Martial Arts Quotes - Page 14

• I go to gyms quite a bit, martial arts gyms, MMA gyms. I try to train with the best people, with who's who in the martial arts, just to keep myself sharp.

  Michael Jai White

  Art, Mma, People

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• Most people say I look mean, and because I play so many tough roles and because of my size and my martial arts background, they think I am, but I'm really not.

  Michael Jai White

  Art, Mean, Thinking

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• Since I do seven different styles of martial arts, I don't foresee myself fighting the same in any two movies. I think every fighting style should fit the character that's doing the fighting.

  Michael Jai White

  Art, Character, Fighting

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• Boxing is so loose and flowy, and martial arts is more stiff, and about strength and structure.

  Taylor Lautner

  Art, Boxing, Structure

  "Taylor Lautner Talks ABDUCTION and THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN". Press conference, collider.com. September 16, 2011.

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• I have a martial arts background and I'm very athletic. So I think if I can find a film where a female is a badass in it - that would just be amazing. They are sometimes hard to find, but I definitely want to do something like that.

  Ashley Greene

  Art, Badass, Thinking

  "Exclusive: Ashley Greene Talks THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN, LOL, THE APPARITION, Bill Condon and More at Comic-Con". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. July 26, 2011.

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• Fencing is more a sport than a martial art. It would be like basing your knowledge of roman phalanx warfare on NFL football.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Sports, Football, Art

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• Im a big fan of martial arts films, novels and radio programs.

  Wong Kar-wai

  Art, Fans, Radio

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• Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied.

  Alexander the Great

  Warrior, Skills, Samurai

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• Making a martial arts film in English to me is the same as John Wayne speaking Chinese in a western.

  Ang Lee

  Art, Chinese, Film

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When I was ten years old, my dad and brother did JUDO so I went along because I felt like I was missing out. They eventually gave up and I continued, then moved into Tae Kwon Do, kickboxing and various other martial arts. I did lots of different things, but mostly things like Wushu, Jeet Kune Do, Krav Maga and stuff like that.

  Scott Adkins

  Art, Brother, Dad

  "Interview with Ninja II Shadow of a Tear star Scott Adkins". Interview with Bobby Blakey, www.axs.com. January 3, 2014.

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• I turned to my mom and said, Im going to be a martial arts movie star. She didnt believe me, and neither did my dad. They both thought I would grow out of it. That it was a phase. I decided then I was going to do it or die trying.

  Scott Adkins

  Mom, Art, Stars

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• The main reason I like UFC is not just the martial arts aspect, but it's about one person against the other person. It's about being able to test yourself with the truth.

  Donnie Yen

  Art, Ufc, Tests

  Source: collider.com

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• I started doing martial arts when I was a kid. I don't often get that kind of role, although I get to do it periodically, which is a lot of fun for me.

  Kristin Kreuk

  Art, Fun, Kids

  "Kristin Kreuk Talks The CW’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Receiving a Note from Linda Hamilton, SMALLVILLE and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 7, 2012.

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• I come from a martial arts background so kicking and punching and using your hands and your feet is more of the art that I was taught.

  Katheryn Winnick

  Art, Hands, Feet

  Source: collider.com

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• Ive been chastised for going into mixed martial arts and backing out. But the reason I backed out was the terms - they wanted me ready to fight in four weeks, but youve got to be out of your mind. So I decided to go back to my roots, back to wrestling.

  Kurt Angle

  Art, Wrestling, Fighting

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• The best came from my martial arts teacher, who also taught Elvis. He said, Your ego will get you killed.

  William Sanderson

  Teacher, Art, Ego

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• I did martial arts and karate for eight years when I was growing up.

  Antony Starr

  Art, Growing Up, Eight

  "A 20-Minute Session with the Badass from Banshee". Interview with Mike Simone, www.mensfitness.com. March 14, 2014.

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• I was a professional fighter for a while, and I trained in martial arts for seven years, so I think that kind of helped form a base for me as far as dancing.

  Ryan Guzman

  Art, Thinking, Years

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We tottered together upon the brink of the fall. I have some knowledge, however, of baritsu, or the Japanese system of wrestling, which has more than once been very useful to me. I slipped through his grip, and he with a horrible scream kicked madly for a few seconds and clawed the air with both his hands.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Art, Fall, Wrestling

  Arthur Conan Doyle, General Press (2016). “The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 56 Stories & 4 Novels”, p.372, GENERAL PRESS

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• To Norwegians, the polka is a form of martial art.

  Garrison Keillor

  Art, Form, Polka

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• Postural exercises such as yoga, Pilates, Egoscues, Alexander technique and martial arts are about avoiding pain and injury as much as helping you feel good. Attractive men and women have good posture.

  Liz Miller

  Art, Pain, Yoga

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• I did martial arts since I was 10 years old, and I've got as much love for the movies as I have for martial arts, so when I was 18 years old, I started studying performing arts with the eye of getting into the film industry and went to drama school after that.

  Scott Adkins

  Art, Drama, School

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I was young, I saw a lot of martial arts films with Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee. I loved them. They are my heroes but, I'm so powerful, I'm so faster. I'm so young and so handsome like a model. I really loved them so they are my role models.

  Rain

  Art, Powerful, Hero

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• In my mind, martial arts movies are martial arts movies and action is action. It's quite different, because martial arts doesn't just have physical form; you have a philosophy, internal and external. A lot of it involves your life. How you see the world. An action film I think is just about the movement. I think it's different.

  Jet Li

  Art, Philosophy, Thinking

  "Rogue' Set Visit: Jet Li on 'Fearless,' 'Monk in New York,' and Another Fight Breakdown!". Rotten Tomatoes Interview, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. June 9, 2006.

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• I grew up playing everything from rugby, football, baseball, volleyball, bike races and boxing. I tried martial arts, loved to ride horses and I'm the youngest of three brothers, so it was a fiercely competitive family.

  Barry Pepper

  Baseball, Football, Volleyball

  Source: collider.com

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