Frederick Lenz Quotes About Martial Arts

• Master Fwap, who told me that snowboarding, or any activity could be improved by the practice of meditation. Since I had had previously some training in Korean martial arts, I was somewhat open to the idea.

  Frederick Lenz

  Art, Snowboarding, Practice

• Originally, I was interested in athletic pursuits like snowboarding, martial arts and surfing. When I went to the Himalayas and met a number of Buddhist monks I was introduced to a new way of looking at life.

  Frederick Lenz

  Art, Buddhist, Snowboarding

• Throughout the course of my life, I have been very fortunate to have had excellent teachers - not just in meditation, but in martial arts, music, scuba diving, and in my academic education.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Art, Meditation

• Rama is a fairly common name in India. It symbolizes an individual who is interested both in enlightenment and martial arts. I do not claim to have any past life connection with the historical Rama. It's just a name I liked.

  Frederick Lenz

  Art, Past, Names

• While I enjoy teaching people on the basic and intermediate levels to work them up to advanced levels, my real talent is for the advanced students. You could say that I'm like a ninth-degree black belt in martial arts.

  Frederick Lenz

  Art, Real, Teaching

• I don't really have a problem with the pain of life. Perhaps that is because I am a martial artist and I am used to dealing with pain. Or perhaps I adjusted to pain because there has been a great deal of it in my life.

  Frederick Lenz

  Pain, Buddhism, Artist

• If you are afraid of other people take a martial arts class. The best way to overcome fear is learn to be proficient in martial arts.

  Frederick Lenz

  Art, Health, Buddhism

• Naturally you need someone who is versed in the ways of power to teach you a thing or two about it. When you reach the next power level, they will teach you more. It is very much like the study of martial arts.

  Frederick Lenz

  Art, Two, Needs

• Intelligent martial arts is not getting in battles and winning them. Intelligent martial arts is avoiding battles because battles use up energy, and you can get hurt no matter who you are.

  Frederick Lenz

  Hurt, Art, Intelligent

• The best martial artist doesn't win fights, but avoids fights. Martial arts is a way of gaining basic self-mastery of your mind, body and emotions. It can also be very useful in combat situations.

  Frederick Lenz

  Art, Health, Fighting

• The very advanced practitioners of martial arts never had to raise a hand. They could knock an opponent down without physically touching them, just with chi, pure power. We don't see too many of them anymore.

  Frederick Lenz

  Art, Health, Buddhism

• In martial arts one of the first things that you learn is to be balanced. Balance is the central principle in architecture and design. Balance is a way of trying to talk about being at the center of things.

  Frederick Lenz

  Art, Buddhism, Design

• I recommend for everyone the study of some type of sports or athletics, particularly martial arts. Always check with your doctor first, naturally.

  Frederick Lenz

  Sports, Art, Health

• Zen and Buddhism have produced martial arts, because of the Buddhist injunction against weapons.

  Frederick Lenz

  Art, Buddhist, Health

• Most martial arts have to do with the mind, ultimately. The ability to be unafraid, to walk away from a fight without fear - that is control.

  Frederick Lenz

  Art, Health, Fighting

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