DOJO QUOTES



DOJO POWER QUOTES

"Teachers open the door, but you must enter it."-Unknown

"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought."-Basho

"If instead of fighting with him you say to your enemy "You Have Won" and bow before him, that is the biggest deed in the world."- Unknown

"From white belt to black belt you shape the tool, at black belt you start to learn to use it."- Unknown

"There is an old tale of a boy who watches a samurai practicing sword kata. The boy compliments the samurai and in return the samurai offers to teach the boy. The Boy instead says, ‘you teach me where I can find your teacher.’ "- Unknown'

"The ultimate aim of the art of Karate lies not in victory or defeat,

but in the perfection of the character of it's participants" -Gichin Funakoshi

"First see with your mind, then with your eyes, and finally with your body." Yagyu Munenori

"One breath, one cut, one victory."- Unknown

"One inch can mean life or death."-Unknown

"In battle, one grain of rice can tip the scale."- Unknown

"To hear is to forget, to see is to remember, to do is to understand."-Chinese proverb

"All knowledge, is ultimately, self knowledge."-Bruce Lee

"Traditionalists often study what is taught, not what there is to create." -Ed Parker

"He who hesitates, meditates in a horizontal position."-Ed Parker

"Knowledge does not grow like a tree where you dig a hole, plant your feet, cover them with dirt, and pour water on them daily. Knowledge grows with time, work, and dedicated effort. It cannot come by any other means."-Ed Parker

"It's not just self defense, it's about self control, body discipline, and mind discipline and breath techniques. It involves yoga. It involves meditation. It's an art, not a sport." -Elvis Presley

"It should be easy to spot a black belt in a crowd, s/he should walk like a Marine on roller skates."-Fredrick Lovret

"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. "-Master Gichin Funakoshi

"The ultimate aim of karate lies not in victory nor defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants."-Master Gichin Funakoshi

"When two tigers fight, one is certain to be maimed, and one to die."-Master Gichin Funakoshi

"One mind, any weapon."-Hunter B. Armstrong

"Five Secrets of Japanese Goju Ryu.

Move quickly.

Sound, calm mind.

Be light in body.

Have a clever mind.

Master the basics."

,Gogen Yamaguchi

"Pain is the best instructor, but no one wants to go to his class." -Hong Hi Choi, Founder of Taekwon-Do

"The teaching of one virtuous person can influence many; that which has been learned well by one generation can be passed on to a hundred."-Jigoro Kano (1860-1938)

"'Owe' is not a Karate word."-unknown

"A tree as big around as you can reach starts with a single acorn. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."-Lao-tzu

"Where questioning is rewarded, virtues are promoted, respect is demanded, and love is central."-L'abri

“To win you must switch.” –Master John Fritz

"1-2 out of every 100 students reach Black Belt and of those only 1 out of every 1,000 achieves his 2nd Dan." -Masutatsu Oyama, This is Karate

"The sword has to be more than a simple weapon; it has to be an answer to life's questions."

-Miyamoto Musashi

"The Art of Peace is medicine for a sick world. There is evil and disorder in the world, because people have forgotten that all things emanate from one source. Return to that source and leave behind all self-centered thoughts, petty desires, and anger. Those who are possessed by nothing possess everything." -Morihei Ueshiba (O'Sensei)

"Even though surrounded By several enemies set to attack, Fight with the thought That they are but one." -Morihei Ueshiba

"Master the divine techniques of the Art of Peace and no enemy will dare to challenge you."

-Morehei Ueshiba

"The more you sweat in training, the less you will bleed in battle."-Navy Seals Motto

"It is not the accumulation of extraneous knowledge, but the realization of the self within, that constitutes true progress."-Okakura Kakuzo

"An unwillingness to deal forcibly with violence does not equate to moral rectitude."

Mary Malmros

"In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s mind there are few."

Shunryu Suzuki

"Victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay it's price."-Sun Tzu

"To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the highest skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the highest skill."

Sun Tzu

"He Who Knows Others Is Wise. He Who Knows Himself Is Enlightened."-Tao Te Ching

"When you are confronted with a problem, a challenge, or an important decision, first of all be calm like the still water."-Tadashi Nakamora

"The art of the sword consists of never being concerned with victory or defeat, with strength or weakness, of not moving one step forward, nor one step backward, or the enemy not seeing me and my not seeing the enemy. Penetrating to that which is fundamental before the separation of heaven and earth where even yin and yang cannot reach, one instantly attains proficiency in the art."-Takuan

"We tottered together upon the brink of the fall. I have some knowledge, however, of baritsu, or the Japanese system of wrestling. I slipped through his grip." -The Return of Sherlock Holmes

"It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end."-Ursula K. Le Guin

"Sword and mind must be united. Technique by itself is insufficient, and spirit alone is not enough."-Yamada Jirokichi

"The way of the sword and the Way of Zen are identical, for they have the same purpose; that of killing the ego."-Yamada Jirokichi

"In walking, just walk. In sitting, just sit. Above all, don’t wobble."-Yun-men

"The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds it hard to answer."-unknown

"The fastest draw is when the sword never leaves the saya, the strongest way to block is never to provoke a blow, and the cleanest cut is the one withheld."

-unknown

"My instructor once told me that the first five dan ranks come for what you've gotten out of the system, the next ranks come for what you've given back."-unknown

"Truth is universal. Perception of truth is not."- unknown

Art is an expression of life and transcends both time and space. We must employ our own souls through art to give a new form and a new meaning to nature or the world. –Bruce Lee

An artist's expression is his soul made apparent, his schooling, as well as his "cool" being exhibited. Behind every motion, the music of his soul is made visible. Otherwise, his motion is empty and empty motion is like an empty word--no meaning. –Bruce Lee

"The unexamined life is not worth living." - Socrates

"The world is a fine place, and worth fighting for." - Ernest Hemingway

"Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." - Ernest Hemingway

"To err is human, to forgive is divine." - Alexander Pope

"Veni, vidi, vici." (I came, I saw, I conquered) - Gaius Julius Caesar

"Give me Liberty, or give me death." - Patrick Henry

"A minute on the battlefield is worth a lifetime of peace." - Benito Mussolini

"Remember that you are dust, and unto dust you shall return." - The Bible (spoken on Ash Wednesday)

"Children never give wrong answers, they merely answer a different question." - Unknown

"Forgiveness is the fragrance a flower leaves on the foot that crushed it." – Thoreau

"If you are going to die in battle then you should do so with the utmost respectability and dignity. It is a terrible shame to die in battle with your sword undrawn or yourself unable to use it correctly." - Musashi Miyamoto

"It must be understood that training is never completed. When a warrior thinks that training is over he will find that the 'spirit of the thing itself' he has been studying will elude him and fail to provide him with any further revelations. He must never stop training. In this way the spirit of the warrior will continue to grow." - Musashi Miyamoto

"The Dragon and the Tiger, they met in Heaven to remake the Way of Shaolin. Show to your followers the right Way, the one which sustained each generation." - Choy Fook (to his student Chan Heung Goon at the end of his training)

"He who knows the art of direct and indirect approach will be victorious. Such is the art of maneuvering." - Sun Tzu

"Wisdom is nothing more than common sense refined by learning and experience." - Zhuge Liang

"To improve is to change, to perfect is to change often!" - Zhuge Liang

"Those who are skilled in combat do not become angered,

Those who are skilled at winning do not become afraid.

Thus the wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win." - Zhuge Liang

"I have learned - that you can get by on charm for about fifteen minutes. After that, you'd better know something." - unknown

"I have learned - that you can keep going long after you can't." – unknown

Just as it is the clear mirror that reflects without distortion, or the quiet valley that echoes a sound, so must one who would study Karate-do purge himself of selfish and evil thoughts, for only with a clear mind and conscience can he understand that which he receives. -Gichin Funakoshi

"You only can only control two things: your attitude and your activity". -Unknown

"Repetition is the mother of all skills". –Unknown

"Success is to be measured not so much by the position that was reached in life as by the obstacles which one has overcome while trying to succeed". -Booker T Washington

"In every passionate pursuit, the pursuit counts more than the object pursued".

"Some people are like tugboats - the more they're in the fog, the louder they toot." –Unknown

"Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is."- H. Jackson Browne

"Holding on to anger only gives you tense muscles. -Joan Lunden

"It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do."- Moliere

Let us so live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. "-- Mark Twain

"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."- General George S. Patton, Jr.

"In the words of the ancients, one should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths. Lord Takanobu said, "If discrimination is long, it will spoil. " Lord Naoshige said, "When matters are done leisurely, seven out of ten will turn out badly. A warrior is a person who does things quickly.'' When your mind is going hither and thither, discrimination will never be brought to a conclusion. With an intense, fresh and undelaying spirit, one will make his judgments within the space of seven breaths. It is a matter of being determined and having the spirit to break right through to the other side. "-Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai

"To know and to act are one and the same."- Unknown

"It is truly regrettable that a person will treat a man who is valuable to him well, and a man who is worthless to him poorly. One should have insight into this world of dreams that passes in the twinkling of an eye." -Hojo Shigetoki (1198-1261)

"One who is samurai must, before all things, keep constantly in mind , by day and by night....that he has to die"-Daidoji Yuzan (16th Century)

"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

"Judge me by my size do you? Size Matters Not."-Yoda

"Do or do not, there is no try." –Yoda

"Like a Blacksmith pounding a piece of red-hot metal, hard training shapes and changes your body and mind. It is not by rubbing or patting it, but only through continuous hard work that an ordinary object can become a sword." –Helwig

"Fast as the wind, quiet as a forest, aggressive as fire, and immovable as a mountain."- Samurai Battle Banner

"A Man Who Has Attained Mastery of An Art Reveals It in His Every Action."-Samurai Maxim

"If you feel like tasting the dirt feel free to attack me at any time."- Unknown

"A full cup must be carried steadily."-English Proverb

"An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field."-Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962)

“Half of all power comes from knowing how and when to relax.” –Grandmaster Fred Villari

"If you expect anyone else to believe in you, you have to believe in yourself first."-Unknown

"People with goals succeed because they know where they're going."-Earl Nightingale

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."-John Wooden

"It is a brave act of valor to condemn death, but where life is more terrible than death it is then the truest valor to dare to live." - Sir Thomas Brown

"Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart to give yourself to it. "- Buddha

Do all the good you can,

In all the ways you can,

In all the places you can,

At all times you can,

To all the people you can,

As Long as you ever can"

-Unknown

From the Hagakure (The Book of the Samurai):

"There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.

Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it were somewhere else. No one seems to have noticed this fact. But grasping this firmly, one must pile experience upon experience."

- Chapter 2 of the Hagakure by Yamamoto Tsunetomo

"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." - General George Washington

"Without Knowledge, Skill cannot be focused. Without Skill, Strength cannot be brought to bear and without Strength, Knowledge may not be applied." --Alexander the Great's Chief Physician

"Be master OF mind rather than mastered BY mind"- Zen Saying

"When the student is ready, the Master appears."- Buddhist Proverb

"Victory goes to the one who has no thought of himself" - Shinkage School of Swordsmanship

"The no-mind not-thinks no-thoughts about no-things" - The Buddha

"To think, "I will not think" - This, too, is something in one's thoughts. Simply do not think about not thinking at all." - Takuan

"When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target." – Unknown

"Ultimately, you must forget about technique. The further you progress, the fewer teachings there are. The Great Path is really NO PATH." - Ueshiba Morihei

"It is easy to kill someone with a slash of a sword. It is hard to be impossible for others to cut down." Yagyu Munenori

"The man who has no imagination has no wings"- Muhammad Ali

"Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them: A desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have last-minute stamina, they have to be a little faster, they have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill. "-Muhammad Ali

"It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am.

"-Muhammad Ali

"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses—behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights. " -Muhammad Ali

"You miss 100% of the shots you never take."-Wayne Gretzky

"I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been." -Wayne Gretzky

"If you seek mastery of the sword, seek first sincerity of the heart, for the former is but a reflection of the latter."-Iwakura Yoshinori

" A master is one who returns day after day to the basic techniques and fundamentals. Mastery is a matter of daily struggle to perfect the simplest of techniques and ideas."

- Martial Arts axiom

Faced with what is right, to leave it undone shows a lack of courage. –Confucius

"God has a way of allowing us to be in the right place at the right time. I was walking down a dimly lit street late one evening when I heard muffled screams coming from behind a clump of bushes.

Alarmed, I slowed down to listen and panicked when I realized that what I was hearing were the unmistakable sounds of a struggle: heavy grunting, frantic scuffling and tearing of fabric. Only yards from where I stood, a woman was being attacked.

Should I get involved? I was frightened for my own safety and cursed myself for having suddenly decided to take a new route home that night. What if I became another statistic? Shouldn't I just run to the nearest phone and call the police?

Although it seemed an eternity, the deliberations in my head had taken only seconds, but already the cries were growing weaker. I knew I had to act fast. How could I walk away from this?

No, I finally resolved, I could not turn my back on the fate of this unknown woman, even if it meant risking my own life. I am not a brave man, nor am I athletic. I don't know where I found the moral courage and physical strength -- but once I had finally resolved to help the girl I became strangely transformed. I ran behind the bushes and pulled the assailant off the woman. Grappling, we fell to the ground, where we wrestled for a few minutes until the attacker jumped up and escaped.

Panting hard, I scrambled upright and approached the girl, who was crouched behind a tree, sobbing. In the darkness, I could barely see her outline, but I could certainly sense her trembling shock. Not wanting to frighten her further, I at first spoke to her from a distance. "It's OK," I said soothingly. "The man ran away. You're safe now."

There was a long pause and then I heard the words, uttered in wonder, in amazement. "Dad, is that you?" And then, from behind the tree, stepped my youngest daughter, Katherine.

"Out of every 100 men, 10 should not be here,

80 are nothing but targets, 9 are the real fighters,

and we are lucky to have them, for they the battle make."

"Ah, but the ONE, ONE of them is a WARRIOR,

and he will bring the others back."

-Heraclitus 500 BC

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