Wong Kiew Kit Quotes

Exchanging blows generously, which is not uncommon in some other martial arts, is unthinkable in Shaolin philosophy, because a Shaolin disciple always assumes that an opponent is competent and able to inflict damage with just one blow.

Wong Kiew Kit

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• Disciple
• Uncommon
• Martial
• Unthinkable
• Exchanging

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• Exchanging blows generously, which is not uncommon in some other martial arts, is unthinkable in Shaolin philosophy, because a Shaolin disciple always assumes that an opponent is competent and able to inflict damage with just one blow.

  

  Wong Kiew Kit
  • Assuming
  • Disciple
  • Uncommon