The true Martial Artist is not the one who fears change, but the one who causes it to happen. — Ed Parker
Martial art is a form of expression, an expression from your inner self to your hands and legs. — Donnie Yen
As a lifelong practitioner of martial arts, I'm trained to remain calm in the face of adversity and danger. — Steven Seagal
The martial arts are ultimately self-knowledge. A punch or a kick is not to knock the hell out of the guy in front, but to knock the hell out of your ego, your fear, or your hang-ups. — Bruce Lee
Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character. — Bo Bennett
Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character. — Robert Foster Bennett
The ideal in Martial Arts is humanitarianism. Accomplishment uses diligence as a goal. — Yip Man
I’m doing what I love to do. Martial arts is my everything. It’s my life, my philosophy, how I think, who I am. — Valentina Shevchenko
For me, the martial arts is a search for something inside. It's not just a physical discipline. — Brandon Lee
Martial arts should be part of every girl's education. — Esha Gupta
I'm not like a full athlete. But I'm definitely a boxer. — Logan Paul
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
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
...most warriors only perform tricks. The way of the warrior is filled with soul and feeling — Miyamoto Musashi
Short Martial Artist Quotes
It’s MMA. I’m a complete MMA fighter. I expect everything. I’m ready for all of it. — Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Students of any art, including Karate-do must never forget the cultivation of the mind and the body. — Gichin Funakoshi
I want to make a good, solid kung fu movie. — Keanu Reeves
He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior. — Confucius
True warriors are fierce because their training is fierce. — Miyamoto Musashi
That Asian guy is really good at kicking. Shocking. Someone is pressing 'A' really fast somewhere. — Daniel Tosh
I call myself a Peaceful Warrior... because the battles we fight are on the inside. — Socrates
The best fighter is never angry. — Lao Tzu
Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist. — Steven Seagal
The best fighters are those who are calm under pressure and improvise when needed. — Joe Rogan
Martial Artist Image Quotes
No artist tolerates reality.
Martial Arts Training Quotes
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
There is a difference between a fighter and a martial artist. A fighter is training for a purpose: He has a fight. I’m a martial artist. I don’t train for a fight. I train for myself. I’m training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection. — Georges St-Pierre
Civilize the mind but make savage the body. — Mao Zedong
There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
Of those who start TaeKwonDo training, only about 5% stick with it until they achieve the Black Belt Rank. Then perhaps 80% of those who earn a Black stop there. — Duk Sung Son
Do not place hope in finding a secret technique. Polish the mind through ceaseless training; that is the key to effective techniques. — Kyuzo Mifune
As far as possible, I want nothing more than to don my training gi and teach Karate. — Mas Oyama
A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who ispires others.
If you train worst case scenarios consistently, they will no longer be worst case scenarios — Rener Gracie
In true budo there is no enemy or opponent. True budo is to become one with the universe, not train to become powerful or to throw down some opponent. Rather we train in hopes of being of some use, however small our role may be, in the task of bringing peace to mankind around the world. — Morihei Ueshiba
A quality martial artist is always ready for any move, and trains oneself invincible. — Bruce Lee
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
Martial Arts Quotes
No Fear, No Hesitation, No Surprise, No Doubt — Miyamoto Musashi
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
Fighting is a sport; if you're not humble it's going to bring humbleness to you. — Mike Tyson
Every artist was first an amateur.
The biggest coward of a man is to awaken the love of a woman without the intention of loving her. — Bob Marley
Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine. — Bruce Lee
I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.
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. — Miyamoto Musashi
Don't pray for an easy life, pray to be a stronger man. — John F. Kennedy
Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. — Bruce Lee
The purpose of the study of judo is to perfect yourself and to contribute to society. — Kano Jigoro
Martial Arts Inspirational Quotes
The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants. — Gichin Funakoshi
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and 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. — Bruce Lee
Fear is not real. The only place that fear can exist is in our thoughts of the future. It is a product of our imagination, causing us to fear things that do not at present and may not ever exist. That is near insanity Kitai. Do not misunderstand me, danger is very real, but fear is a choice. — Will Smith
Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist
Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to. — Henry Van Dyke
It is difficult to understand the universe if you only study one planet — Miyamoto Musashi
If you don't give up, eventually you will break the cycle and you will overcome any obstacle. — Lyoto Machida
Learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like an artist.
For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime. — Bruce Lee
The truth is outside of all fixed patterns. — Bruce Lee
Always enter like a kitten and leave like a lion. But NEVER enter like a lion and leave like a kitten. Always be humble. — Carlson Gracie
What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become. — Bruce Lee
Mixed Martial Arts Quotes
I am a shark, the ground is my ocean, and most people can't even swim. — Rickson Gracie
A black belt only covers two inches of your ass. You have to cover the rest. — Royce Gracie
I’m a mixed martial arts fighter. But at the end of the day, all experience will help. And experience I got from that fight, it will help me to win this fight. — Valentina Shevchenko
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.
Mixed Martial Arts is a dangerous practice that could result in injuries and loss of life. — Akshay Kumar
I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing. — Gail Porter
I would like to apologize to Brock Lesnar, his family, the UFC and the UFC fans for my stupid remarks. I respect Brock, all the other fighters, and the sport of mixed martial arts. I’m sorry that I stepped out of line. — Frank Mir
Every child is an artist. The challenge is to remain an artist after you grow up.
Everybody's beatable. Mixed martial arts, there's many ways to win, and that also means there are many ways to lose, as well. — Bas Rutten
Train hard, get good coaching and don't forget that its mixed martial arts. Don't get tied into one style of fighting and focus on multiple disciplines. — Chuck Liddell
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
In high school, during lunchtime I would go in the room where the wrestling mats were and try different flips and different moves. Like windmills. I just started mixing martial arts with jazz and contemporary stuff and it would get mashed together and became my style. — Caity Lotz
Kung Fu Quotes
Now climb, young grasshopper, so your Kung Fu won't be weak. — Ilona Andrews
Treat every moment as a gift, that is why it is called the present. — Deepak Chopra
Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present. — Eleanor Roosevelt
Today is a gift from God - that is why it is called the present. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. — Bruce Lee
Your story may not have such a happy beginning, but that doesn't make you who you are. It is the rest of your story, who you choose to be. — Michelle Yeoh
Good artists borrow, great artists steal.
Teaching my kids programming on an Apple c is like kung fu training in the primitive wilderness. — John Carmack
Kung fu lives in everything we do. It lives in how we put on a jacket and how we take off a jacket. It lives in how we treat people. Everything is kung fu. — Jackie Chan
When I was a kid, I would make kung fu movies with the kids in the neighborhood, and I would be the guy behind the camera directing everybody, but they were all very silly little shorts and comedy bits. — Dan Fogler
I need something to do when I'm not working, or I crawl up the walls. So I've just taken up kung fu. I was looking for some kind of calming, relaxing activity. I tried yoga, but it wasn't really me. — Ian Hart
Black Belt Quotes
Well everyone's a world class ground fighter until they get a punch to the face. So that's how I deal with all these ground fighters like everyone else. I hit 'em in the head and there goes your F**king black belt. — Mark Hunt
Energy is felt once the cards are dealt With the impact of roundhouse kicks from black belts that attack the microphone like cyclones or typhoons I represent from midnight to high noon. — GZA
A black belt is a white belt who never quits! — Renzo Gracie
Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you're doing. If you're not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.
A black belt is nothing more than a belt that goes around your waist. Being a black belt is a state of mind and attitude. Even though surrounded By several enemies set to attack, Fight with the thought That they are but one. — Morihei Ueshiba
I love going shopping. I have a black belt in it. — Russell Crowe
1-2 out of every 100 students reach Black Belt and of those only 1 out of every 1,000 achieves his 2nd Dan — Mas Oyama
Punch a black belt in the face, he becomes a brown belt. Punch him again, purple. — Carlson Gracie
I've never been beaten up! I'm a black belt in Run-Fu. — Tre Cool
Last week I lost my temper in my karate class. Man, I'm not doing that again until I'm a black belt. Because I can tell you there's a difference between taking karate and receiving karate. — Demetri Martin
I'm a 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and 2nd degree in karate, and I'm a licensed bodyguard. — Katheryn Winnick
The biggest gift I received as a martial artist is without a question the capacity to be in peace. — Rickson Gracie
The best part of falling is getting back up again. — Sayings
A fight is not won by one punch or kick. Either learn to endure or hire a bodyguard. — Bruce Lee
It isn't the mountains that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe. — Muhammad Ali
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
Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light. — Bruce Lee
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
Don't fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail. — Bruce Lee
A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence. — Bruce Lee
He who is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. — Ben Jonson
In my view, Zhang Lanxin is one of our best female martial artists, and I can't rate her highly enough. — Jackie Chan
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
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
The real self of an artiste lies in art, so when an artiste performs, all the pain, trauma and tension get released through art, be it dancing, painting, singing, writing or even martial arts. — Mrinalini Sarabhai
A martial artist has to take responsibility for himself and accept the consequences of his own doing. — Bruce Lee
A good martial artist does not become tend but ready, not thinking but jet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. — Bruce Lee
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
If you don't want to slip up tomorrow, speak the truth today. — Bruce Lee
A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. — Bruce Lee
The second-hand artist blindly following his sensei or sifu accepts his pattern. As a result, his action is and , more importantly, his thinking become mechanical. His responses become automatic, according to set patterns, making him narrow and limited. — Bruce Lee
Some people think a martial artist has to be tough against everybody - that's not true at all. A martial artist has to be strong against bad people. But we must also be able to know and understand the feelings, moods and mentalities of good and bad individuals before we can comprehend when to be strong and when to be gentle. — Tsutomu Ohshima
The true martial artist yields to the weak, while withstanding the strong. — Neil Young
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 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
Take what's useful, discard what is not. — Bruce Lee
I want to use every second of my life, every time that I have in my life, to make me a better fighter. That's why I'm a martial artist. For me, it's more than a job - it's a way of living — Georges St-Pierre
In great attempts, it is glorious even to fail. — Vince Lombardi
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
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
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 do a one-hour workout called Drenched, a cardio-boxing fitness routine, Monday through Friday. There are usually between twenty-five and fifty people there - everyone from stay-at-home moms and professional martial artists to teenagers and seniors. They play great dance music. When I can, I take two classes back-to-back. — Carrie Ann Inaba
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 Lenz
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
I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves. — Bruce Lee
I am an athlete in every sense of the word. Athlete, martial artist. — Jon Jones
I'm a traditional martial artist and I'm always going to carry myself in the most respectful way I can. — Cung Le
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
I don't doubt that at the dawn of martial arts, the main goal was to beat up one's opponents in the most effective way possible. But then, indirectly, the alchemy of martial arts began to strike some chords deep within the spirit of many individuals, transforming living war-machines into poets, artists, and philosophers. — Daniele Bolelli
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
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
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