tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38130928526463952582011-08-19T16:23:46.865+06:00Martial Arts QuotesMetaDealernoreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3813092852646395258.post-25209812492897675442008-03-09T10:53:00.000+05:002008-03-09T10:54:33.618+05:00“To be a warrior is not a simple matter of wishing to be one. It is rather an endless struggle that will go on to the very last moment of our lives. Nobody is born a warrior, in exactly the same way that nobody is born an average man. We make ourselves into one or the other"KokoroMetaDealernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3813092852646395258.post-49848370397256546442008-03-09T10:37:00.002+05:002008-03-09T10:45:16.376+05:00"Kick the tree... your brother, remember?"Old Thai guy from "Kickboxer"MetaDealernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3813092852646395258.post-54669818521212283282008-03-09T10:33:00.001+05:002008-03-09T10:33:59.314+05:00All capoeirista must understand that capoeira is NOT a mix with dance and fight. It's fight... DISGUISED as a dance.UnknownMetaDealernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3813092852646395258.post-131682716990274722008-02-03T16:36:00.000+05:002008-02-03T16:37:32.947+05:00I 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 LeeMetaDealernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3813092852646395258.post-89896580163595990482008-02-03T16:30:00.000+05:002008-02-03T16:32:04.743+05:00Although it is important to study and train for skill in techniques, for the man who wishes to truly accomplish the way of Budo, it is more important to make his whole life in training and therefore not aiming for skill and strength alone, but also for spiritual attainment.Mas OyamaMetaDealernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3813092852646395258.post-73120735474225458242008-02-02T20:11:00.000+05:002008-02-02T20:12:06.508+05:00Loyalty and devotion lead to bravery. Bravery leads to the spirit of self-sacrifice. The spirit of self-sacrifice creates trust in the power of love.Morihei UeshibaMetaDealernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3813092852646395258.post-66623434743687972982008-02-02T00:08:00.000+05:002008-02-02T00:10:20.662+05:00"…in Zen first comes technique, practiced so many times that it is forgotten. Then you begin to use it. It is when you do not think about it anymore that you do it so well. Zen is no more than that. But it is reaching that state that the training is all about. The professional dancer who makes it look easy has trained constantly and endured great pain. The tennis pro who flies around the court, MetaDealernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3813092852646395258.post-18167569730571872102008-02-01T22:45:00.000+05:002008-02-01T22:53:57.636+05:00Tameshiwari, the art of breaking wood, tile, bricks and stone with the fist or the bare foot, is not a purpose of karate, but rather serves as a barometer of acquired strength and technique. It is useful for this purpose because in kumite (sparring) you must never actually touch the opponent for fear of causing extreme physical injury."Karate School" by Mas OyamaMetaDealernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3813092852646395258.post-45777393320631477922008-01-31T22:11:00.000+05:002008-02-01T22:21:26.033+05:00A dog at play has the mind of a wise martial arts master, a mind capable of perfect focus.UnknownMetaDealernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3813092852646395258.post-76330118741622571192008-01-28T21:34:00.000+05:002008-01-28T21:43:59.696+05:00To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.Bruce LeeMetaDealernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3813092852646395258.post-40090446329012752092008-01-25T21:46:00.000+05:002008-01-28T21:47:03.621+05:00You 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 FunakoshiMetaDealernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3813092852646395258.post-81346054126150743582008-01-24T21:44:00.000+05:002008-01-28T21:45:25.008+05:00The ultimate aim of karate-do lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants.Gichin FunakoshiMetaDealernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3813092852646395258.post-33672712134782746942008-01-01T21:49:00.000+05:002008-01-28T21:49:41.113+05:00Hoping to see Karate included in the universal physical education taught in our public schools, I set about revising the kata so as to make them as simple as possible. Times change, the world changes, and obviously the martial arts must change too. The Karate that high school students practice today is not the same Karate that was practiced even as recently as ten years ago, and it is a long way MetaDealernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3813092852646395258.post-72280800716535754042007-07-07T21:53:00.001+06:002008-02-02T20:13:34.107+05:00Martial Arts Quotes by Authors- Bruce Lee Quotes- Gichin Funakoshi Quotes- Mas Oyama Quotes- Miyamoto Musashi Quotes- Morihei Ueshiba Quotes- Quotes of Unknown AuthorsMetaDealernoreply@blogger.com0