Art Quote by Olga Fonda

My father was the first person to introduce me to self-defense and martial arts, which I've been doing all my life now.

— Joe R. Lansdale

In my martial arts days. I was taught a lot of discipline that probably rolls over into other parts of my life. You're not…

— Taryn Manning

When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself…

— Camille Paglia

“After the Locker Room Incident, again irrelevant to present circumstances, my father hung a leather punching bag in our basement and taught me how…

— Julie Buxbaum

I had a chat with my dad and decided that sometimes you've just got to look like you're fighting. So I started putting myself…

— Patrick Bamford

The martial arts: I was bullied when I was in kindergarten, so my dad signed me up when I was 5. It wasn't just…

— Katy O'Brian

“Any self-defense situation has the potential to quickly become A 'life and death' situation, therefore your practice of martial arts should be undertaken, as…

— Soke Behzad Ahmadi

My father taught me how to fight when I was 5.

— Chuck Zito

I'm a real martial artist, my father always taught me that some way I have to train every day, no matter what happens your…

— Lyoto Machida

I want to learn martial arts," he said docilely, "so when I want to kill someone, I can do something about it.

— Neil Strauss

My dad had me in Taekwondo when I was a kid, but I didn't retain much of that.

— Lucas Till

I am learning self-defense techniques.

— Soha Ali Khan