Karate Quotes

• Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can, using only their hands and feet, make some of the worst movies in the history of the world.

  Dave Barry

  Movie, Sports, Art

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Karate is like boiling water, if you do not heat it constantly, it will cool.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Water, Heat, Boiling

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• No matter how you may excel in the art of Karate, and in your scholastic endeavors, nothing is more important than your behavior and your humanity as observed in daily life.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Art, Humanity, Important

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• You may train for a long time, but if you merely move your hands and feet and jump up and down like a puppet, learning karate is not very different from learning a dance. You will never have reached the heart of the matter; you will have failed to grasp the quintessence of karate-do.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Moving, Heart, Hands

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• Karate is a defensive art from beginning to end.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Art, Ends, Martial Arts

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• Karate-do strives internally to train the mind to develop a clear conscience, enabling one to face the world honestly, while externally developing strength to the point where one may overcome even ferocious wild animals. Mind and technique become one in true karate.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Animal, Mind, Technique

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• When you look at life think in terms of karate. But remember that karate is not only karate -- it is life.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Thinking, Looks, Remember

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• Since karate is a martial art, you must practice with the utmost seriousness from the very beginning.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Art, Practice, Seriousness

  Gichin Funakoshi (1994). “Karate-dō Nyūmon: The Master Introductory Text”, p.43, Kodansha International

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• 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.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Humility, Justice, Mind

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• 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, kata are not some kind of beautiful competitive dance, but a grand martial art of self-defense - which determines life and death.

  Kenwa Mabuni

  Beautiful, Art, Fighting

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• Karate begins and ends with courtesy.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Courtesy, Ends

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• The spirit of karate practice and the elements of training are applicable to each and every aspect of our daily lives.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Thinking, Everyday, Training

  "Karate-dō Nyūmon: The Master Introductory Text".

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• Students of any art, including Karate-do must never forget the cultivation of the mind and the body.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Art, Mind, Body

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• There is no first strike in Karate.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Firsts, Martial Arts, Strikes

  Gichin Funakoshi, Genwa Nakasone, Jotaro Takagi (2003). “空手道二十訓: The Spiritual Legacy of the Master”, p.23, Kodansha International

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  It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Karate cannot be adequately learned in a short space of time. Like a torpid bull, regardless of how slowly it moves, it will eventually cover a thousand miles. So too, for one who resolves to study Karate diligently two or three hours every day. After three or four years of unremitting effort one's body will undergo a great transformation revealing the very essence of Karate.

  Anko Itosu

  Art, Moving, Years

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• Karate is a technique that permits one to defend himself with his bare hands and fists without weapons.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Hands, Technique, Fists

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• Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Empty Mind, Water

  "Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey". Documentary, Action, Biography, 2000.

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• 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.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.

  Laozi

  Spiritual, Wisdom, Self Esteem

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• Many Karate teachers teach a watered down style - no hip action and no depth of punching - so it is easy to say that these teachers have no depth to their knowledge. You are what your teacher is, and if he knows a lot, you should be able to demonstrate this knowledge.

  Higa Yuchoku

  Teacher, Art, Style

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• You have the power to fulfill your dreams!

  Tae Yun Kim

  Dream, Your Dreams

  Tae Yun Kim (1994). “The Silent Master: Awakening the Power Within”

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• The techniques should not be practised simply so they can be performed in the kata. Since karate is a fighting art each technique and movement has its own meaning. The karateka must consider their meaning, how and why they are effective, and practise accordingly

  Shigeru Egami

  Art, Exercise, Fighting

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• Karate-Do is a lifetime study

  Kenwa Mabuni

  Study, Lifetime

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• Seek perfection of character. Be faithful. Endeavor. Respect others. Refrain from violent behaviour.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Character, Perfection, Faithful

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