These are quotations related to the Martial arts which appear on Portal:Martial arts.
Portal:Martial arts/Quotes/1
| A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract; and when he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, "I" do not hit, "it" hits all by itself.
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Portal:Martial arts/Quotes/2
| Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
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Portal:Martial arts/Quotes/3
| Jeet Kune Do favors formlessness so that it can assume all forms and since Jeet Kune Do has no style, it can fit in with all styles. As a result, Jeet Kune Do utilizes all ways and is bound by none and, likewise, uses any techniques which serve its end.
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Portal:Martial arts/Quotes/4
| There is something to be learned from a rainstorm. When meeting with a sudden shower, you try not to get wet and run quickly along the road. But doing such things as passing under the eaves of houses, you still get wet. When you are resolved from the beginning, you will not be perplexed, though you will still get the same soaking. This understanding extends to everything.
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| The true science of martial arts means practicing them in such a way that they will be useful at any time, and to teach them in such a way that they will be useful in all things.
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Portal:Martial arts/Quotes/8
| The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of the participant.
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Portal:Martial arts/Quotes/9
| Efficiency and smooth progress, prudence in all matters, recognizing true courage, recognizing different levels of morale, instilling confidence, and realizing what can and cannot be reasonably expected—such are the matters on the mind of the master carpenter. The principle of martial arts is like this.
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| The historic beauty of BJJ rests not with its ability to allow a smaller man to maim a larger man, but with its ability to allow any man of any size to survive. — Cameron Conaway, Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet
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Portal:Martial arts/Quotes/11
| Rarely does anger avail. When you lose your temper, you lose yourself—on the mat as well as in life. — Joe Hyams, Zen in the Martial Arts
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Portal:Martial arts/Quotes/12
| Humility is the first rule of martial arts. Either you learn humility quickly, or you leave because your ego can't handle losing repeatedly.
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Portal:Martial arts/Quotes/14
| Most sports require you to master the movements of only your own body to be successful. The combat grappling arts, such as jujitsu, require you to become the master not only of your own movement but also that of your opponent—a far more difficult and complex task.
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Portal:Martial arts/Quotes/15
| It's not how much you know that counts, but how much you can recall under stress. — John Danaher, Mastering Jujitsu
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Portal:Martial arts/Quotes/18
| I just want to try and use my gift of martial arts to try and make this world a better place... just be a good person. That's it.
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Portal:Martial arts/Quotes/19
| The journey has moulded me into the person I am today, the journey of my mixed martial arts experience has been filled with ups and downs, but through that I have come out a much better man.
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Portal:Martial arts/Quotes/20
| Martial arts, for me, is not just some kind of job to gain some money or whatever. No, martial arts, for me, is my lifestyle, my religion, my philosophy... Martial arts are everything for me.
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