Emergencies Quote by Gichin Funakoshi

Even after many years, kata practice is never finished, for there is always something new to be learned about executing a movement.

— Shoshin Nagamine

In the past, it was expected that about three years were required to learn a single kata, and usually even an expert of considerable…

— Gichin Funakoshi

To practice kata is not to memorize an order. Find the katas that work for you, understand them, digest them & stick with them…

— Gichin Funakoshi

The techniques should not be practised simply so they can be performed in the kata. Since karate is a fighting art each technique and…

— Shigeru Egami

Karate cannot be adequately learned in a short space of time. Like a torpid bull, regardless of how slowly it moves, it will eventually…

— Anko Itosu

A kata is not fixed or immoveable. Like water, it's ever changing and fits itself to the shape of the vessel containing it. However,…

— Kenwa Mabuni

You may train for a long time, but if you merely move your hands and feet and jump up and down like a puppet,…

— Gichin Funakoshi

Karate's a very boring sport, but when you know the technique you can go further and further.

— Jean-Claude Van Damme

The spirit of karate practice and the elements of training are applicable to each and every aspect of our daily lives.

— Gichin Funakoshi

It is not the number of Kata you know, but the SUBSTANCE of the Kata you have acquired.

— Gogen Yamaguchi

Even in the forty years that I have been practicing Karate, the changes have been many. It would be interesting to be able to…

— Shigeru Egami

Hoping to see karate included in the universal physical education taught in our public schools, I set about revising the kata so as to…

— Gichin Funakoshi