Martial Arts Quotes - Page 29

• First of all you must understand that practising martial arts means studying a certain oriental philosophy of life, otherwise it's merely a vacuous sport devoid of any significance.

  William C. Brown

  Sports, Art, Philosophy

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• Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.

  Henry Van Dyke

  Inspirational, Success, Softball

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• The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Motivational, Integrity

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• Champions are made from something they have deep inside of them-a desire, a dream, a vison.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Sports, Spiritual

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• What you think you become.

  Gautama Buddha

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• I'm a trained martial artist. My parents were both martial artists.

  Lynn Collins

  Artist, Parent, Martial Artist

  "Lynn Collins JOHN CARTER Set Visit Interview". Interview with Matt Goldberg, collider.com. February 9, 2012.

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• My entire life, I've always known that I wanted to be a performer, but I didn't know exactly how, where or when. I never learned or studied the craft, formally. I grew up doing martial arts and playing piano. But, something inside of me always said that I was going to do this, as far back as I can remember.

  Laz Alonso

  Art, Piano, Crafts

  "Laz Alonso talks James Cameron's AVATAR - Could it be the first of a Trilogy?". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. April 5, 2009.

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• Martial arts is like dance. It's so beautiful and what I love about the martial arts mostly is that what it basically says is you take their energy and you redirect it. Then if you need to, use it on them. That whole thing about redirecting energy I love.

  Rutger Hauer

  Beautiful, Art, Energy

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• My martial arts came a lot from my uncle, who actually taught martial arts through the military. He was a black belt in tae kwon do, but also, he used a lot of military-style fighting where it's not the high kicks or anything like that. It's basically defeat your opponent as fast as possible.

  Brian Tee

  Art, Uncles, Military

  "‘Mortal Kombat Legacy 2’ actor Brian Tee talks darker take on Liu Kang". Hero Complex interview, herocomplex.latimes.com. September 26, 2013.

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• My time of martial arts was traditional.

  Jean-Claude Van Damme

  Art, My Time, Traditional

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• All art is political, all art is a martial one.

  William C. Brown

  Art, Political, Art Is

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• Another soldier has been killed. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

  William C. Brown

  Art, Soldier, Decorum

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• When I was young I used to practice a martial art that was a mixture of karate, kung fu, Jujitsu, Yawara Kubotan, Aikido, Okinawan kobudo, Newaza, etc.; now I am just a theoretical samurai or a bushido scholar if you prefer.

  William C. Brown

  Art, Practice, Etc

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• Life is deceitful because all warfare is based on deception.

  William C. Brown

  Art, Deception, Warfare

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• 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.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Art, Dad, Teenager

  "MH Grill: Dolph Lundgren". Interview with Brittany Kennedy, www.menshealth.co.uk. February 19, 2013.

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• I try to keep the martial arts up. It's a good thing, not just physically but also for your mind.

  Dolph Lundgren

  Art, Mind, Trying

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• I do a one-hour workout called Drenched, a cardio-boxing fitness routine, Monday through Friday. There are usually between twenty-five and fifty people there - everyone from stay-at-home moms and professional martial artists to teenagers and seniors. They play great dance music. When I can, I take two classes back-to-back.

  Carrie Ann Inaba

  Senior, Mom, Friday

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• I'm a martial arts buff, so anything martial arts.

  Noah Hathaway

  Art

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• One thing I am really dying to do, while I'm still young and in shape, is an action movie. I would love to do a Lara Croft type of thing that's really physical and tough. I want to have a gun and do martial arts. I would love to get paid to get into the best shape of my life.

  Megalyn Echikunwoke

  Art, Gun, Dying

  "Megalyn Echikunwoke Talks Showtime’s HOUSE OF LIES, DAMSELS IN DISTRESS, and NBC Pilot BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 29, 2012.

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• You know, it's such an insult to actual martial artists that I say that I do martial arts.

  Cam Gigandet

  Art, Insult, Knows

  Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 18, 2010.

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• The real fighter knows perfectly well that there is no difference between victory and defeat, friend and enemy, day and night, life and death.

  William C. Brown

  Art, Real, Night

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• Train the body and develop stamina and endurance. But the spirit of competition and power that presides over them is not good, it reflects a distorted vision of life. The root of the martial arts is not there.

  Taisen Deshimaru

  Art, Roots, Competition

  "Armed Martial Arts of Japan: Swordsmanship and Archery" by G. Cameron Hurst, G. Cameron Hurst, 3rd, G. Hurst I, (p. 4), 1998.

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• I’m a martial artist, and I don’t train because I have a fight; I train because it’s my lifestyle, and I’ll train every day if I’m not hurt.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Hurt, Fighting, Artist

  "Georges St-Pierre On Training". Interview with Johnny Testa, www.askmen.com. April 29, 2011.

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• I think the one thing specifically that is most consistent, is that we want to harken back to martial arts movies because that's kind of the genre we're paying tribute to, so there are some similarities to a lot of films, because they all feed off each other!

  Jennifer Yuh Nelson

  Art, Thinking, Want

  "The Women of “Kung Fu Panda 3”: Girlpower in the World of Animation" by Leslie Combemale, www.indiewire.com. February 1, 2016.

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• I was a martial artist. So, for me to be able to do all of the fights is a blast. It's so fun. It's like dancing, but more bad-ass. I really enjoy doing it.

  Caity Lotz

  Fun, Fighting, Artist

  Source: collider.com

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