Executing Quote by Shoshin Nagamine

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 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

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

To practice kata is not to memorize an order. Find the katas that work for you, understand them, digest them & stick with them…

— Gichin Funakoshi

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

Hoping to see karate included in the universal physical education taught in our public schools, I set about revising the kata so as to…

— 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

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

— Gogen Yamaguchi

You don't 'practice' martial arts; it's more like a way of life.

— Rza

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

As a martial artist, I discovered that there's always so much more to learn.

— Frank Shamrock

Doing the sword fighting is like picking up a dance routine... I think dancing really helps with the picking up of it.

— Maisie Williams