Martial Arts Quotes - Page 12

• The purpose of the study of judo is to perfect yourself and to contribute to society.

  Kano Jigoro

  Art, Perfect, Purpose

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• The dance of battle is always played to the same impatient rhythm. What begins in a surge of violent motion is always reduced to the perfectly still.

  Sun Tzu

  Warrior, Battle, Samurai

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• I personally hated working out when I first started, but then I noticed it was the one thing I did for myself. It gave me more energy and made me feel more confident. I started rolling with it. I love going for jogs and walks in the morning with my cousin. Sometimes we do sunrise walks where we'll be up before the sun comes up and by the time it does we're up and going. It's really nice. I also started training MMA, mixed martial arts to keep it fun. It's stress relieving.

  Becky G

  Art, Cousin, Morning

  Source: www.marieclaire.com

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• SHUCHU RYOKU - Focus all your energy to one point.

  Gozo Shioda

  Warrior, Focus, Samurai

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• Judo helps us to understand that worry is a waste of energy.

  Kano Jigoro

  Art, Worry, Energy

  "Kodokan Judo: The Essential Guide to Judo by Its Fouder Jigoro Kano". Book by Kano Jigoro, p. 23, 1994.

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• The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking by cowards.

  William Butler

  Art, Fighting, Men

  Sir William Francis Butler (1892). “Charles George Gordon”, London ; New York : Macmillan

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• If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you.

  Bruce Lee

  Swimming, Land, Water

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• Judo teaches us to look for the best possible course of action, whatever the individual circumstances.

  Kano Jigoro

  Art, Looks, Action

  "Kodokan Judo: The Essential Guide to Judo by Its Fouder Jigoro Kano". Book by Kano Jigoro, p. 23, 1994.

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• When it's cold, water freezes into ice; when it's warm, ice melts into water. Similarly, when you are confused, essence freezes into mind; when you are enlightened, mind melts into essence.

  Muso Soseki

  Art, Confused, Ice

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• The best form of endurance exercise is the performance of the event.

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Exercise, Endurance

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

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• You and your opponent are one. There is a coexisting relationship between you. You coexist with your opponent and become his complement, absorbing his attack and using his force to overcome him.

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Overcoming, Opponents

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.27, Tuttle Publishing

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• The usefulness of the cup is its emptiness.

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Cups, Emptiness

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• Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Success, Faith

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.126, Tuttle Publishing

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• A teacher is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspiring, Teacher, Art

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.16, Tuttle Publishing

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• To understand your fear is the beginning of really seeing.

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Seeing

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.66, Tuttle Publishing

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• To me defeat in anything is merely temporary. Defeat simply tells me that something is wrong in my doing; it is a path leading to success and truth.

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Temporary Defeat, Sith

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.363, Tuttle Publishing

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• Where there is no style, there is no slave. Martial Arts mean honestly expressing yourself. No style. No slave.

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Mean, Style

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• Everything too fast is not good but everything too slow is also not good. You need balance. That's why I like martial arts: it always tells you how to control your body, your mind, your heart. Balance. Balance can keep the world's peace. I think that's a very good thing.

  Jet Li

  Art, Thinking, Mind

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• Krav Maga heightens perception and transforms fear into something more productive.

  Imi Lichtenfeld

  Art, Perception, Productive

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• The athlete who is building muscles though weight training should be very sure to work adequately on speed and flexibility at the same time. In combat, without the prior attributes, a strong man will be like the bull with its colossal strength futilely pursuing the matador or like a low-geared truck chasing a rabbit.

  Bruce Lee

  Strong, Athlete, Power

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

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• Street fights are unpredictable, dirty fights.

  Imi Lichtenfeld

  Art, Dirty, Fighting

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• Relax and calm your mind. Forget about yourself and follow your opponent's movement.

  Yip Man

  Art, Mind, Relax

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• I got the best advice I've ever been given; 'Punch him in the face as much as you can.' Keep it simple, so that's what I did.

  Court McGee

  Art, Simple, Advice

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• Doubt is only removed by action. If you're not working then that's where doubt comes in.

  Conor McGregor

  Art, Doubt, Action

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• I always think street but train sport.

  Conor McGregor

  Sports, Art, Thinking

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