Quotes About Martial arts

Some of the things I've had to overcome in my past, fighting helped me deal with a lot of struggles. Obstacles in life don't make you a great fighter, but fighting - or, I should say, martial arts - helps you overcome your obstacles.

In karate, there's a lot of respect. In fact, when an opponent accepts to fight me, he's giving me a chance to show my work, so I can't diminish him at all.

Different martial arts have ways of showing you how to control an opponent and put him down, but jiu-jitsu is the king of how to finish somebody. And that's what I love about it.

I can say that in our gym, 'Toquinho' has never hurt anyone. He is a good person, excellent company and a man with a great character. I believe that he has never thought of doing anything evil to any opponent because this isn't his conduct.

I want superfights, to challenge other opponents.

I'm originally from jiu-jitsu.

I always say if you can't knock someone out with four ounce gloves on there is something wrong with you.

I love dancing and outdoor activities. I like going to the gym, trying different routines of fitness - kickboxing, martial arts. I try to do a bit of everything so I make it exciting for myself and so there are no shockers for my body.

I look back now and think, what was I doing, moving to Hollywood with $2,000 and a duffel bag? But there is no money in martial arts competitions, and in Hollywood, there is an outlet for those skills. And I have always been pretty fearless.

I'm learning as much martial arts as I possibly can. My show is packed with action. Enough to get a rise.

Each movement during combat honors the movements that the previous generations tried to transmit through the Tradition.

For the choke, there are no "tough guys". With an arm lock he can be tough and resist the pain. With the choke he just passes out, goes to sleep.

Jiu Jitsu is a mousetrap. The trap does not chase the mouse. But when the mouse grabs the cheese, the trap plays its role.

The path of Martial Arts begins and ends with courtesy. So be genuinely polite on every occasion.

Always remember that the true meaning of Budo is that soft overcomes hard, small overcomes large.

A real jiu-jitsu fighter does not go around beating people down. Our defense is made to neutralize aggression.

The children right now, the young children, everybody should go to a martial arts school. Why? Because as soon as they go to a martial arts school, they learn discipline.

Of those who start TaeKwonDo training, only about 5% stick with it until they achieve the Black Belt Rank. Then perhaps 80% of those who earn a Black stop there.

Fluidity is the way to an empty mind. You must free your ambitious mind and learn the art of dying.

As far as possible, I want nothing more than to don my training gi and teach Karate.

I've been doing Tai Chi on and off for 20 years. The fundamentals of all martial arts are the same.

In randori we learn employ the principle of maximum efficiency even when we could easily overpower an opponent.

Bruce Lee brought the martial arts movie to the attention of the world - and without him, I don't think that anyone would have ever heard of Jackie Chan.

I do Jiu Jitsu so I can protect you when I fight you.