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"Five Secrets of Japanese Goju
Ryu.
Move quickly.
Sound, calm mind.
Be light in body.
Have a clever mind.
Master the basics."
- Gogen Yamaguchi
"Even though surrounded By several
enemies set to attack, Fight with the thought That they are but one." - Ueshiba
"The sword has to be more than
a simple weapon; it has to be an answer to life's questions."- Miyamoto Musashi
"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
"Sword and mind must be united.
Technique by itself is insufficient, and spirit alone is not enough." - Yamada Jirokichi
"The ultimate aim of karate
lies not in victory or defeat but in the perfection of the character of its participants." - Gichin Funakoshi
Traditionalists often study
what is taught, not what there is to create." - Ed Parker, American Kenpo.
"The
fastest draw is when the sword never leaves the scabbard,
The strongest way to block, is never
to provoke a blow,
And the cleanest cut is the one withheld."
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"The ultimate aim of karate lies not in victory nor defeat, but in the perfection of the character
of its participants." -- Master Gichin Funakoshi
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"Karate is a defensive art from beginning to end" - Gichin Funakoshi
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"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.
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"The Ryukyu Islands (Okinawa) were conquered and united into one kingdom. To insure his rule, the
king confiscated and banned possession of weapons by people other than his troops. A second ban on weapons was instituted
by Japanese conquerors approximately 200 years later. These two incidents are generally credited as the cause for the intense
development of the emptyhanded fighting techniques..." -- Special Forces (USA) manual ST 31-204
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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.
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"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." - Gichin Funakoshi
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"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
"An unwillingness to deal forcibly with violence does not equate to moral rectitude." -- Mary Malmros
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Never leave an enemy standing. - Shaka Zulu (the original one, King of the Zulu Nation...not the American karate
instructor who appropriated his name)
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He who hesitates, meditates in the horizontal position. -- Edmund K. Parker
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"When
pure knuckles meet pure flesh, that's pure Karate, no matter who executes it or whatever style is involved." -- Ed Parker
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"When two tigers fight, one is certain to be maimed, and one to die." -- Master Funakoshi
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"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, Black Belt )
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"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.)
FINDING THE WAY
A NEW STUDENT
APPROCHED HIS KARATE MASTER ONE DAY AND ASKED,
"HOW LONG MUST I STUDY TO BECOME THE BEST MARTIAL ARTIST IN THE LAND?"
"TEN YEARS,AT LEAST,"THE MASTER ANSWERED.
"TEN YEARS IS A LONG TIME," SAID THE BOY. "WHAT IF I STUDIED TWICE AS HARD
AS ANYONE ELSE?"
"TWENTY YEARS, " REPLIED THE MASTER.
"WHAT IF I PRACTICE NIGHT AND DAY, WITH ALL MY HEART AND SOUL?"
"THIRTY YEARS," WAS THE MASTER'S REPLY
"HOW CAN THAT BE? EACH TIME I SAY I WILL WORK HARDER, YOU TELL ME THAT IT WILL
TAKE LONGER. WHY?' THE BOY ASKED.
"THE ANSWER IS CLEAR. WHEN ONE EYE IS FIXED UPON YOUR DESTINATION, THERE IS ONLY ONE
EYE LEFT WITH WHICH TO FIND THE WAY."
"Kempo
does not mean violence. If you were to ask me who, in American history, was the best master of kempo, I should say Abraham
Lincoln. I should choose Lincoln because of his honesty and gentle disposition. He was gentle as a woman and his faith was
like a child. But to protect human rights he fought wholeheartedly and with unwavering determination to win. Though the odds
were overwhelming, he would still fight for the right This is the mark of a true master of kempo." -James Masayoshi
Mitose, from his book What is Self-Defense?
"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".
"A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies that you can invent!"
"RUDENESS IS THE WEAK MAN'S IMITATION OF STRENGTH"
ERIC HOFFER 1902-1983
Something
I tell all my new students " It's better to know how, and not have to; than to have to, and not know how,but the true
art lies in not having to use it at all. " Sensei
Art reveals itself in psychic understanding of the inner essence of things and gives form
to the relation of man with nothing, with the nature of the absolute. - Bruce Lee,The
Tao of Jeet Kune Do
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 Tao Of Jeet Kune Do
A kata is like a poem from
a Zen master - compact, elegant, full of meaning, worthy of reflection. - Geir Store, Karate Kata Training
Life is too short to watch
bad kata. - Geir Store, Karate Kata Training
The consciousness of self
is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action. - Bruce Lee, The Tao of Jeet Kune Do
Condition and guts take
over where knowledge and skill end. - Edmund Parker, The Zen of Kenpo
You can't hit and think at the same
time. - Yogi Berra
Whether it is a big ship
or little ship, the same size hole placed correctly in the hull can sink it. - Edmund Parker, The Zen of Kenpo
He who hesitates, meditates
in a horizontal position. - Edmund Parker, The Zen of Kenpo
BOOKS on the ARTS
ZEN in the MARTIAL ARTS by
JOE HYAMS
LIVING the MARIAL WAY by FORREST E. MORGAN
MYTHS & LEGENDS of the MARTIAL ARTS by
PETER LEWIS
STILL AS THE MOUNTAIN, POWERFUL AS THINDER
by Y.P. DONG
SMALL CIRCLE JU JITSU by PROF. WALLY JAY
TAO TE CHING by LAO TSU(trans.
by GAI-FU FENG & JANE ENGLISH)
ANALYSIS OF SHAOLIN CHIN NA by DR. YANG JWING-MING
ADVANCED PRESSURE POINT FIGTING by GEORGE DILLMAN
THE ULTIMATE KICK by BILL "SUPERFOOT"
WALLACE
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO KUNG-FU FIGHTING
STYLES by JANE HALLANDER
KUNG FU History,Philosophy&Technique by
DAVID CHOW & RICHARD SPANGLER
Karate-Do My way of life by GICHIN FUNAKOSHI
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