Martial Artist Quotes

Bruce Lee

Jackie Chan

Chuck Norris

Jean-Claude Van Damme

Miyamoto Musashi

Wesley Snipes

Gichin Funakoshi

Open yourself and flow, my friend. Flow in the total openness of the living moment.

You have to fight because you can't count on anyone else fighting for you. And you have to fight for people who can't fight for themselves. To get anything of real value, you have to fight for it.

Training, a lot of the time, is just uncomfortable. But discipline is all about doing the thing that's uncomfortable.

While combat efficiency is a primary function of Shaolin Kung Fu, a more immediate and useful benefit in our law-abiding society is attaining radiant health and vitality.

Be gentle, kind and beautiful, yet firm and strong, both mentally and physically.

When someone is fearless, when pain isn't a factor, it's impossible to break his spirit.

Blocking and countering like they do in the films doesn't work, so don't bother trying.

Geoff Thompson (writer)

It's always nice to look in the mirror at the end of the day and see that you helped somebody's life... even if only a little bit.

Negativity takes no imagination. It's far easier to criticize someone's decisions after they make them than to propose better ones beforehand.

Fear is the genesis of most of the good things that have occurred in my life. Fear is the beginning of every success I've lived.

Georges St-Pierre

Learning a technique is not an end in itself, it merely indicates where you need to start.

Masaaki Hatsumi

Apply the way of karate to all things. Therein lies its beauty.

Gichin Funakoshi

A samurai must remain calm at all times even in the face of danger.

We lost a place, but my daughter was born at the same time. We were taking care of her in Los Angeles, because there's a tradition that you don't travel with a newborn. To give their body a chance to acclimate. So, literally, we were lying in bed, and my sister called me and said, 'Turn on the TV.' Our daughter's lying there between us, and I looked over at my lady and said, 'Baby, our place is gone!' I just turned to my daughter and started kissing her. 'That's why you came, my girl. You saved our lives… you're a lifesaver!'

I'm not scared to fail, I'm not scared to lose, I'm not scared to die, for that matter... It's going to work out the way it's supposed to work out.

There is surely nothing other than the purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do and nothing else to pursue. We should live by being true to the purpose of each moment.

Rati Tsiteladze

More than 120 takes. Those kinds of things... You [say] "Wow, Jackie's good." It's not good. You can do it. Except, do you have the patience or not?

Push hands is practiced between two people: the intitiator and the one acted upon. Initiating is called 'asking'. The person acted upon 'answers'. When the opponent asks, listen first before answering.

In a dojo... you will never become any good unless you believe in yourself.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

We are blessed with a spirit that is one with the spirit of the universe. This spirit is called "reiseishin". The moon is clearly reflected in the water when the water is calm. In the same way when our mind and body are unified and calm, our "reiseishin" manifests itself completely. Once this happens all suffering and wicked desires fall away, and the universal spirit of love and protection for all things appears in us. Let us strive to realise our "reiseishin".

When women go to see men strip, we never accuse you of hating men.

If intelligence and capability are not criteria for the possession of rights, why would animals -who have the capacity to feel fear and pain- be excluded from our moral consideration?

Mental toughness must be developed before you start fighting because you don't want to be that guy who quits in the ring.

Forrest Griffin

A good Judoka never anticipates his action in a match, but his mind is as clever as a polished mirror which enables him to foresee precisely anything to happen and he displays freedom of his physique to cope with any change. Such mental state and physical action are called sei or tranquility and do or action, sometimes they are called ju and go or tenderness and sturdiness, in and yo or negative and positive, etc.

The featherweights must beg now. They must beg for pardon, beg for forgiveness. If that's the case, if they apologize and beg, I'll leave the division. I won't terrorize them anymore. They can have their division back. They can go back to being on the prelims and I'll go to the lightweight division.