Martial Art Quotes
Collection of 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
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
If you change the rules on what controls you ... you will change the rules on what you can control.
— Guy Ritchie
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Martial art is a form of expression, an expression from your inner self to your hands and legs.
— Donnie Yen
The very essence of martial arts is the thirst for knowledge and the truth about ourselves.
— Frank Shamrock
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
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
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
