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The true Martial Artist is not the one who fears change, but the one who causes it to happen. -- Ed Parker
Presumably, 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 divided, where yin and yang have not yet arrived, I quickly and necessarily gain effect. -- Takuan Soho
A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. -- Bruce Lee
The true martial artist yields to the weak, while withstanding the strong. -- Neil Young
A quality martial artist is always ready for any move, and trains oneself invincible. -- Bruce Lee
A martial artist has to take responsibility for himself and accept the consequences of his own doing. -- Bruce Lee
The biggest gift I received as a martial artist is without a question the capacity to be in peace. -- Rickson Gracie
I'm a traditional martial artist and I'm always going to carry myself in the most respectful way I can. -- Cung Le
I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist. I'm a student of the martial arts. -- Lou Reed
A good martial artist does not become tend but ready, not thinking but jet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. -- Bruce Lee
A true martial artist, in my books anyways, is someone who is going to do the right thing and lead by example. -- Duane Ludwig
I'm still a martial artist at heart. I believe in controlling yourself... I think that's huge in life-to be a good man. -- Cub Swanson
I sometimes just don't like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent. -- Jackie Chan
If mere mechanical efficiency can make everyone a martial artist, then all is well. Unfortunately, combat, like freedom, is something that can not be preconceived. -- Bruce Lee
I don't know if many people realize that Dolph Lundgren is a chemical engineer. He's not a dumb blond guy. This guy is smart and he's a martial artist. -- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
I consider myself a martial artist and an actor. They can work together or individually. I love to do action. I love having a good role in which I can act and fight. Thats double happiness. -- Mark Dacascos
To be bound by traditional martial art style or styles is the way of the mindless, enslaved martial artist. But to be inspired by the traditional martial art and to achieve further heights is the way of genius. -- Bruce Lee
Each person may see a fight in different ways... They can see more to a primal way. Others they can see in a pure artistic way... For me I see the pure artistic way, the way that a true martial artist can show his art. -- Roger Gracie
I don't really have a problem with the pain of life. Perhaps that is because I am a martial artist and I am used to dealing with pain. Or perhaps I adjusted to pain because there has been a great deal of it in my life. -- Frederick Lenz
The man who is secure within himself has no need to prove anything with force, so he can walk away from a fight with dignity and pride. He is the true martial artist--a man so strong inside that he has no need to demonstrate his power. -- Ed Parker
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. -- Bruce Lee
I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. It is futile to argue as to which leaf, which design of branches, or which attractive flower you like; when you understand the root, you understand all its blossoming. -- Bruce Lee
So much of the way a singer physically damages their voice could be caused by stress or nerves. I would never be so brazen as to assume that it's the only problem but there's got to be a reason that a martial artist can harness enough peace to smash his head through a cinder block without leaving a scratch. -- Brandi Carlile
I'm a trained martial artist. My parents were both martial artists. -- Lynn Collins
I am an athlete in every sense of the word. Athlete, martial artist. -- Jon Jones
I'm a martial artist. I've boxed all my life. I work out. I studied Hwarangdo, which is a Korean style. -- Laz Alonso
I was a big fan of Jean-Claude Van-Damme growing up, and I always wanted to be a martial artist 'cause of him. -- Georges St-Pierre
My mentality is that when I go to sleep at night, I'm a better martial artist than when I woke up in the morning. -- Georges St-Pierre
Bruce Lee only played himself. Chuck Norris is a martial artist that does acting. I want to be an actor that does martial arts. -- Leo Howard
I have always been a martial artist by choice, an actor by profession, but above all, am actualising myself to be an artist of life. -- Bruce Lee
Being a martial artist for many years, it has become a bit of an obsession of mine to bring that part of my life to the screen. -- Sundra Oakley
I'm a martial artist, and I don't train because I have a fight; I train because it's my lifestyle, and I'll train every day if I'm not hurt. -- Georges St-Pierre
Every kid wants to reach their goals in life and be the best. During my Bruce Lee phase, I wanted to be the best martial artist in the world. -- Christian Hosoi
I was a martial artist. So, for me to be able to do all of the fights is a blast. It's so fun. It's like dancing, but more bad-ass. I really enjoy doing it. -- Caity Lotz
As the martial artist and actor Bruce Lee said, I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick ten thousand times. -- Daniel Coyle
The best martial artist doesn't win fights, but avoids fights. Martial arts is a way of gaining basic self-mastery of your mind, body and emotions. It can also be very useful in combat situations. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell

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