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Martial Quotes by Gichin Funakoshi
- Hoping to see karate included in the universal physical education taught in our public schools, I set about revising the kata so as to make…
- Since karate is a martial art, you must practice with the utmost seriousness from the very beginning.
- The secret principle of martial arts is not vanquishing the attacker, but resolving to avoid an encounter before its occurrence. To become an object of…
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- We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people. — Jackie Chan
- I sometimes just don't like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it… — Jackie Chan
- When you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect. — Jackie Chan
- As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial… — Jackie Chan
- Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character. — Robert Foster Bennett
- A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the… — Bruce Lee
- How can a man commit acts of martial valour if he values his life? — Torii Mototada
- To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armour, the apostles of martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when time comes.… — George Orwell
- You might argue that we have become a little too forgiving because, if a perpetrator shows up at a court-martial with a… — Martin Dempsey
- My brothers are both 6 ft. 5 in., and if you have younger brothers who are bigger than you then you have… — Nick Moran
- I'm as good as Jean-Claude Van Damme when it comes to martial arts. Sounding a little cocky aren't I — Talisa Soto
- But my middle daughter, Kate, is very involved in martial arts, and I was just at one of her competitions. — Meredith Baxter