Martial Arts Quotes

Living the dream is simply a form of living out your passion, of making that passion gradually, through persistence and effort, a central part of your life.

A good martial artist does not become tend but ready, not thinking but jet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come.

Miles and I had been looking to do a martial arts show for some time. Our first two movies that we wrote were "Lethal Weapon 4" and "Shanghai Noon" with Jackie Chan. Then we sort of got pulled into the superhero world, but then you look around at what's not on television and there wasn't really a martial arts shows. There are shows that do martial arts to a degree, but there's not a martial arts show.

I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.

I believe I can do things people think are impossible.

Before I started studying martial arts, I had temper problems. I could definitely fly off the handle. Being raised in the south in 1956 definitely gave me some memories to latch onto for negative emotions.

Im an only child. Mostly raised by my father outside of Saratoga, doing martial arts and snowmobiling. I wore sweaters, jeans and sneakers. I was more interested in four-wheeling in the Catskills than doing my hair and makeup at 7 A.M. before school.

Karate aims to build character, improve human behavior, and cultivate modesty; it does not, however, guarantee it.

Real living is living for others.

Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick.

The Jiu Jitsu I created was designed to give the weak ones a chance to face the heavy and strong.

The greatest teacher has nothing to say. He simply gives himself in service, and never worries.

Every win, regardless a good or bad one, gives you more confidence.

Honour is that which no man can give you and no man can take away.

My strategy is not to give them a chance to hit me.

I'm a street fighter. I'm ready for any kind of mixed martial arts that comes at me.

The real hero must fail in order to succeed.

Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to go to his class.

Put Karate into your everyday living, that is how you will see true beauty.

In randori we learn employ the principle of maximum efficiency even when we could easily overpower an opponent.

I guess I'm pretty lucky because in childhood I studied so many martial arts styles and I never stopped researching them, my body is very adjustable and I can turn into different expressions with my body.

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

The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness.

I was a dancer for fifteen years, and I think a lot of what dancing gives you crosses over so much into anything to do with fighting, martial arts, anything action.

True karate is this: that in daily life one's mind and body be trained and developed in a spirit of humility, and that in critical times, one be devoted utterly to the cause of justice.

In high school, during lunchtime I would go in the room where the wrestling mats were and try different flips and different moves. Like windmills. I just started mixing martial arts with jazz and contemporary stuff and it would get mashed together and became my style.

When weak or injured always continue training as you should always be able to adapt in any condition.

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.

All my life, following the warrior's code has taken me to places I was afraid to go. But always when I got there I was glad I made the journey.

Train hard, get good coaching and don't forget that its mixed martial arts. Don't get tied into one style of fighting and focus on multiple disciplines.

I've done jiujitsu a huge chunk of my life, and I try to spend a lot of time educating people on the nuances, the subtleness of the ground game. It's a big part of mixed martial arts.

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

In true budo there is no enemy or opponent. True budo is to become one with the universe, not train to become powerful or to throw down some opponent. Rather we train in hopes of being of some use, however small our role may be, in the task of bringing peace to mankind around the world.

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.

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

The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

A black belt only covers two inches of your ass. You have to cover the rest.

Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams.

Nobody can hurt me without my permission.

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't.

I did takwondo from the time I was pretty young and also played I did taekwondo for martial arts and then also played football, baseball, and basketball against older kids because of my brother being older. I learned pretty quickly to not be intimidated and to not back down.

For me, personally, when I'm afraid of something - when you're afraid of something, normally you try to go away, you try to avoid it. Instead of avoiding it, to overcome your fear, I believe you need to embrace it.

No one will hit you harder than life itself. It doesn't matter how hard you hit back. It's about how much you can take, and keep fighting, how much you can suffer and keep moving forward. That's how you win.

Killing with the point lacks artistry, but don't let that hold your hand when the opening presents itself.

Mental bearing (calmness), not skill, is the sign of a matured samurai. A Samurai therefore should neither be pompous nor arrogant.

The great mistake is to anticipate the outcome of the engagement; you ought not to be thinking of whether it ends in victory or defeat. Let nature take its course, and your tools will strike at the right moment.

It's [Into the Badlands] something that's very, very different and I think that's why it divided critics initially because they didn't understand it or get it. They didn't understand or have a knowledge of what we were trying to do. Bringing in the Asian martial arts aesthetic to American television. For us, these are the people who will make the show a hit or a failure in future seasons. So it's for us to respect them and interact and see what they have to say.

The will must be stronger than the skill.

In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail.