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Art calls for complete mastery of techniques, developed by reflection within the soul.
To reach me, you must move to me. Your attack offers me an opportunity to intercept you.
Give up thinking as though not giving it up. Observe techniques as though not observing.
There is no love without friendship. Passion alone does not form relationships of value.
Flow in the living moment - We are always in a process of becoming and nothing is fixed.
Can you look at a situation without naming it? Naming it, making it a word, causes fear.
It is not what happens that is success or failure, but what it does to the heart of man.
A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.
I treasure the memory of the past misfortunes. It has added more to my bank of fortitude.
Martial arts, like any art, is an unrestricted athletic expression of an individual soul.
Art lives where absolute freedom is, because where it is not, there can be no creativity.
The intangible represents the real power of the universe. It is the seed of the tangible.
Don't get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water.
If you knew you had to fight for your life tomorrow, would you change your training today?
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
There are no limits. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.
My strength comes from my abdomen. It's the center of gravity and the source of real power.
The happiness that is derived from excitement is like a brilliant fire- soon it will go out.
Learning is never cumulative, it is a movement of knowing which has no beginning and no end.
You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup.
In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.
Understanding comes about through feeling, from moment to moment in the mirror of relationship.
Use karate, judo, aikido, or any style to build your counter-offensive. It will be interesting!
The primary Reality is not what I think, but that I live, for those also live who do not think.
Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better.
Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.
There is "what is" only when there is no comparing and to live with "what is" is to be peaceful.
Faith is a state of mind that can be conditioned through self-discipline. Faith will accomplish.
Let yourself go with dis-ease, be with it, and keep it company. This is the way to be rid of it.
Once I slow down because I think I have reached my peak, then my skills will go nowhere but down
Do not be tense, just be ready, not thinking but not dreaming, not being set but being flexible.
Every morning like a scholar at his first class I prepare a blank mind for the day to write upon.
Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind for they are the weeds that strange confidence.
Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it.
The mind is like a fertile garden in which anything that is planted, flowers or weeds, will grow.
All martial art is simply an honest expression of one's body — with a lot of deception in between.
Loneliness is only an opportunity to cut adrift and find yourself. In solitude you are least alone.
Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. I'll not willingly offend, nor be easily offended.
Fluidity is the way to an empty mind. You must free your ambitious mind and learn the art of dying.
The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.
There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.
Humility forms the basis of honor, just as the low ground forms the foundation of a high elevation.
Remember, success is a journey not a destination. Have faith in your ability. You will do just fine.
A martial artist has to take responsibility for himself and accept the consequences of his own doing.
Instead of dedicating your life to actualize a concept of what you should be like, actualize yourself.
Now I see that I will never find the light Unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel, Consuming myself.
Never waste energy on worries or negative thoughts, all problems are brought into existence -drop them.
Stop wasting time in playing a role or a concept. Instead, learn to ACTUALIZE YOURSELF, your potential.
For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime.
The change is from inner to outer. We start by dissolving our attitude not by altering outer conditions.