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The ideal in Martial Arts is humanitarianism. Accomplishment uses diligence as a goal. -- Yip Man
Mixed Martial Arts is a dangerous practice that could result in injuries and loss of life. -- Akshay Kumar
The path of Martial Arts begins and ends with courtesy. So be genuinely polite on every occasion. -- Mas Oyama
Where there is no style, there is no slave. Martial Arts mean honestly expressing yourself. No style. No slave. -- Bruce Lee
To practice Zen or the Martial Arts, you must live intensely, wholeheartedly, without reserve - as if you might die in the next instant -- Taisen Deshimaru
The Destructive Arts are exactly like Martial Arts, except they don't have uniforms or usefulness and the end result doesn't resemble art in any way. -- Jim Benton
Mixed Martial Arts is wonderful to watch, it is very practical but dangerous at the same time. You have to be very careful when doing something like that. -- Akshay Kumar
I started in Martial Arts with my father when I was 4 yrs old. I guess I started because my two older brothers and mom trained so it was what our whole family did for fun. -- Duke Roufus
Watch and enjoy Mixed Martial Arts, and if some people are thinking about doing it, they must be very careful and think about enrolling in training first, they must make a thoughtful decision before actually doing it. -- Akshay Kumar
I think Mixed Martial Arts is going to be a huge thing coming up in pro wrestling, and I like to think of myself as one of the first guys to try and implement that into my style. -- CM Punk
Kids are always infatuated with the action in Martial Arts Films. Let me tell you, there is nothing better for kids than the Arts. That is what kept me straight and decent. I always had a place to go. That was the dojo. I always had something to look forward to doing. -- Thomas Ian Griffith
Real living is living for others. -- Bruce Lee
I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing. -- Gail Porter
Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character. -- Robert Foster Bennett
A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough. -- Bruce Lee
Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend. -- Bruce Lee
The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering. -- Bruce Lee
Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth. -- Chuck Norris
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential. -- Bruce Lee
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. -- Michelangelo
A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives. -- Jackie Robinson
A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action. -- Gogen Yamaguchi
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought. -- Matsuo Basho
Martial arts have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. -- Brandon Lee
If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of. -- Bruce Lee
Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one -- Bruce Lee
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft. -- Theodore Roosevelt
Take things as they are. Punch when you have to punch. Kick when you have to kick. -- Bruce Lee
I practice martial arts not to win over other people but to win over my own heart. -- Tony Jaa
For me, the martial arts is a search for something inside. It's not just a physical discipline. -- Brandon Lee
True strength is not always shown through victory. Stand up, try again and display strength of heart. -- Rickson Gracie
I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan. -- Jackie Chan
As a lifelong practitioner of martial arts, I'm trained to remain calm in the face of adversity and danger. -- Steven Seagal
I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin. -- Sam Rockwell
We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people. -- Jackie Chan
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer. -- Bruce Lee
The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her. -- Bob Marley
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
Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. -- Bruce Lee
Of old the expert in battle would first make himself invincible and then wait for his enemy to expose his vulnerability. -- Sun Tzu
I see martial arts as moving forms of meditation. When you're sparring or drilling techniques, you can't think of anything else. -- Joe Rogan
I'm going to change the way martial arts is viewed. I'm going to change the game. I'm going to change the way people approach fighting. -- Conor McGregor
In martial arts, every time you graduate, move to another level, you don't forget everything you've done. You build on it, but it's always there. -- Melody Beattie
A lot of people have problems with public confrontation, but it doesn't worry me at all. I can handle myself. I know my martial arts. -- Pink
Even the most powerful human being has a limited sphere of strength. Draw him outside of that sphere and into your own, and his strength will dissipate. -- Morihei Ueshiba
A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do. -- Chuck Norris
My love for sports will never die. I love martial arts and I want to promote it in whichever way I can. I am a fighter first, then an actor. -- Akshay Kumar
Bruce Lee was very famous. I watched his movies and he is amazing. He is a martial arts master, his philosophy, his movement, both physically and mentally, were very strong. -- Jet Li
It's my goal to make martial arts compulsory for girls in school. In China, you have to do two years of martial arts' training without which you cannot get a graduation degree. -- Akshay Kumar
The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk. -- Barry Eisler
Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one's potential. -- Bruce Lee
The two things I understand best are stand-up comedy and martial arts. And those things require an ultimate grasp of the truth. You have to be objective about your skills and abilities to compete in both. -- Joe Rogan
When people ask me about what I learned from martial arts, I don't talk about favorite punches or kicks, or about fights won or lost. I talk about learning self-discipline, about ethics and manners and benevolence and fairness. -- Jonathan Maberry
It wasn't until I went to Korea out of high school and got exposed to the martial arts for the first time and was just completely enamored with the physical ability of the martial arts and making my black belt. -- Chuck Norris
I loved science, and when I discovered Buddhist meditative practices and martial arts, I was able to bridge those ways of knowing the world into my own unique way. From that grew the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program, which became my karmic assignment. -- Jon Kabat-Zinn
To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is. -- Bruce Lee
There is all this controversy that women and girls are too skinny or too overweight. I say to just do martial arts and everything will be okay. You will tone up your body and find a confidence you can't find just sitting around watching TV and hanging out with friends. -- Milla Jovovich
A good choreographer is one that's going to collaborate, teach, guide - everything. The wonderful thing on 'Brotherhood of the Wolf' was that we had Philip Kwok - he choreographed John Woo's 'Hard Boiled,' and in the '70s, he was a martial arts actor, stunt man, fighter, choreographer in Hong Kong. -- Mark Dacascos
Jackie Chan is a very good comedy/martial arts star. He does one kind of martial arts that Jet Li doesn't know how to do and Jet Li does a martial art that Jackie Chan doesn't know how to do. You can both go to two Chinese restaurants, but both can have different kinds of food. -- Jet Li
When I was in school, martial arts made you a dork, and I became self-conscious that I was too masculine. I was a 16-year-old girl with ringworm and cauliflower ears. People made fun of my arms and called me 'Miss Man.' It wasn't until I got older that I realized: These people are idiots. I'm fabulous. -- Ronda Rousey
I trained in martial arts and wanted to become a UFC fighter. That was my goal. I only really learned how to dance three weeks prior to making 'Step Up Revolution.' Dancing will always be fun, but MMA is something I'll never give up. I will eventually get back in the octagon and be fighting professionally again. -- Ryan Guzman
Growing up as a kid, I wanted to be a ninja. In martial arts, even though I did Chinese kung fu, I always wanted to be this secret samurai or a ninja. There's something about ninjas that was very appealing to me as a kid. So of course, I was climbing a lot of trees and other things and getting up to mischief - good mischief. -- Ray Park
Any self-defense situation has the potential to quickly become A 'life and death' situation, therefore your practice of martial arts should be undertaken, as if your very life depends on it . . . -- Soke Behzad Ahmadi
I discovered martial arts . . . -- Dolph Lundgren
My time of martial arts was traditional. -- Jean-Claude Van Damme
I've always been huge into martial arts. -- Michael Steger
I've always been interested in martial arts. -- Tracy Spiridakos
My martial arts background is Tae Kwon Do. -- Will Yun Lee
Never depart from the way of martial arts. -- Miyamoto Musashi
Martial arts should be part of every girl's education. -- Esha Gupta
To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself. -- Bruce Lee
I'm a martial arts buff, so anything martial arts. -- Noah Hathaway
I'm a huge boxing and mixed martial arts fan. -- Sung Hi Lee
I'm a huge boxing and mixed martial arts fan. -- Sung Hi Lee
I've been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old. -- Jet Li
I would be nowhere without martial arts. It's a passion. -- Leo Howard
In the martial arts, the guys respect the women fighters. -- Bonnie Canino
Since my teen years I was interested in martial arts. -- Tony Visconti
Martial arts are a vehicle for developing your human potential. -- Joe Rogan
Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character. -- Robert Foster Bennett
I'd always done martial arts I was always interested in fighting. -- Robbie Lawler
The mixed martial arts way of life will give you focus. -- Conor McGregor
Martial arts is not for hurting people, it's for protecting people. -- Jackie Chan
A student's mentality in learning martial arts is to overcome one's problems. -- Ip Chun
I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16. -- Jet Li
Martial arts just normally would not draw me to the box office. -- Mary Hart
Im a big fan of martial arts films, novels and radio programs. -- Wong Kar-wai
The ultimate aim of martial arts is not having to use them -- Miyamoto Musashi
Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for. -- Andy Murray
I am not here to teach martial arts, but to change people's lives! -- Carlos Machado
Zen and Buddhism have produced martial arts, because of the Buddhist injunction against weapons. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
I would like to be in a superhero movie where I do martial arts. -- Dakota Goyo
I do feel Im being respectful to Buddhism and martial arts with Mortal Kombat. -- Mark Dacascos
Martial arts, like any art, is an unrestricted athletic expression of an individual soul. -- Bruce Lee
Once I win, everyone will know who my instructor is in mixed martial arts. -- Ricardo Mayorga
Martial arts has just made me a better person. It's a way of life. -- Luke Rockhold
I did martial arts and karate for eight years when I was growing up. -- Antony Starr
I wanted to be a martial arts film star when I was a teenager. -- Chris Daughtry
Martial arts is the kind of action that does tie in well to the supernatural. -- Scott Derrickson
I do feel I'm being respectful to Buddhism and martial arts with 'Mortal Kombat.' -- Mark Dacascos
I love doing action; I love doing martial arts. There's almost something balletic about it. -- Michelle Ryan
I don't have to have any special skills or martial arts in my back pocket. -- Jason Ritter
I've been involved in mixed martial arts since 1997 when I first started working for the UFC. -- Joe Rogan
The very essence of martial arts is the thirst for knowledge and the truth about ourselves. -- Frank Shamrock
. . to be exceptional in martial arts, you must possess the "4 C's" : Consistency, Commitment, Creativity and Competence -- Soke Behzad Ahmadi
Martial arts is for defense. It's not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend. -- Jackie Chan
I think 'Hero' is not a real martial arts movie; it is not about violence, or formula. -- Jet Li
I'm a street fighter. I'm ready for any kind of mixed martial arts that comes at me. -- Ricardo Mayorga
Boxing is so loose and flowy, and martial arts is more stiff, and about strength and structure. -- Taylor Lautner
In martial arts, the biggest enemy is self. Inside you struggle because you want to prove something. -- Jet Li
I believe martial arts is always evolving and mixed martials arts is the top of the food chain. -- Cung Le
I started training in martial arts when I was 7 years old. I got my first black belt at 13. -- Katheryn Winnick
Understand that the essence of martial arts is not the art itself, but what's hidden deep within yourself. -- Gogen Yamaguchi
In the martial arts, introspection begets wisdom. Always see contemplation on your actions as an opportunity to improve. -- Mas Oyama
You know, it's such an insult to actual martial artists that I say that I do martial arts. -- Cam Gigandet
As a kid, I was heavily into martial arts and wanted to be the next Jean-Claude Van Damme. -- Chris Daughtry
I love Tony Jaa. He's one of the best and most capable martial arts stuntmen in the world. -- Jason Statham
I'm as good as Jean-Claude Van Damme when it comes to martial arts. Sounding a little cocky aren't I -- Talisa Soto
I started my own martial arts school at 16. And by the time I was 21, I had three different schools. -- Katheryn Winnick
It's not what you're going to take from martial arts, it's what you have to give to martial arts -- Saulo Ribeiro

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