"Pain is the best instructor but no one wants to go to his class" Major General Choi Hong Hi "Standing in class take a look at the person next to you, in his or her lifetime they will meet many people happy with mediocrity. Try not be one of them" Grandmaster Hee Il Cho "Its not about how hard you can hit, its about hard you can be hit" Rocky Balboa
"Hmmm...not bad, now just do it 20,000 more times." My Tai chi Teacher Ching Man Ching when asked to do a Tai Chi form: "I am bored with my forms." When asked why he was bored with his forms: "All my friends here could get jobs, they all work, I could not get a job even as a dishwasher. All I could do was practice Tai Chi and my forms, now they are boring." "Karate hits you like a machine gun. Tai Chi hits you like a rocket!" Grandmaster Jou Tsung Hwa "Being a master is stupid." Grandmaster Jou Tsung Hwa "To be a master you have to be crazy." Grandmaster Jou Tsung Hwa (as he did push hands with his billy goat) lol "Mr. S you are looking respectable." Shih Lung Carpenter says as a student does his form. "Thanks, I have been practicing." Mr. S. says "I was talking about your haircut." Shih Lung Carpenter. rofl "I fight with the 8 trigrams in my hands and 5 elements at my feet." (can't remember who said this) "Know your opponent, no you. No opponent, know yourself." (can't remember who said this)
"Shut up and train!" - any coach worth his salt in any sport ever "If he should fall, he will fight on his knees." - an old Roman Legionary saying "It takes a special kind of idiot to brag about being humble." - forget who said it but I'm looking at you aikido hippies.
it took me about 10 mins of solid thinking i came up with it means " If you want to be unbeatable dont go fighting" hense the "sparrow never lands where the tiger roams ie. dont look for fights with people
"Don't think...feel. It is like a finger pointing to the moon. Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.". Bruce Lee from Enter the Dragon
I probably got this one from MAP in the past, but "Training should be like a bloodless battle, and battle like bloody training." ~a saying of the Roman Legions See, the Romans were also part of the "aliveness" debate....
"Boards don't fight back" - Bruce Lee, Enter The Dragon. (I did once say that to a TKD instuctor who was bragging about his students breaking boards. )
"The greatest power is often simple patience" ~ E. Joseph Cossman "If you can imagine it, you can achieve it: If you can dream it, you can become it" ~ William Arthur Ward "Only a warrior chooses pacifism; others are condemned to it". ~ Unknown "The fastest draw is when the sword never leaves the scabbard, The strongest way to block, is never to provoke a blow, And the cleanest cut is the one withheld."
"beginers block, fighters strike..." -jimmy H woo This is one of my san soo teacher's favorite quotes. very self explanitory.
"march of the wooden soldiers C-cypher punks couldn't hold us 1,000 men rushin' in, not one 'nigga was sober perpendicular to the square we stand guard like flair escape from the dragon's lair in particular my beat travels like a vortex through yo spine, to the top of your cerebral cortex make you feel like ya bust a nut from raw sex Enter through your right ventricle clog up your bloodstream now terminal like grand central station, program fat bass lines, on novation, gettin drunk as a **** and duckin' five year probabtion" R.Z.A. AKA bobby digital "triumph"
"The ground is my ocean, I am the Shark, and most people don't even know how to swim." Jean Jacques Machado I don't do BJJ but I just thought this quote was so funny when I first heard it.
Some Warriors look fierce, but are mild. Some seem timid, but are vicious. Look beyond appearances; position yourself for the advantage. ~ Deng Ming-Dao Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage. ~ Lao-Tzu Man who run in front of car get tired. Man who run behind car get exhausted ~ Chinese proverb.
