Art Quote by Helio Gracie

We don't defeat evil by becoming evil.

— Nick Clooney

My martial arts came a lot from my uncle, who actually taught martial arts through the military. He was a black belt in tae…

— Brian Tee

Do not fall into the trap of thinking that just because a kata begins to the left that the opponent is attacking from the…

— Kenwa Mabuni

The very advanced practitioners of martial arts never had to raise a hand. They could knock an opponent down without physically touching them, just…

— Frederick Lenz

In true budo there is no enemy or opponent. True budo is to become one with the universe, not train to become powerful or…

— Morihei Ueshiba

When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him; if he wants to pull back, send him on his way.

— Morihei Ueshiba

Jiu Jitsu is a mousetrap. The trap does not chase the mouse. But when the mouse grabs the cheese, the trap plays its role.

— Helio Gracie

You should never have a power, in any area, with the purpose of harming someone.

— Helio Gracie

The real fighter knows perfectly well that there is no difference between victory and defeat, friend and enemy, day and night, life and death.

— William C. Brown

The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants.

— Gichin Funakoshi

I've trained myself to fight an army, so one guy will not defeat me.

— Georges St-Pierre

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or…

— Bruce Lee

It's always been that opponents get down to business against Bayern specifically because they want to show how desperate they are to defeat the…

— Franck Ribery

Sportsmanship is the ethical and moral dimension of sports. It is demonstrated by a number of attributes and attitudes such as fair play, respect…

— Michael Josephson

Candidates who win while spending less than their opponents still usually have to spend quite a lot. While not a surefire guarantor of victory,…

— Michael Parenti