Martial Arts Quotes
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I would like to be in a superhero movie where I do martial arts.
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I don't like not having a job. Especially when I started Mixed Martial Arts, this was all I could do.
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For a while, I was a flight attendant. I lived in New York, and I was a bartender. I took cooking classes, martial arts classes. I taught a foreign language. I went back to college and studied acting, which I love. I was doing stunt work as well.
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As a martial arts promoter and as a fan of martial arts, you go, 'What would happen if this guy fought this guy?'
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I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing.
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I was raised doing martial arts.
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I grew up doing martial arts, and I'm a second-degree black belt.
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You know, it's such an insult to actual martial artists that I say that I do martial arts.
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The goal of the martial arts is not for the destruction of an opponent, but rather for self-growth and self-perfection. The practice of a martial art should be a practice of love - for the preservation of life, for the preservation of body, and for the preservation of family and friends.
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If there is effort, there is always accomplishment.
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I thought martial arts was going to help me with my movies and TV stuff, but I realized it would not.
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When you really get technique... there is no strength that will stop you.
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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.
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The man who knows how will always be the student, but the man who knows why will continue to be the instructor.
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Humility and self-restraint is the True Objective of Kenpo
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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.
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The true Martial Artist is not the one who fears change, but the one who causes it to happen.
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Gain confidence and you banish fear.
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Martial arts is something I studied since I was 6 years old.
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Martial art has always been my first love.
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Whether it is a big ship or small ship, the same size hole placed correctly in the hull can sink it.
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People study martial arts for many reasons, sometimes all the wrong reasons. For example, I have had potential students come to my dojo with a belligerent and cocky attitude. When I ask why they want to study my art, their response has indicated to me that their goal is to learn to fight, which is the antithesis of the philosophy I hope to instill: I want them to know how to defend themselves if necessary, but to avoid fighting whenever possible because they will have nothing to prove by fighting.
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Making a martial arts film in English to me is the same as John Wayne speaking Chinese in a western.
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In martial arts, the way that they train really does channel that killer instinct. We used to put motorcycle helmets on and go full force at each other with these sticks to train.
