Fighting Quote by Gichin Funakoshi

To be trained in karate is something because karate is a vicious thing. If you are any good at it, you can kill somebody…

— Thomas Foran

Karate-do is definitely a martial way, and its identity lies in do or principles. Any martial art without proper training of the mind turns…

— Shoshin Nagamine

Karate-do strives internally to train the mind to develop a clear conscience, enabling one to face the world honestly, while externally developing strength to…

— Gichin Funakoshi

Karate-do may be referred to as the conflict within yourself, or a life-long marathon which can be won only through self-discipline, hard training, and…

— Shoshin Nagamine

The main thing Karate offers to me is a philosophy of life. The philosophy of Karate is respect and discipline. You give 100% of…

— Lyoto Machida

There are no styles of karate-do, just varying interpretations of its principles.

— Kenwa Mabuni

Karate is a technique that permits one to defend himself with his bare hands and fists without weapons.

— Gichin Funakoshi

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 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

I don't know karate. I do know I'm crazy and I'm not afraid to use it

— Unknow

If you look at a lot of the best kicking footwork in the sport, karate has a huge influence. You can't be effective with…

— Frank Mir