean honestly expressing yourself. No style. No slave.
- A martial artist has to take responsibility for himself and accept the consequences of his own doing.
- To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself. Now, it is very difficult to do. It has always been very easy for me to…
- ...good technique includes quick changes, great variety and speed. It may be a system of reversals much like a concept of God and the Devil.…
- The martial arts are ultimately self-knowledge. A punch or a kick is not to knock the hell out of the guy in front, but to…
- A good teacher can never be fixed in a routine... each moment requires a sensitive mind that is constantly changing and constantly adapting. A teacher…
- Self-knowledge is the basis of jeet kune do because it is effective not only for the individual's martial art but also for his life as…
- I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. It is futile…
- The principle of martial arts is not a thing that can be learned, like a science, by fact-finding and instruction in facts. It has to…
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- But my middle daughter, Kate, is very involved in martial arts, and I was just at one of her competitions. — Meredith Baxter