Best Martial Arts Quotations
540 Martial Arts quotes by 223 unique authors
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My health has benefited the most from practising Wing Chun.
— Ip Chun
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Be respectful of your Sensei.
— Unknown Author
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If I go as hard as I can in practice, make sure it's a lot harder than than a fight, then the fight's going to…
— Rashad Evans
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Living the dream is simply a form of living out your passion, of making that passion gradually, through persistence and effort, a central part of…
— Urijah Faber
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Put Karate into your everyday living, that is how you will see true beauty.
— Gichin Funakoshi
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Spirit first, technique second.
— Gichin Funakoshi
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To practice kata is not to memorize an order. Find the katas that work for you, understand them, digest them & stick with them for…
— Gichin Funakoshi
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There is no losing in Jiu-Jitsu. You either win or you learn.
— Carlos Gracie, Jr.
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Always assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger and faster than you; so that you learn to rely on technique, timing and…
— Helio Gracie
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Usually, a well thought answer makes an aggressor think twice.
— Helio Gracie
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For the choke, there are no "tough guys". With an arm lock he can be tough and resist the pain. With the choke he just…
— Helio Gracie
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A real jiu-jitsu fighter does not go around beating people down. Our defense is made to neutralize aggression.
— Helio Gracie
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I knew I wasn't going to lose and that was based on the fact that I wanted not to lose.
— Helio Gracie
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For the choke, there are no 'tough guys'
— Helio Gracie
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I don't defeat my opponents, they defeat themselves.
— Helio Gracie
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Jiu Jitsu is a mousetrap. The trap does not chase the mouse. But when the mouse grabs the cheese, the trap plays its role.
— Helio Gracie
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Jiu-jitsu is personal efficiency to protect the weaker, which anyone can do. It is the force of leverage against brute force.
— Helio Gracie
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You should never have a power, in any area, with the purpose of harming someone.
— Helio Gracie
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Everything in life goes back to the basics.
— Kron Gracie
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The big, strong, tough guy goes to class, and he keeps getting tapped by the skinny, technical guy. It begins to change him. It makes…
— Relson Gracie
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When you do Jiu Jitsu, you won't look at a bigger guy and say 'oh no', you'll look and say 'how interesting!'
— Rener Gracie
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Fighting is the best thing a man can have in his soul.
— Renzo Gracie
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It's not a one time heroic moment but is living each day with bravery.
— Renzo Gracie
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Life is about fighting. You will going to have to fight everyday of your lifetime.
— Renzo Gracie
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If we fight for money, I'll stop hitting you when you ask me to. If we fight for honor, I'll stop hitting you when I…
— Rickson Gracie
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