Dojo Quotes

• Well, dojo is a traditional Japanese word for training hall.

  Joseph Jarman

  Training, Wells, Halls

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• A dojo [pracice hall] is a miniature cosmos where we make contact with ourselves - our fears, anxieties, reactions, and habits. It is an arena of confined conflict where we confront an opponent who is not an opponent but rather a partner engaged in helping us understand ourselves more fully.

  Joe Hyams

  Anxiety, Cosmos, Opponents

  Joe Hyams (2010). “Zen in the Martial Arts”, p.4, Bantam

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• A martial arts practice hall, a dojo, is a place you go to practice being the best you can be. But the true combat in a dojo is not between one person and another as most people believe it to be. The true combat in a martial arts practice hall is between the people within ourselves.

  Michael Gerber

  Art, Believe, Practice

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• Until the day I die, I never want to be separated from my dogi; I never want to cease my training efforts in the dojo.

  Mas Oyama

  Effort, Training, Want

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• I 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 Lee

  Inspirational, Motivational, Strength

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• Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

  Bruce Lee

  Blank Mind, Empty Mind, Water

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee The Tao of Gung Fu: A Study in the Way of Chinese Martial Art”, p.138, Tuttle Publishing

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• Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Inspiring, Success, Mistake

  Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.133, Shambhala Publications

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• Return to the beginning. Enter by form. Clean your dojo. As you have every day, tie on the white belt and empty your cup. Pick up your guitar, tune, then play.

  Philip Toshio Sudo

  Guitar, Play, White

  Philip Toshio Sudo (2013). “Zen Guitar”, p.177, Simon and Schuster

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• Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Strength, Peace, Thorough Knowledge

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.37, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Kids are always infatuated with the action in Martial Arts Films. Let me tell you, there is nothing better for kids than the Arts. That is what kept me straight and decent. I always had a place to go. That was the dojo. I always had something to look forward to doing.

  Thomas Ian Griffith

  Art, Kids, Looks

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• They speak of "This Dojo" and "That Dojo". They are looking for profit.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Art, Speak, Profit

  Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.10, Bottom of the Hill

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• People often say, 'Ah, ultimate fighting is so violent,' but it's rooted in martial arts. Martial arts incarnate respect. You can't walk into a dojo and say to your sensei, 'Hey, salut tabarnac!' After every one of my fights I go and shake the hand of my opponent. I don't need to hate the other fighter to fight him well. It's a sport.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Sports, Art, Hate

  "Georges St-Pierre leads Montreal to UFC glory: UFC, PQ". Interview with Isa Tousignant, hour.ca. March 02, 2006.

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• People study martial arts for many reasons, sometimes all the wrong reasons. For example, I have had potential students come to my dojo with a belligerent and cocky attitude. When I ask why they want to study my art, their response has indicated to me that their goal is to learn to fight, which is the antithesis of the philosophy I hope to instill: I want them to know how to defend themselves if necessary, but to avoid fighting whenever possible because they will have nothing to prove by fighting.

  Chuck Norris

  Art, Attitude, Philosophy

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• I have been given many teachings by Sarutahiko-no-O-Kami. OKami told me, 'By the work of Takehaya Susanowo no Mikoto, you will worship the Ame no Murakumo KuKamisamuhara Ryu O (Kami of Takemusu) and build an Aiki shrine and dojo.' Then I built the Aiki shrine and dojo in Iwama, Ibaragi prefecture in 1940.

  Morihei Ueshiba

  Teaching, Shrines, Worship

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• On stage I am the actor, director and the bouncer all at the same time. Fear does not exist in this dojo does it? No Sensi! Sorry when I get excited I have to toss in some Karate Kid quotes.

  Dane Cook

  Sorry, Kids, Directors

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• I think that a lot of people who like training with guns are probably drawn to it not only for practical reasons, but also in that same restless quest for physical excellence that draws people to a martial arts dojo.

  Jonathan Gottschall

  Art, Gun, Thinking

  "A Talk With The Savage English Professor". Interview with Sam Harris, www.thedailybeast.com. March 5, 2015.

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