Martial Art Quotes: top 96 famous quotes about Martial Art

Martial Art Quotes & Sayings

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You didn't have to wash it as often and it hid the blood stains better! — Adriano Directo Emperado

Martial arts is not for hurting people, it's for protecting people. — Jackie Chan

Humility is the first rule of martial arts. Either you learn humility quickly, or you leave because your ego can't handle losing repeatedly. — Georges St-Pierre

I've always been a huge fan of martial arts and comedy, so Rush Hour was the perfect combination for me. — Justin Hires

Zen and Buddhism have produced martial arts, because of the Buddhist injunction against weapons. — Frederick Lenz

In the martial arts, introspection begets wisdom. Always see contemplation on your actions as an opportunity to improve. — Mas Oyama

The best way to pursue any discipline is the martial art way. — Joe Rogan

My brothers are both 6 ft. 5 in., and if you have younger brothers who are bigger than you then you have to learn the ancient martial art of sarcasm. — Nick Moran

If you change the rules on what controls you ... you will change the rules on what you can control. — Guy Ritchie

When you really get technique ... there is no strength that will stop you. — Caio Terra

A good martial artist does not become tend but ready, not thinking but jet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. — Bruce Lee

The kickboxing and the martial arts is so fun. It's like anything in school. You're not going to retain information unless you're interested in it. — Zoey Deutch

Those who rush are the same ones who lack technique. — Ryron Gracie

Wrestling is the ultimate martial art. — Mark Schultz

Wanting to become stronger than everybody else has no meaning. — Christian Tissier

Nothing is more harmful to the world than a martial art that is not effective in actual self-defense. — Motobu Choki

I don't like to trash talk ... I don't know how to do that, it's not me. In the martial arts world that I was brought up it was all about respect. — Uriah Hall

Once I win, everyone will know who my instructor is in mixed martial arts. — Ricardo Mayorga

If you had no real training, if you hadn't spent years and years studying a martial art, how would you kill the bad guy? — Chris Pine

All martial arts is simply an honest expression of one's body - with a lot of deception in between. — Bruce Lee

Fencing is more a sport than a martial art. It would be like basing your knowledge of roman phalanx warfare on NFL football. — Patrick Rothfuss

Martial arts have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. — Brandon Lee

One of the aims of Budo is the suppression of fears. — Christian Tissier

Our fears don't stop death, they stop life. — Rickson Gracie

To understand your fear is the beginning of really seeing. — Bruce Lee

To Norwegians, the polka is a form of martial art. — Garrison Keillor

What is true stillness? Stillness in movement. — Bruce Lee

I don't defeat my opponents, they defeat themselves. — Helio Gracie

There are no shortcuts because there is no end — Kyuzo Mifune

I'm a little greedy for action scenes. I'm a martial artist, and any time I get to show off some of that art is great. — David Ramsey

Whatever one cultivates, is what one becomes. — Laozi

If cunnilingus was a martial art, I'd wear my black belt with pride. — Jodi Knight

I haven't placed any limits on myself — Randy Couture

Martial arts, like any art, is an unrestricted athletic expression of an individual soul. — Bruce Lee

Self-knowledge is the basis of jeet kune do because it is effective not only for the individual's martial art but also for his life as a human being. — Bruce Lee

I think the martial arts tradition has a big influence on our generation - we all read these novels when we were very young. — Wong Kar-Wai

The Destructive Arts are exactly like Martial Arts, except they don't have uniforms or usefulness and the end result doesn't resemble art in any way. — Jim Benton

Aikido ain't a defensive nor offensive martial art.
It proactively halts the enemy's intention to attack. — Toba Beta

Most martial arts have to do with the mind, ultimately. The ability to be unafraid, to walk away from a fight without fear - that is control. — Frederick Lenz

Fighting is an expression. It's a form of speech, and that's why they call it martial arts. It's an art. — Chael Sonnen

Boxing is so loose and flowy, and martial arts is more stiff, and about strength and structure. — Taylor Lautner

Kempo is for the street first; everything else is secondary. — William Kwai Sun Chow

My mother had a mantra: musical instrument, foreign language, martial art. — E.L. James

The true Martial Artist is not the one who fears change, but the one who causes it to happen. — Ed Parker

I'm a street fighter. I'm ready for any kind of mixed martial arts that comes at me. — Ricardo Mayorga

Don't be rushed, be sure. — Rickson Gracie

Never depart from the way of martial arts. — Miyamoto Musashi

Martial arts are a vehicle for developing your human potential. — Joe Rogan

A martial art that has no rules is nothing but violence. — Kenji Tomiki

No one has the right to beat you. — Ronda Rousey

In martial arts, the biggest enemy is self. Inside you struggle because you want to prove something. — Jet Li

Martial arts is not about picking your fights and picking how things go; it's about adapting to the how things are. — Gunnar Nelson

Courage is being afraid, but then doing what you have to do anyway. — Rudy Giuliani

I'd always done martial arts I was always interested in fighting. — Robbie Lawler

The path of Martial Arts begins and ends with courtesy. So be genuinely polite on every occasion. — Mas Oyama

If you are afraid of other people take a martial arts class. The best way to overcome fear is learn to be proficient in martial arts. — Frederick Lenz

I practice the martial arts. I don't practice MMA. MMA is my job, MMA is a new sport. Martial arts is the knowledge from the ages. — Anderson Silva

To practice Zen or the Martial Arts, you must live intensely, wholeheartedly, without reserve - as if you might die in the next instant — Taisen Deshimaru

I grew up doing martial arts, and I love martial arts movies and fight scenes. I'm pretty athletic, so I enjoy doing that stuff. — Aaron Yoo

To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself. — Bruce Lee

Where there is no style, there is no slave. Martial Arts mean honestly expressing yourself. No style. No slave. — Bruce Lee

The real purpose of the martial arts must be to purge oneself of petty ambitions and desire, to obtain control of one's own character. — Morihei Ueshiba

We are the modern day gladiators. — Tito Ortiz

Behind each triumph are new peaks to be conquered. — Mas Oyama

I'm as good as Jean-Claude Van Damme when it comes to martial arts. Sounding a little cocky aren't I — Talisa Soto

It's not what you're going to take from martial arts, it's what you have to give to martial arts — Saulo Ribeiro

Do not be afraid to get close to your opponent. The closer you are, the more you will learn. — Manuel Dos Reis Machado

My mentality is that when I go to sleep at night, I'm a better martial artist than when I woke up in the morning. — Georges St-Pierre

Never leave an enemy standing. — Shaka

Martial arts is for defense. It's not for attacking. So when people are fighting, always, always, defend. — Jackie Chan

Karate is for life, not points. — David Walker

I was very sickly as a kid and had a lot of allergies, so martial arts gave me the chance to feel strong. — Dolph Lundgren

I am not here to teach martial arts, but to change people's lives! — Carlos Machado

I recommend for everyone the study of some type of sports or athletics, particularly martial arts. Always check with your doctor first, naturally. — Frederick Lenz

Aikido is not ultimately Japanese: It is an art of universal truth and international significance. — Linda Holiday

I come from a martial arts background so kicking and punching and using your hands and your feet is more of the art that I was taught. — Katheryn Winnick

Since karate is a martial art, you must practice with the utmost seriousness from the very beginning. — Gichin Funakoshi

The ideal in Martial Arts is humanitarianism. Accomplishment uses diligence as a goal. — Yip Man

Martial art is a form of expression, an expression from your inner self to your hands and legs. — Donnie Yen

A student's mentality in learning martial arts is to overcome one's problems. — Ip Chun

But even in my darkest days I had faith it would turn around. — Steve Harvey

The very essence of martial arts is the thirst for knowledge and the truth about ourselves. — Frank Shamrock

My health has benefited the most from practising Wing Chun. — Ip Chun

Gain confidence and you banish fear. — Ed Parker

For me, I learnt from jiu-jitsu and martial arts to be humble and to go forward in life in a positive way. — Ricardo Liborio

Understand that the essence of martial arts is not the art itself, but what's hidden deep within yourself. — Gogen Yamaguchi

Everybody's beatable. Mixed martial arts, there's many ways to win, and that also means there are many ways to lose, as well. — Bas Rutten

Everything in life goes back to the basics. — Kron Gracie

My goal is to share all my learning, all of my knowledge, so that other generations of martial arts will benefit. — Georges St-Pierre

Success is taking what you know, and creating the best you that you can be. — Tim Fargo

The ultimate aim of martial arts is not having to use them — Miyamoto Musashi

All art is political, all art is a martial one. — William C. Brown

Krav Maga heightens perception and transforms fear into something more productive. — Imi Lichtenfeld

When you are learning about a martial art, it is about respect. — Jackie Chan

I believe martial arts is always evolving and mixed martials arts is the top of the food chain. — Cung Le

Making a martial arts film in English to me is the same as John Wayne speaking Chinese in a western — Ang Lee