Quotes About Martial arts

When I was a boy, I wanted to be a Ninja. Now I am a man, now I am a Ninja.

That has not yet been put to the test. I got my fourth-degree black belt this winter. When I make martial arts noises, thousands flee in terror. Don't test me. Can you hear that? It's my knees knocking. They're wise to fear me.

I've got a black belt in tae kwon do." When she lowered into a fighting stance, Callen could only wonder. "I took it all through college." "And I have a mighty and fatally accurate bitch slap," Jessica added.

Jack had taught him this along with so much else. How to find peace. How to embody stillness. How to punch an eskrima dagger between the fourth and fifth ribs, angling up at the heart.

Four aspects of any action: time, measure, structure, flow p.

But once you've learned the nasty, street-fighting, no-holds-barred art of Max Kwon Do, you never really forget

There have been projects out there involving my father, but they've lacked a complete understanding of his philosophies and artistry. They haven't captured the essence of his beliefs in martial arts or storytelling. The only way to get audiences to understand the depth and uniqueness of my father is to generate our own material.

When I was scheduled to fight in Japan, and then I would come back to the United States, I would have to train, but there was nobody to train here. There was no such thing as a striker going with a grappler, or a striker going to the ground with a grappler, or a grappler standing up and fighting with a boxer.

Action is a universal language, so everyone understands a punch and a kick.

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

With Michael Jackson, when he moved, it looked like a martial artist to me. He was quicker than other dancers, but he didn't have muscles; he was just quicker and looked more in control of gravity. He looked like a martial arts master, so I tried to steal body movement from him; that's why I imitate Michael Jackson a little bit.

I have a taekwondo background, but I also try to invent new moves and make sure that when I step into the Octagon, I'm a different fighter.

Georges is one of the best guys that's ever stepped in the Octagon. That's actually the main reason I want to fight him. I look for a challenge. To be the best, you've gotta beat the best. And Georges St-Pierre is the best.

but don't you let him trick you into a fight in school. He's, like, a black belt in Tae Kwon Do or something.

I'm a fighter. We come from the beginning, no gloves, no rules, no time limits.

Many friends of mine told me that normally only guys like a kung fu movie and the girls would be turned off - they want to see a love story. But Ip Man is a family man, so the women see this and go: 'I want my husband to be like this man. He'll be a scholar, he'll be fighting, he'll care for the family.' So we had a bigger audience.

It's great that mixed martial arts allows people to still be in touch with their animal side and duke it out in a cage, but I think it's important: we're still nurturing beings, and we should still have compassion for each other.

Being a black belt from the Nogueira brothers, I have the obligation to always defend myself well on the ground.

I do boxing; I do a little jiu jitsu, which I am obsessed with.

Well, the difference between 10th Planet and most other jiu jitsu schools is the obvious thing... we train exclusively no-gi.

naturally incorporate the wisdom of peaceful harmony that's found in the martial arts by letting the efforts of others become a source of your own power.

An earlier plan to marry again had collapsed when her fiancé was killed in a motorcycle accident. His name was Don and he had taught oriental methods of self-defense in a martial arts academy. "They called it an accident," she said, "but I think the government had him killed because he knew too much about flying saucers.

Ever since you were a boy, you've dreamt of being Kung Fu Guy. You're not Kung Fu Guy. But maybe, just maybe, tomorrow will be the day.

Ever since you were a boy, you've dreamt of being Kung Fu Guy.