Martial Arts Quotes - Page 6

• One finds life through conquering the fear of death within one's mind. Empty the mind of all forms of attachment, make a go-for-broke charge and conquer the opponent with one decisive slash.

  Takenaka Shigekata

  Art, Warrior, Attachment

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• Courage is being afraid, but then doing what you have to do anyway.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Art, Being Afraid

  "Is the American Right ready for Rudy?" by Paul Harris, www.theguardian.com. February 18, 2007.

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• To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person.

  Bruce Lee

  Relationship, Motivation, Acting

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.181, Tuttle Publishing

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• 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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• Fighting is a sport; if you're not humble it's going to bring humbleness to you.

  Mike Tyson

  Sports, Humble, Fighting

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• Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.

  Bruce Lee

  Motivational, Philosophical, Judging

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• Effort within the mind further limits the mind, because effort implies struggle towards a goal and when you have a goal, a purpose, an end in view, you have placed a limit on the mind.

  Bruce Lee

  Motivational, Struggle, Views

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

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• A black belt is nothing more than a belt that goes around your waist. Being a black belt is a state of mind and attitude. Even though surrounded By several enemies set to attack, Fight with the thought That they are but one.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Art, Attitude, Fighting

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• Being natural is the ultimate secret of our art.

  Toshitsugu Takamatsu

  Art, Nature, Japan

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• One of the big things that I focus on is not having regrets, just taking every opportunity I have and going for it.

  Chris Weidman

  Regret, Opportunity, Mma

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• ‎The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.

  Bruce Lee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.

  Bruce Lee

  Motivational Sports, Powerful, Greatness

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• He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

  Ben Jonson

  Inspirational, Art, Fool

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• Jackie Chan is a very good comedy/martial arts star. He does one kind of martial arts that Jet Li doesn't know how to do and Jet Li does a martial art that Jackie Chan doesn't know how to do. You can both go to two Chinese restaurants, but both can have different kinds of food.

  Jet Li

  Art, Stars, Two

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• I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. Three years later I got my first championship in China.

  Jet Li

  Art, School, Years

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• I didn't go to normal children school. I went to sports school when I was 8. So I studied martial arts.

  Jet Li

  Sports, Art, Children

  Interview with Lorraine Hahn, www.cnn.com. January 29, 2003.

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• Usually action films have a formula: good guy gets in trouble, his wife dies, friends have problems, so he goes to the mountain, learns martial arts, comes back, and kills the bad guy.

  Jet Li

  Art, Wife, Guy

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

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• I had so many older brothers who beat up on me, so I'm a tough kid. I love mixed martial arts, weapons training, guns, knives, driving fast cars and motorcycles.

  Kellan Lutz

  Art, Brother, Kids

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• A lot of people give up just before they're about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.

  Chuck Norris

  Inspirational, Giving Up, Mma

  Chuck Norris (2014). “The Official Chuck Norris Fact Book: 101 of Chuck's Favorite Facts and Stories”, p.18, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• I've done jiujitsu a huge chunk of my life, and I try to spend a lot of time educating people on the nuances, the subtleness of the ground game. It's a big part of mixed martial arts.

  Joe Rogan

  Art, Games, People

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• As a lifelong practitioner of martial arts, I'm trained to remain calm in the face of adversity and danger.

  Steven Seagal

  Art, Adversity, Faces

  "Steven Seagal: a reality TV star is born" by Marina Hyde, www.theguardian.com. December 4, 2009.

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• When you're talking about fighting, as it is, with no rules, well then, baby you'd better train every part of your body!

  Bruce Lee

  Baby, Art, Fighting

  "Bruce Lee: The Lost Interview". Short, Talk-Show, 1994.

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• It's a lifestyle, it's something you do the rest of your life," LaLanne said. "How long are you going to keep breathing? How long do you keep eating? You just do it.

  Jack LaLanne

  Art, Bodybuilding, Breathing

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• Who has a harder fight than he who is striving to overcome himself.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Art, Fighting, Overcoming

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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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