Martial Artist Quotes - Page 2

• The true martial artist yields to the weak, while withstanding the strong.

  Neil Young

  Strong, Artist, Yield

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

  Lou Reed

  Art, Thinking, Students

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• 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.

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Style, Genius

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.61, Tuttle Publishing

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• The best part of falling is getting back up again.

  David Belle

  Fall, Getting Back Up, Parkour

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• 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.

  Roger Gracie

  Art, Fighting, Mma

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• There is a difference between a fighter and a martial artist. A fighter is training for a purpose: He has a fight. I’m a martial artist. I don’t train for a fight. I train for myself. I’m training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Fighting, Artist, Differences

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• 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.

  Jackie Chan

  Fighting, Artist, Sometimes

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• I’m a martial artist, and I don’t train because I have a fight; I train because it’s my lifestyle, and I’ll train every day if I’m not hurt.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Hurt, Fighting, Artist

  "Georges St-Pierre On Training". Interview with Johnny Testa, www.askmen.com. April 29, 2011.

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

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Flower, Roots

  Bruce Lee (1975). “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”, Black Belt Communications Incorporated

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• 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 don't really have a problem with the pain of life. Perhaps that is because I am a martial artist and I am used to dealing with pain. Or perhaps I adjusted to pain because there has been a great deal of it in my life.

  Frederick Lenz

  Pain, Buddhism, Artist

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

  Duane Ludwig

  Book, Artist, Mma

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• 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.

  Frederick Lenz

  Art, Health, Fighting

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

  Rickson Gracie

  Artist, Mma, Martial Arts

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• I am an athlete in every sense of the word. Athlete, martial artist.

  Jon Jones

  Athlete, Artist, Martial Arts

  "Exclusive interview: Jon Jones talks arrest, UFC 197 bout with St. Preux". Interview with Jon Wertheim, www.si.com. April 19, 2016.

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

  Jackie Chan

  Artist, Views, Female

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• I'm a trained martial artist. My parents were both martial artists.

  Lynn Collins

  Artist, Parent, Martial Arts

  "Lynn Collins JOHN CARTER Set Visit Interview". Interview with Matt Goldberg, collider.com. February 9, 2012.

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• I'm a traditional martial artist and I'm always going to carry myself in the most respectful way I can.

  Cung Le

  Artist, Way, Martial Arts

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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

  Dat Phan

  Artist, Roles, Want

  "Biography/ Mini Bio". www.imdb.com.

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• I took what worked for me and found I had a system that others were interested in and seemed to work for a wide number of people. It was recognised by other martial artists, grandmasters and such, and they gave me the recognition. I'm proud of my work in martial arts. I still teach but only once a week in a private class, and I train a couple more days a week.

  Joe R. Lansdale

  Art, Couple, Class

  Source: thequietus.com

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• Being a martial artist for many years, it has become a bit of an obsession of mine to bring that part of my life to the screen.

  Sundra Oakley

  Artist, Years, Martial Arts

  Source: www.nerdprobs.com

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• I consider myself a martial artist and an actor. They can work together or individually. I love to do action. I love having a good role in which I can act and fight. Thats double happiness.

  Mark Dacascos

  Fighting, Artist, Working Together

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• 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.

  Brandi Carlile

  Block, Stress, Artist

  "Interrogating Brandi Carlile: I Knew ‘That Wasn’t Me’ Was Our ‘Let It Be‘". Interview with Jesse Kornbluth, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 24, 2012.

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• 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.

  Christian Hosoi

  Kids, Artist, Goal

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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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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