Karate Quotes - Page 3

• 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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• My other brother-in-law died. He was a karate expert, then joined the army. The first time he saluted, he killed himself.

  Henny Youngman

  Funny, Family, Time

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• It is important that karate can be practiced by the young and old, men and women alike.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Men, Important, Martial Arts

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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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• Wabi means spare, impoverished; simple and functional. It connotes a transcendence of fad and fashion. The spirit of wabi imbues all the Zen arts, from calligraphy to karate, from the tea ceremony to Zen archery.

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Fashion, Art, Mean

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• You need at least six or seven years to understand the philosophy and concentration of karate to know to clean your spirit of everything and dedicate your mind and body to the sport.

  Jean-Claude Van Damme

  Sports, Philosophy, Years

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

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• Apply the way of karate to all things. Therein lies its beauty.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Lying, Way, All Things

  Gichin Funakoshi, Genwa Nakasone, Jotaro Takagi (2003). “空手道二十訓: The Spiritual Legacy of the Master”, p.63, Kodansha International

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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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• Even in the forty years that I have been practicing Karate, the changes have been many. It would be interesting to be able to go back in time, to the point when the kata were created, and study them.

  Shigeru Egami

  Years, Interesting, Able

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• The karate that has been introduced to Tokyo is actually just a part of the whole. The fact that those who have learnt karate there feel it only consists of kicks & punches, and that throws & locks are only to be found in judo or jujutsu, can only be put down to a lack of understanding ... Those who are thinking of the future of karate should have an open mind and strive to study the complete art

  Kenwa Mabuni

  Inspirational, Art, Future

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• One whose spirit and mental strength have been strengthened by sparring with a never-say-die attitude should find no challenge too great to handle. One who has undergone long years of physical pain and mental agony to learn one punch, one kick, should be able to face any task, no matter how difficult, and carry it through to the end. A person like this can truly be said to have learned karate.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Pain, Attitude, Years

  Gichin Funakoshi (1994). “Karate-dō Nyūmon: The Master Introductory Text”, p.47, Kodansha International

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• It is important that karate can be practiced by the young and old, men and women alike. That is, since there is no need for a special training place, equipment, or an opponent, a flexibility in training is provided such that the physically and spiritually weak individual can develop his body and mind so gradually and naturally that he himself may not even realize his own great progress.

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Men, Training, Mind

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• Karate is like boiling water: without heat, it returns to it's tepid state

  Gichin Funakoshi

  Water, Return, Heat

  Gichin Funakoshi, Genwa Nakasone, Jotaro Takagi (2003). “空手道二十訓: The Spiritual Legacy of the Master”, p.126, Kodansha International

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• My Way is the Way of Karate, which is also the Way of humanity, and which is consequently related to the Way of Heaven.

  Mas Oyama

  Heaven, Humanity, Way

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• Karate is not about winning over others. It is about winning over one's self. Ultimately, the most challenging opponents we face reside from within - our hang-ups, our insecurities, our prejudices. Overcome these and you will have truly won.

  David Walker

  Winning, Self, Challenges

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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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• The best fighter is not a Boxer, Karate or Judo man. The best fighter is someone who can adapt on any style. He kicks too good for a Boxer, throws too good for a Karate man, and punches too good for a Judo man.

  Bruce Lee

  Men, Style, Boxers

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• That's right, karate... made my whole body a weapon.

  Don Knotts

  Body, Weapons, Made

  "Fictional character: Luther Heggs". "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken", www.imdb.com. 1966.

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• The main thing Karate offers to me is a philosophy of life. The philosophy of Karate is respect and discipline. You give 100% of whatever you do, in every activity.

  Lyoto Machida

  Art, Philosophy, Discipline

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• Karate is not a game. It is not a sport. It is not even a system of self-defense. Karate is half physical exercise and half spiritual. The karateist who has given the necessary years of exercise and meditation is a tranquil person. He is unafraid. He can even be calm in a burning building.

  Mas Oyama

  Sports, Spiritual, Exercise

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• Last week I lost my temper in my karate class. Man, I'm not doing that again until I'm a black belt. Because I can tell you there's a difference between taking karate and receiving karate.

  Demetri Martin

  Men, Class, Differences

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• There are no styles of karate-do, just varying interpretations of its principles.

  Kenwa Mabuni

  Style, Principles, Interpretation

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• As far as possible, I want nothing more than to don my training gi and teach Karate.

  Mas Oyama

  Art, Training, Want

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• Use karate, judo, aikido, or any style to build your counter-offensive. It will be interesting!

  Bruce Lee

  Interesting, Style, Aikido

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee: Letters of the Dragon: An Anthology of Bruce Lee's Correspondence with Family, Friends, and Fans 1958-1973”, p.39, Tuttle Publishing

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• Karate is Budo and if Budo is removed from Karate it is nothing more than sport karate, show karate, or even fashion karate-the idea of training merely to be fashionable.

  Mas Oyama

  Sports, Fashion, Ideas

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