Gichin Funakoshi Quotes
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Success, cannot be attained alone. Any person's time and power is limited. A wise leader enlists others in working toward organizational goals.
— Gichin Funakoshi
Students of any art, including Karate-do must never forget the cultivation of the mind and the body.
— Gichin Funakoshi
Karate is a technique that permits one to defend himself with his bare hands and fists without weapons.
— Gichin Funakoshi
Always be ready to release your mind.
— Gichin Funakoshi
You must ignore the bad and adopt the good.
— Gichin Funakoshi
Karate is like boiling water: without heat, it returns to it's tepid state
— Gichin Funakoshi
To practice kata is not to memorize an order. Find the katas that work for you, understand them, digest them & stick with them for life.
— Gichin Funakoshi
In time of grave public crisis, one must have the courage to face a million and one opponents.
— Gichin Funakoshi
When you are learning a new technique, practice it wholeheartedly until you truly understand it.
— Gichin Funakoshi
Seek perfection of character. Be faithful. Endeavor. Respect others. Refrain from violent behaviour.
— Gichin Funakoshi
Put Karate into your everyday living, that is how you will see true beauty.
— Gichin Funakoshi
To search for the old is to understand the new.
— Gichin Funakoshi
Don't pretend to be a great master and don't try to show off your strength.
— Gichin Funakoshi
In battle, do not think that you have to win. Think rather that you do not have to lose.
— Gichin Funakoshi
When you look at life think in terms of karate. But remember that karate is not only karate it is life. — Gichin Funakoshi
Karate begins and ends with courtesy.
— Gichin Funakoshi
Beginners must master low stance and posture, natural body positions are for the advanced.
— Gichin Funakoshi
The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants.
— Gichin Funakoshi
Remember that you must always have a deep regard for courtesy, and you must be respectful and obedient toward your seniors.
— Gichin Funakoshi
When you leave your home, think that you have numerous opponents waiting for you (it is your behavior that invites trouble from them).
— Gichin Funakoshi
Try to do exactly as you are taught without complaining or quibbling.
— Gichin Funakoshi
Karate-do begins with courtesy and ends with rei.
— Gichin Funakoshi
There is no first strike in Karate.
— Gichin Funakoshi
One of the most striking features of karate is that it may be engaged in by anybody, young or old, strong or weak, male or female.
— Gichin Funakoshi
Only through training will a person learn his own weaknesses ... He who is aware of his weaknesses will remain master of himself in any situation.
— Gichin Funakoshi
Since karate is a martial art, you must practice with the utmost seriousness from the very beginning.
— Gichin Funakoshi
Karate is a defensive art from beginning to end.
— Gichin Funakoshi
Only a true weakling is capable of true courage.
— Gichin Funakoshi
Inner mental technique is more important than the physical one.
— Gichin Funakoshi
When two tigers fight, one is certain to be maimed, and one to die.
— Gichin Funakoshi
Think of everyday life as karate training.
— Gichin Funakoshi