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Karate's a very boring sport, but when you know the technique you can go further and further. -- Jean-Claude Van Damme
Karate without heart is just A corpse -- Soke Behzad Ahmadi
There is no first strike in Karate. -- Gichin Funakoshi
I go through life like a Karate Kid. -- Britney Spears
Karate is a defensive art from beginning to end. -- Gichin Funakoshi
Karate is action, survival, living; hesitation is paralysis, reaction, mortality -- Soke Behzad Ahmadi
Karate is not about techniques and their execution, but about boldness, integrity and fight for justice and common good -- Soke Behzad Ahmadi
Karate-Do is a lifetime study -- Kenwa Mabuni
Karate is for life, not points. -- David Walker
Karate begins and ends with courtesy. -- Gichin Funakoshi
Karate is like boiling water, if you do not heat it constantly, it will cool. -- Gichin Funakoshi
Prior to 'The Karate Kid', I did commercials - Kool-Aid, Pepsi, milk - and I had always been cast as the all-American nice guy. -- William Zabka
. . . the sole aim of Okinawa Karate is to teach A person to handle violence and violent individuals; whether it is tactile, mental or spiritual -- Soke Behzad Ahmadi
Karate-do is definitely a martial way, and its identity lies in do or principles. Any martial art without proper training of the mind turns into beastly behavior. -- Shoshin Nagamine
Karate-do may be referred to as the conflict within yourself, or a life-long marathon which can be won only through self-discipline, hard training, and your own creative efforts. -- Shoshin Nagamine
I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real surprise and I was a little uncomfortable. -- Pat Morita
Karate is not A religion, cult or dogma. It is incumbent on every generation of martial artists, to find the weaknesses of the previous generations, not to revere it . . . -- Soke Behzad Ahmadi
No matter how you may excel in the art of Karate, and in your scholastic endeavors, nothing is more important than your behavior and your humanity as observed in daily life. -- Gichin Funakoshi
You need at least six or seven years to understand the philosophy and concentration of karate to know to clean your spirit of everything and dedicate your mind and body to the sport. -- Jean-Claude Van Damme
To all those whose progress remains hampered by ego-related distractions, let humility - the spiritual cornerstone upon which Karate rests - serve to remind one to place virtue before vice, values before vanity and principles before personalities. -- Matsumura Sokon
Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can using only their hands and feet make some of the worst movies in the history of the world. -- Dave Barry
. . in Old Karate, you learned you Art through pain. You learned quickly that your techniques had to be fast or powerful or both. If you did not embrace pain and it's lessons adequately, you simply did not survive -- Soke Behzad Ahmadi
Karate-do strives internally to train the mind to develop a clear conscience, enabling one to face the world honestly, while externally developing strength to the point where one may overcome even ferocious wild animals. Mind and technique become one in true karate. -- Gichin Funakoshi
The Karate Kid' was just lightning in a bottle. The second movie is a very worthy sequel, because you got to explore the Okinawan culture and learned about Miyagi's life. The third, as is always the case, was made because the second one made a lot of money. -- Martin Kove
Karate-do begins with courtesy and ends with rei. -- Gichin Funakoshi
Karate is five percent sweat; the rest is all commitment -- Soke Behzad Ahmadi
Karate is the best thing you can do for your child. -- Chuck Norris
Karate is like boiling water: without heat, it returns to it's tepid state -- Gichin Funakoshi
Put Karate into your everyday living, that is how you will see true beauty. -- Gichin Funakoshi
Karate aims to build character, improve human behavior, and cultivate modesty; it does not, however, guarantee it. -- Yasuhiro Konishi
As far as possible, I want nothing more than to don my training gi and teach Karate. -- Mas Oyama
Students of any art, including Karate-do must never forget the cultivation of the mind and the body. -- Gichin Funakoshi
Karate is a technique that permits one to defend himself with his bare hands and fists without weapons. -- Gichin Funakoshi
You know, all 'The Karate Kid' fans from the original are parents these days. I think it's a cool thing. -- William Zabka
One of the reasons I started acting was to re-make The Karate Kid, but Jaden Smith beat me to it. -- Justin Hires
Sice Karate exists for cultivating the spirit and training the body, it must be a moral way surpassing mere techniques... -- Mas Oyama
My other brother-in-law died. He was a karate expert, then joined the army. The first time he saluted, he killed himself. -- Henny Youngman
The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants. -- Gichin Funakoshi
The purpose of Karate is to guide you out of trouble by any means necessary, both in actual combat and in life -- Soke Behzad Ahmadi
Power is no more than a part, no more than the tip of the iceberg of limitless profundity and sublimate of Karate. -- Mas Oyama
My Way is the Way of Karate, which is also the Way of humanity, and which is consequently related to the Way of Heaven. -- Mas Oyama
Karate has helped me lots, otherwise I might have got lost in substance abuse or something like the things a lot of other people do. -- Dolph Lundgren
Kyokoshin I've done most, but I competed in Sports Karate also, that's my style that I come from, and mixed with the wrestling that's how I got the takedowns. -- Georges St-Pierre
The main thing Karate offers to me is a philosophy of life. The philosophy of Karate is respect and discipline. You give 100% of whatever you do, in every activity. -- Lyoto Machida
This dish ain't just called Karate Meat because it's got an Asian kick to it. It's called Karate Meat because it will beat you up like a pigeon in prison. -- Coolio
Karate is Budo and if Budo is removed from Karate it is nothing more than sport karate, show karate, or even fashion karate-the idea of training merely to be fashionable. -- Mas Oyama
The correct understanding of Karate and its proper use is Karate-do. One who truly trains in this do [way] and actually understands Karate-do is never easily drawn into a fight. -- Gichin Funakoshi
People don't understand, yeah I'm alright as a wrestler, but I beat people in the takedown because of my distance control - because of my Karate. This is something I learned since I'm 7 years old. -- Georges St-Pierre
Remember when Japan was cool? We used to run around with 'Mr. Roboto' on our Walkmans, 'The Karate Kid' in our Betamaxes and wore T-shirts embossed with the characters for 'storm sewer' and 'dishwasher.' -- Jen Lancaster
I did 'The Karate Kid,' then I just went back to college. I didn't know how much money it made and I didn't have a publicist. I didn't have any sense of the business part of it. -- Elisabeth Shue
Karate is not about winning over others. It is about winning over one's self. Ultimately, the most challenging opponents we face reside from within - our hang-ups, our insecurities, our prejudices. Overcome these and you will have truly won. -- David Walker
Even in the forty years that I have been practicing Karate, the changes have been many. It would be interesting to be able to go back in time, to the point when the kata were created, and study them. -- Shigeru Egami
Ambition without knowledge is like a boat on dry land -movie - Karate kid"What is the calculus of innovation?" "The calculus of innovation is really quite simple: knowledge drives innovation, innovation drives productivity, productivity drives our economic growth." -- William R. Brody
On stage I am the actor, director and the bouncer all at the same time. Fear does not exist in this dojo does it? No Sensi! Sorry when I get excited I have to toss in some Karate Kid quotes. -- Dane Cook
I used my Karate footwork to control the distance, and I use is as a penetration drill that I do, this is my speciality, the way I penetrate on people, the explosiveness and the timing. It all started with Kyokoshin and Sports Karate. -- Georges St-Pierre
The best fighter is not a Boxer, Karate or Judo man. The best fighter is someone who can adapt on any style. He kicks too good for a Boxer, throws too good for a Karate man, and punches too good for a Judo man. -- Bruce Lee
I come to you with only Karate, Empty Hands. I have no weapons, but should I be forced to defend myself, my principles or my honor, should it be a matter of life or death, of right or wrong, then here are my weapons, Karate, my Empty Hands. -- Ed Parker
Hey, I took karate when I was 17 years old; I am dangerous. -- Michele Bachmann
A punch should stay like a treasure in the sleeve. It should not be used indiscrimately. -- Chotoku Kyan
We got to jump on, like, trampolines, learn flips, learn karate, kung fu, Hong Kong street fighting. -- Jaime King
When I was a kid, I used to think pork chops and karate chops were the same thing. -- Shane Koyczan
I never was able to do karate. That's calling me a good actor. I act like I can do anything. -- Pat Morita
When you look at life think in terms of karate. But remember that karate is not only karate -- it is life. -- Gichin Funakoshi
Even after many years, kata practice is never finished, for there is always something new to be learned about executing a movement. -- Shoshin Nagamine
When I was younger I did karate and martial arts, and I think it's really cool for girls to have those kinds of abilities. -- Rebel Wilson
I always loved the idea of learning martial arts, but it wasn't until I was in my 20s that I really started doing it and taking up karate. -- Kelly Hu
I think audiences like to see their favorite actor handle himself physically on screen, however he does it. He can wrestle, or box, or he can know karate. -- Thomas Ian Griffith
I discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate, and I became quite good at it, because I had something to prove. And more than anything, I needed to feel safe. -- Dolph Lundgren
My sensei was a British karate champion named Brian Fitkin. He was my mentor and because I had a hard relationship with my dad, he became a father figure to me. -- Dolph Lundgren
Each culture has its own form of staged combat, evolved from its particular method of street fighting and cleaned up for presentation as a spectacle, e.g. savate, Cornish wrestling, karate, kung-fu. -- David Mamet
To be trained in karate is something because karate is a vicious thing. If you are any good at it, you can kill somebody with it. It is a vicious way to fight. -- Thomas Foran
Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn karate and become world champion. -- Chuck Norris
True karate is this: that in daily life one's mind and body be trained and developed in a spirit of humility, and that in critical times, one be devoted utterly to the cause of justice. -- Gichin Funakoshi
One thing I've done in my life is train year-round to compete at anything, anything. I've got an invitation now to maybe be on the karate team for the Barcelona Olympics. I'm debating whether I want to do that. I just love to compete, and I want to win. -- Herschel Walker
I'm a soccer mom. I'm T-ball, soccer, karate, homework, keeping them on their schedules. I love being the snack mom, when I get to bring the cut oranges. I have one of those coolers with wheels. I'm at every game, every practice, sitting on my blanket. I love it. -- Pamela Anderson
No, don't learn at karate schools. They overcharge you for karate uniforms. They make you pay, like, fifty or seventy-five bucks just for a karate uniform, and you don't wear a uniform in everyday life, so why train in one? Most fights take place outdoors, not inside with perfect lighting and mats. -- Judah Friedlander
I was mugged when I was 12. I had a portable radio, and I ran into this building and these two guys came in and hit me, busted me up and took the radio. After that I was very paranoid and I started taking kung fu and karate. But I didn't want to fight. -- Freddie Prinze
Many Karate teachers teach a watered down style - no hip action and no depth of punching - so it is easy to say that these teachers have no depth to their knowledge. You are what your teacher is, and if he knows a lot, you should be able to demonstrate this knowledge. -- Higa Yuchoku
You may train for a long time, but if you merely move your hands and feet and jump up and down like a puppet, learning karate is not very different from learning a dance. You will never have reached the heart of the matter; you will have failed to grasp the quintessence of karate-do. -- Gichin Funakoshi
I took lessons for about everything you could imagine - gymnastics to karate to flute and piano. My mom always definitely kept me in some kind of class or program, but for guitar, I kinda gave up on then kinda just taught myself. Same thing with piano. I've never been good with following lessons. -- Elle Varner
Cheerfully fessing up to our failures turns crazy mind off, humility and compassion on. I learned this in a karate dojo that had a strange tradition. Everyone there loved recounting failure stories, and after an evening of smacking one another, we'd sit and have a beer while the students swapped tales of martial arts disaster. -- Martha Beck
It's amazing because people come up to me and say, 'Chuck, you're the luckiest guy in the world to be a world karate champion and a movie and TV star.' When they say this to me, I kind of smile because luck had nothing to do with it; God had everything to do with it. -- Chuck Norris
My run is so weird. That's what I'm most nervous about in this whole ordeal. I'm most nervous about everybody making fun of the way I run. I do, like, karate hands. Instead of running with my hands closed together like a normal person. It's like I'm trying to be aerodynamic or something, so my hands are straight like razors. Karate hands. -- Jennifer Lawrence
A karate practitioner should possess two things : wicked hands, and Buddha's heart -- Soke Behzad Ahmadi
Think of everyday life as karate training. -- Gichin Funakoshi
I am the Fred Astaire of karate. -- Jean-Claude Van Damme
Omigawa is moving forward like a karate robot -- Joe Rogan
I don't know karate, but I know ka-razy! -- James Brown
I don't know karate, but I know crazy. -- James Brown
That's right, karate made my whole body a weapon. -- Don Knotts
My karate skills are very limited. I'm a green belt. -- Molly Quinn
I know karate, and like two other Japanese words - T-SHIRT -- Darynda Jones
Apply the way of karate to all things. Therein lies its beauty. -- Gichin Funakoshi
There are no styles of karate-do, just varying interpretations of its principles. -- Kenwa Mabuni
I'm looking for a perfume to overpower men - I'm sick of karate. -- Phyllis Diller
Ninjas are silly. They are the flower fairies of gong fu and karate. -- Nick Harkaway
I did martial arts and karate for eight years when I was growing up. -- Antony Starr
I did karate for a really long time, almost 10 years when I was younger. -- Seth Rogen
I quit karate originally because it wasn't something that I was initially passionate about. -- Kristin Kreuk
Use karate, judo, aikido, or any style to build your counter-offensive. It will be interesting! -- Bruce Lee
Dialogue between two characters, each of them different forms of karate, might be a bit choppy. -- Jarod Kintz
The ocean waves were choppy. Good thing I know karate and was able to fight back. -- Jarod Kintz
I took three years of karate because of Bruce Lee, you know. I was a green belt. -- Marjane Satrapi
Since karate is a martial art, you must practice with the utmost seriousness from the very beginning. -- Gichin Funakoshi
It is important that karate can be practiced by the young and old, men and women alike. -- Gichin Funakoshi
I don't like creating software anymore. It's too exact. It's like karate; there's no room for error. -- John Maeda
It's like the drag fairy coming and saying 'What would you like to do?' Um, yeah karate. -- Gerard Way
I've been very physical my whole life. I've done a lot of ballet, fencing and karate, and everything. -- Ashley Bell
I love karate, it's like a bible to me. But deep inside I'm so I mean, I'm so sensitive. -- Jean-Claude Van Damme
I've done karate quite a lot growing up so I did do a kind of quite long karate scene. -- Suki Waterhouse
I'm a 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and 2nd degree in karate, and I'm a licensed bodyguard. -- Katheryn Winnick
A karate black belt would make a great blindfold on a kidnap victim, after you karate chop them into submission. -- Jarod Kintz
One of the lessons I learned in all those years practicing karate is that progress only comes in small incremental portions. -- Georges St-Pierre
The waves were choppy, like Chuck Norris' karate hands. The ocean would have been still, if I weren't making love in it. -- Jarod Kintz
There are no pure styles of karate. Purity comes only when pure knuckles meet pure flesh, no matter who delivers or receives. -- Ed Parker
I went to karate classes where it was basically a line-up of hulking man, hulking man, small nine-year-old girl, hulking man, hulking man. -- Rhianna Pratchett
I earned a black belt when I was in high school. And I did a lot of boxing and full contact karate in college. -- Dean Norris
I really love the karate thing I did on CHIPs. I studied with a trainer because I knew we'd do episodes that had karate. -- Erik Estrada
Yesterday I bought myself a karate trophy. But I feel like I won it, because the salesman really beat me up over the price. -- Jarod Kintz
Ive been taking martial arts for a long time. I started with tae kwon do, and then I started taking karate and mixed martial arts. -- Daniella Alonso

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