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Martial Arts 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.
- Put Karate into your everyday living, that is how you will see true beauty.
- Spirit first, technique second.
- To practice kata is not to memorize an order. Find the katas that work for you, understand them, digest them & stick with them for…
- There is no place in contemporary Karate-do for different schools. Some instructors, I know, claim to have invented new and unusual kata, and so they…
- 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…
More Martial Arts Quotes
- Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile. — Abu Bakr
- Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. — Matsuo Basho
- Feedback is the breakfast of champions. — Ken Blanchard
- Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn. — Miguel de Cervantes
- I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan. — Jackie Chan
- Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances. — Jackie Chan
- We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people. — Jackie Chan
- I only want my work to make people happy. — 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