Famous Martial Art Quotes

Discussion in 'Off Topic Area' started by Macca, Jan 5, 2007.

  1. Pacificshore

    Pacificshore Hit n RUN!

    Foundation is the strength of your Martial Art
     
  2. Kenpo_Iz_Active

    Kenpo_Iz_Active Greek Warrior-not 300

    read my sig
     
  3. g-bells

    g-bells Don't look up!

    A good fight should be like a small play.... but played seriuosly.... B.L
     
  4. aikiwolfie

    aikiwolfie ... Supporter

    I don't know if you'd call these famouse but they're easy enough to fin on the web.

     
  5. koyo

    koyo Passed away, but always remembered. RIP.

    Even if the technique is unsophisticated it is he who has the superior attitude (fighting spirit) who shall win.

    Kamiizumi Nobutsune (shin kage ryu) teacher of Yagyu Tajima (yagyu shinkage ryu)

    Hi wolfie good to see you posting again

    koyo
     
  6. adouglasmhor

    adouglasmhor Not an Objectivist

    “Progress comes
    To those who
    Train and train;
    Reliance on secret techniques
    Will get you nowhere.”


    ~ Morihei Ueshiba
    from The Art of Peace
     
  7. Macca

    Macca Valued Member

    "the sparrow never lands where the tiger roams."

    Chris (duno his last name (Mind, Body and Kick Ass Moves) says that it took him like 14 years to understand that...but i think it has took me 3 days lol...does it mean that when we fight we must never leave outselfs open to be hit?

    Cheers Macca :woo:
     
  8. g-bells

    g-bells Don't look up!

    " To see is to be decieved. To hear is to be lied to. To Feel is to believe." BL
     
  9. Pacificshore

    Pacificshore Hit n RUN!

    "I teach Gosuku-Ryu karate. I like to say it may not look too classy, but it is very effective" Tak Kubota
     
  10. Burnsey

    Burnsey Armchair liberal

    "They don't like it up 'em" - don't know the origins but used in many occasions by my grandfather.
     
  11. koyo

    koyo Passed away, but always remembered. RIP.

    Dad's Army talking about the Germans


    KOyo
     
  12. White Belt

    White Belt Ender's Jeesh

    "Flexibility is more important than strength." - Tosh-itsugu Takamatsu

    "All warfare is based on deception." - Sun Tzu

    "You move like a pregnant yak." - Chiun, Master of Sinanju
     
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  13. Patrick_baji

    Patrick_baji Valued Member

    "Patrick you move like a disabled mantis" - my kung fu coach
     
  14. Mitch

    Mitch Lord Mitch of MAP Admin

    "Mitch, you roll like a 50p piece" my TKD/Jiu Jitsu Instructor

    "The only thing half so melancholy as a battle lost is a battle won" - Wellington

    "We were just on the edge of the ring battering each other with turning kicks. I din't get tired, my legs didn't give out, but my kidneys did." Phil at my TKD class

    Mitch
     
  15. Su lin

    Su lin Gone away

    To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the highest skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the highest skill."
    - Sun-Tsu

    Or

    "Ow that knackered" - Me when sparring. :p
     
  16. Cuchulain4

    Cuchulain4 Valued Member

    heh yeh i got it straight away, dunno what he was doing for 14 years :p

    It means, avoid potentially dangerous situations, people or areas.
     
  17. koyo

    koyo Passed away, but always remembered. RIP.

    I just had to post this one. I took my aikido class to cross train with kendoka. They were put into armour and turned loose on each other. Afterwards my good friend Gerry 6th dan kendo said "I cannot fault your spirit, but the techniques looked like lobsters mating!!"
    Another added "Or helicopters crashing."
    "A mixture of both." from another.
    Our reply??
    Thanks for the complements.

    regards koyo
     
  18. KickChick

    KickChick Valued Member

    "Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it - even if I have said it - unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense." - Buddha

    :)
     
  19. SickDevildog

    SickDevildog Lost In The Sauce

    "Board no hit back" -Mr. Miagi
     
  20. White Belt

    White Belt Ender's Jeesh

    LOL! The censor sensor censored Takamatsu Sensei's name. Maybe I should spell it Tocrapsugu???
     

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