Ed Parker Quotes

• The true Martial Artist is not the one who fears change, but the one who causes it to happen.

  Ed Parker

  Art, Causes, Happens

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• I am not going to show you my art. I am going to share it with you. If I show it to you it becomes an exhibition, and in time it will be pushed so far into the back of your mind that it will be lost. But by sharing it with you, you will not only retain it forever, but I too will improve.

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  Art, Forever, Mind

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• The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more.

  Ed Parker

  Success, Learning, Intelligent

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• Knowledge does not grow like a tree where you dig a hole, plant your feet, cover them with dirt, and pour water on them daily. Knowledge grows with time, work, and dedicated effort. It cannot come by any other means.

  Ed Parker

  Mean, Feet, Water

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• I come to you with only Karate, Empty Hands. I have no weapons, but should I be forced to defend myself, my principles or my honor, should it be a matter of life or death, of right or wrong, then here are my weapons, Karate, my Empty Hands.

  Ed Parker

  Hands, Honor, Principles

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• The humble man makes room for progress; the proud man believes he is already there.

  Ed Parker

  Art, Believe, Humble

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• To hear is to doubt, to see is to be deceived, but to feel is to believe.

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  Believe, Doubt, Deceived

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• He who hesitates, meditates horizontally

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• To live is to change, and to obtain perfection is to change often.

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  Perfection

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• The man who knows how will always be the student, but the man who knows why will continue to be the instructor.

  Ed Parker

  Art, Men, Students

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• 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.

  Ed Parker

  Strong, Fighting, Pride

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• One becomes great when he comes to the realization that what he knows is very little.

  Ed Parker

  Realization, Littles, Knows

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• There are no pure styles of karate. Purity comes only when pure knuckles meet pure flesh, no matter who delivers or receives.

  Ed Parker

  Style, Flesh, Matter

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• Having an open mind does not necessarily lead to perfection. It is your ability to observe, analyze, discern, and understand the true essence that basic principles contain that point the way to perfection.

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  Essence, Perfection, Mind

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• Gain confidence and you banish fear.

  Ed Parker

  Art, Gains, Martial Arts

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• If you don't ask the right questions, I can't give you the answers, and if you don't know the right question to ask, you're not ready for the answers

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  Giving, Answers, Ready

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• Whatever the attitude, so is the response.

  Ed Parker

  Attitude, Response

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• It is not the aim of Kenpo to merely produce a skillful as well as powerful practitioner, but to create a well integrated student respectful of all.

  Ed Parker

  Powerful, Students, Respectful

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• Humility and self-restraint is the True Objective of Kenpo

  Ed Parker

  Art, Humility, Self

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• Whether it is a big ship or small ship, the same size hole placed correctly in the hull can sink it.

  Ed Parker

  Art, Hull, Ships

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• Traditionalists often study what is taught, not what there is to create.

  Ed Parker

  Taught, Martial Arts, Study

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• Condition and guts take over where knowledge and skill end.

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  Skills, Ends, Guts

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• Time and space may separate us, but not the thoughts and memories that bind us.

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  Memories, Space, May

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• An ounce of logic can be worth more than a ton of tradition that has become obsolete through the weathering of time.

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  Logic, Tradition, Obsolete

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• Principles of motion take precedence over sequence of motion.

  Ed Parker

  Principles, Sequence, Precedence

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