Aim Quote by Gichin Funakoshi

“The ultimate aim of karate lies not in victory nor defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants ”

— Gichin Funakoshi

Seek perfection of character. Be faithful. Endeavor. Respect others. Refrain from violent behaviour.

— 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 is a defensive art from beginning to end.

— Gichin Funakoshi

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

— Bruce Lee

Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

— Bruce Lee

To live each day as though one's last, never flustered, never apathetic, never attitudinizing - here is the perfection of character.

— Marcus Aurelius

The purpose of Zen is the perfection of character.

— Yamada Koun

Perfection of character is this: to live each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, without apathy, without pretence.

— Marcus Aurelius

For every one step that you take in the pursuit of higher knowledge, take three steps in the perfection of your own character

— Rudolf Steiner

True karate is this: that in daily life one's mind and body be trained and developed in a spirit of humility, and that in…

— Gichin Funakoshi

Once a kata has been learned, it must be practised repeatedly until it can be applied in an emergency, for knowledge of just the…

— Gichin Funakoshi

In karate, hitting, thrusting, and kicking are not the only methods, throwing techniques and pressure against joints are included … all these techniques should…

— Gichin Funakoshi

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

— Gichin Funakoshi

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…

— Gichin Funakoshi