Martial Arts Quotes - Page 28

• I work out two, two and a half hours a day. For 'Immortals,' it was body-weight stuff: crunches, pullups, and martial arts-based cardio.

  Henry Cavill

  Art, Two, Body Weight

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• Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man.

  John F. Kennedy

  Strength, Men, Life Being Hard

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• I love Tony Jaa. He's one of the best and most capable martial arts stuntmen in the world.

  Jason Statham

  Art, World, Stuntman

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• Never depart from the way of martial arts.

  Miyamoto Musashi

  Art, Way

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• 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.

  Jackie Chan

  Art, Thinking, Attention

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• I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. It is futile to argue as to which leaf, which design of branches, or which attractive flower you like; when you understand the root, you understand all its blossoming.

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Flower, Roots

  Bruce Lee (1975). “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”, Black Belt Communications Incorporated

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• Through courtesy you will take a humble attitude toward your opponent in training & be grateful to him.

  Shigeru Egami

  Art, Attitude, Grateful

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• Knowing is not enough, You must apply

  Bruce Lee

  Knowing, Enough, Minor Things

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way”, p.368, Tuttle Publishing

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• I was a dancer for fifteen years, and I think a lot of what dancing gives you crosses over so much into anything to do with fighting, martial arts, anything action.

  Sharni Vinson

  Art, Fighting, Thinking

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• Karate is for life, not points.

  David Walker

  Art, Karate

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• Goals achieved with little effort are seldom worthwhile or lasting.

  John Wooden

  Art, Goal, Effort

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• As long as you try your best, you are never a failure. That is, unless you blame others.

  John Wooden

  Art, Long, Trying

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• If you change the rules on what controls you... you will change the rules on what you can control.

  Guy Ritchie

  Art, Revolver, Ifs

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• Punch a black belt in the face, he becomes a brown belt. Punch him again, purple.

  Carlson Gracie

  Art, Purple, Black

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• If you do something and it saves your life, it was good
  taijutsu. In a real fight, you aren't worried about what's
  pretty.

  Masaaki Hatsumi

  Real, Fighting, Worried

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• My killer instinct is so strong that lions call me to take lessons.

  Miguel Torres

  Art, Strong, Killers

  FaceBook post by Miguel Angel Torres from Oct 12, 2010

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• Every win, regardless a good or bad one, gives you more confidence.

  Mike Tyson

  Art, Winning, Mma

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• Having only wisdom and talent is the lowest tier of usefulness.

  Yamamoto Tsunetomo

  Talent, Lowest, Usefulness

  Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2015). “Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai”, p.4, Xist Publishing

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• In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory. Indirect tactics, efficiently applied, are inexhaustible as Heaven and Earth, unending as the flow of rivers and streams; like the sun and moon, they end but to begin anew; like the four seasons, they pass away to return once more.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, Fighting, Moon

  Sun Tzu (2013). “The Art of War”, p.22, Simon and Schuster

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• If you can dream it, you can make it so.

  Belva Davis

  Inspirational, Positive, Dream

  Belva Davis, Vicki Haddock (2011). “Never in My Wildest Dreams: A Black Woman's Life in Journalism”, p.215, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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• I've been training with my mixed martial arts guy as much as I can when I'm back in L.A., so if I could do another movie like I did in 'The Killing Game,' with Samuel L. Jackson, that would be awesome.

  Kellan Lutz

  Art, Games, Guy

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• Self-knowledge is the basis of jeet kune do because it is effective not only for the individual's martial art but also for his life as a human being.

  Bruce Lee

  Art, Self, Individual

  Bruce Lee (1975). “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”, Black Belt Communications Incorporated

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• Do not place hope in finding a secret technique. Polish the mind through ceaseless training; that is the key to effective techniques.

  Kyuzo Mifune

  Motivational, Success, Hope

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• Bad things happen, it's your job to overcome them.

  Miguel Torres

  Art, Jobs, Mma

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• I endured many weeks of it, but I had a big background in martial arts and fighting as a kid, so kind of all the problems got brushed away and I was ready.

  Jason Statham

  Art, Kids, Fighting

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