"A good defense is a strong offense. Be aggressive in attacking, whether it is a feint or a direct attack. Keep in mind that a good fighter defeats his opponent in three to five moves. If this condition is not met, then your opponents abilities are either equal to or better than yours. Whenever possible, counterattack at angles by sidestepping toward the opponents weak side. The three components of combat are 1.) Speed 2.) Guts 3.) Techniques. All three components go hand and hand. One component cannot survive without the others... Attack like the waves of the ocean crashing against the beach." -Wong Jack Man (Northern Shaolin Master) S"haolin martial arts are as steady as a nail; cocked like a bow while turning like a leaf. Heavy as iron yet moving like a wave. As quiet as a mountain." -Chen Hsien Mon (Northern Shaolin Master) "Learning martial arts is like tempering a sword, it must be heated and sharpened again and again in order to make it a powerful weapon." --Wan Li Sheng (Northern Shaolin, Tzu Jan Master) Stiff and unbending is the principle of death. Gentle and yielding is the principle of life. Thus an Army without flexibility never wins a battle. A tree that is unbending is easily broken. The hard and strong will fall. The soft and weak will overcome. -- Tao Te Ching (76) Yield and overcome; Bend and be straight. Returning is the motion of the Tao. Yielding is the way of the Tao. What is firmly established cannot be uprooted. What is firmly grasped cannot slip away. -- Tao Te Ching Here are a few! i did not read the hole thread, hope i did not put up a copy of an old post.
To, whom ever posted this thanks! Also, just a ingeneral question anyone else have like a note book of all these saying contained already cause over the years i have put alot down an you will think the name of the note book odd name thou: Bruce Lee - cause he was kinda in to quotes.
Set 14 Dragon and Tiger Join Together Exercise "The tiger is born beside water; the dragon rises from within fire." West mountain white tiger paces wildly,Eastern green dragon has no comparison.Dragon and tiger join together, metal and wind combine;a person's temper subsides and becomes a GOLDEN PILL.
Wow Debs that made perfect sense to me. Of course I've always said great minds think a like and all blondes share a single thought
'Beneath the upraised sword you may tremble at the gates of hell, but advance fearlessly and you shall find heaven' - Miyamoto Musahi 'Persumably as a martial artist, I do not fight for gain or loss, am not concerned with strength or weakness, and neither advance a step, nor retreat a step. The enemy does not see me; I do not see the enemy. Penetrating to a place where heaven and earth have not yet depearted, where yin & yang have not yet arrived, I quickly and necessarily gain effect' - Takuan Soho
"No doubt it is difficult for a disciple to select a teacher, but it is even more difficult for a teacher to select a disciple." Yip Man.
this quote is 4rm Pav Sidhu, not a master, and well not that special yet. Just a dedicated martial arts practitioner... 'Impossible only goes as far as man's determination, dream the impossible dream...Become the impossible'
Death is always a option! (if you are able to kill then it is a option, I hate all this death is not an option crap) violent? maybe.. I blame the video games.. ^_^
"He who hesitates, meditates in the horizontal position." -- Edmund Kealoha Parker (Kenpo) "A belt only covers two inches of your ass and the rest you need to back up on your own." -- Royce Gracie (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) "I want to eat his children." -- Mike Tyson (Boxing) "And of course the critics crucified me because my acting was so bad." -- Chuck Norris (Tang Soo Do)
"Even though surrounded by several enemies set to attack, fight with the thought that they are but one" Ueshiba
"If you're in a fight you will get hurt, you've just got to hurt the other guy more" A guy in one of the classes I go to. "A fights not over till you've won" Burrich, a character in Robin Hobbs Farseer trilogy.
"There is no 'try' only do, or do not" -- Master Yoda "Fighting not good, but if must fight... win." -- Mr. Miyagi "I'd kill a man in a fair fight... or if I thought he was going to start one" -- Jayne, Serenity
"To beat this guy, you need speed, you don't have it! And your knees can't take the pounding, so hard running is out. And you got arthiritis in your neck, and you got calcium deposits on most of your joints, so sparring is out. So what we'll be calling on is blunt force trauma. Horse power. Heavy duty, cast iron, pile driving punches! That'll have to hurt so much they'll ratlle his ancestors. Everytime you hit him with a shot, it's gotta feel like he tried kissing the express train! Yeah! Let's start buildin', some hurtin' bombs!" ~ Apollo's trainer coaches Balboa for his last fight: Best. Speech. Ever.
