Martial Artist Quotes

I was a big fan of Jean-Claude Van-Damme growing up, and I always wanted to be a martial artist 'cause of him.

We want to be seen as more than just martial artists, or bad stereotype token roles in American TV and movies.

A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready.

Obey the principles without being bound by them.

Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light.

A martial artist has to take responsibility for himself and accept the consequences of his own doing.

I'm a martial artist. I've boxed all my life. I work out. I studied Hwarangdo, which is a Korean style.

You know, it's such an insult to actual martial artists that I say that I do martial arts.

I'm still a martial artist at heart. I believe in controlling yourself... I think that's huge in life-to be a good man.

He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

A true martial artist, in my books anyways, is someone who is going to do the right thing and lead by example.

I want to use every second of my life, every time that I have in my life, to make me a better fighter. That's why I'm a martial artist. For me, it's more than a job - it's a way of living

The man who is secure within himself has no need to prove anything with force, so he can walk away from a fight with dignity and pride. He is the true martial artist--a man so strong inside that he has no need to demonstrate his power.

Each person may see a fight in different ways... They can see more to a primal way. Others they can see in a pure artistic way... For me I see the pure artistic way, the way that a true martial artist can show his art.

If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today.

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.

Presumably, as a Martial artist, I do not fight for gain or loss, am not concerned with strength or weakness, and neither advance a step nor retreat a step. The enemy does not see me. I do not see the enemy. Penetrating to a place where heaven and earth have not yet divided, where yin and yang have not yet arrived, I quickly and necessarily gain effect.

A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract; and when he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, "I" do not hit, "it" hits all by itself.

Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

Bruce Lee only played himself. Chuck Norris is a martial artist that does acting. I want to be an actor that does martial arts.

I was writing a scene where a guy was choking another guy to death. You can go online and type 'chokeholds' and watch scenes where martial artists choke each other out. You can hear what noises they make when they go unconscious, see how their bodies flop and everything. YouTube is amazing for the more detailed stuff.

I don't know if many people realize that Dolph Lundgren is a chemical engineer. He's not a dumb blond guy. This guy is smart and he's a martial artist.

The biggest gift I received as a martial artist is without a question the capacity to be in peace.

If mere mechanical efficiency can make everyone a martial artist, then all is well. Unfortunately, combat, like freedom, is something that can not be preconceived.

I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves.

I do a one-hour workout called Drenched, a cardio-boxing fitness routine, Monday through Friday. There are usually between twenty-five and fifty people there - everyone from stay-at-home moms and professional martial artists to teenagers and seniors. They play great dance music. When I can, I take two classes back-to-back.

It isn't the mountains that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.

I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. It is futile to argue as to which leaf, which design of branches, or which attractive flower you like; when you understand the root, you understand all its blossoming.

So much of the way a singer physically damages their voice could be caused by stress or nerves. I would never be so brazen as to assume that it's the only problem but there's got to be a reason that a martial artist can harness enough peace to smash his head through a cinder block without leaving a scratch.

The way of the martial artist is the way of enduring, surviving and prevailing over all that would destroy him. More than delivering strikes and slashes, and deeper in significance than the simple outwitting of an enemy, Ninpô is the way of attaining that which we need while making the world a better place. The skill of the Ninja is the art of winning.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.

In my view, Zhang Lanxin is one of our best female martial artists, and I can't rate her highly enough.

Every kid wants to reach their goals in life and be the best. During my Bruce Lee phase, I wanted to be the best martial artist in the world.

To be bound by traditional martial art style or styles is the way of the mindless, enslaved martial artist. But to be inspired by the traditional martial art and to achieve further heights is the way of genius.

Some people think a martial artist has to be tough against everybody - that's not true at all. A martial artist has to be strong against bad people. But we must also be able to know and understand the feelings, moods and mentalities of good and bad individuals before we can comprehend when to be strong and when to be gentle.

Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

The best martial artist doesn't win fights, but avoids fights. Martial arts is a way of gaining basic self-mastery of your mind, body and emotions. It can also be very useful in combat situations.

I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist. I'm a student of the martial arts.

I sometimes just don't like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent.

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

The best fighter is never angry.

Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.

Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.

I have always been a martial artist by choice, an actor by profession, but above all, am actualising myself to be an artist of life.

Take what's useful, discard what is not.

Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.