Art Quote by 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

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

— Shoshin Nagamine

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

— Gogen Yamaguchi

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

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

One must always practice slowly. If you learn something slowly, you forget it slowly.

— Itzhak Perlman

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

Really, the way to learn jiu-jitsu is to do it. If you do jiu-jitsu you get it and you learn it.

— Dana White

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

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

A student well versed in even one technique will naturally see corresponding points in other techniques. A upper level punch, a lower punch, a…

— Gichin Funakoshi

When you are learning a new technique, practice it wholeheartedly until you truly understand it.

— Gichin Funakoshi