Art Quote by Royce Gracie

Tournaments, traditionally, are kind of the way martial arts contests happen.

— Scott Coker

The art of Gracie jiu-jitsu is to learn how to defend yourself in any situation, not to score points, not for tournament style. It's…

— Royce Gracie

People want to see real skill level, real Jiu Jitsu, real boxing, put together and mixed up. They want to see mixed martial arts.…

— Nick Diaz

I lost a lot of judo matches because of points fighters. It was extremely frustrating for me.

— Ronda Rousey

Sometimes you watch a tournament with a point system, and it's not the best fighter that wins. It's the guy who scores more points…

— Royce Gracie

My father didn't compete ever in martial arts tournaments because they were not real. They were tag tournaments or touch tournaments, which he thought…

— Shannon Lee

Karate is for life, not points.

— David Walker

Actually, I have never been a great fan of martial arts competitions. Not even when I was training martial arts myself.

— Varg Vikernes

Anyone can get beaten in mixed martial arts. It's the nature of the sport.

— Forrest Griffin

All martial arts are different. They all got deluded by the sporting aspect.

— Rickson Gracie

First of all you must understand that practising martial arts means studying a certain oriental philosophy of life, otherwise it's merely a vacuous sport…

— William C. Brown

I think a lot of people don't realize that martial arts are just an expression like anything else. It's just that most people are…

— Donnie Yen