Quotes About Martial arts

When I was a teenager, my dad used to put a lot of pressure on me to be successful, and I'd really beat myself up about things like losing martial arts competitions.

I took Jujitsu for four years, which has no striking. My dad had me in Taekwondo when I was a kid, but I didn't retain much of that.

Stupid Ginny and her karate kicks. Why did Mom have to take her to that martial-arts school anyway? My life has been miserable ever since. She's only ten, but she fights way better than I do. I've got the bruises to show it.

I know that Ronda Rousey is one of the greatest athletes in this sport.

Carlos Condit does the best job of being the counterstriking guy that is very elusive.

I don't think 'Enter The Dragon' should ever be remade.

I started learning jiujitsu when I was eight years old. I had a lot of success and won ever competition I even entered.

Ninja therapy is a completely different branch. I could never do that. I don't even like wearing black.

I was writing a scene where a guy was choking another guy to death. You can go online and type 'chokeholds' and watch scenes where martial artists choke each other out. You can hear what noises they make when they go unconscious, see how their bodies flop and everything. YouTube is amazing for the more detailed stuff.

I think 'Hero' is not a real martial arts movie; it is not about violence, or formula.

I sometimes just don't like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent.

I still and will always have a passion for martial arts and do not believe, as a Christian, that it's wrong for myself to compete in a professional sport that is violent.

I grew up studying martial arts, playing violin, swimming competitively, so I already had athletic focus, discipline and training. When I brought that to climbing, I became passionate.

Only after several years of training did I come to realize that the deepest purpose of the martial arts is to serve as a vehicle for personal spiritual development.

Those who desire only techniques will never understand this art. It is everything beyond that

The real purpose of the martial arts must be to purge oneself of petty ambitions and desire, to obtain control of one's own character.

I was doing judo before anybody knew it existed in this country.

I'm a lean 135er.

I certainly hope 'Dragon' can leave some legacy behind.

Take a martial art that you enjoy. Don't worry about the end result; just enjoy getting up and going to training. And there is no right martial art to do. They are all good.

I'm a real martial artist, my father always taught me that some way I have to train every day, no matter what happens your life.

When I started training martial arts, I learned about respect.

All through college, I did a lot of break-dancing and all kinds of different martial arts.

The martial arts genre a lot of times has been relegated to B-level action.