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  • People often say, 'Ah, ultimate fighting is so violent,' but it's rooted in martial arts. Martial arts incarnate respect. You can't walk into a dojo and say to your sensei, 'Hey, salut tabarnac!' After every one of my fights I go and shake the hand of my opponent. I don't need to hate the other fighter to fight him well. It's a sport.

    Sports   Art   Hate  
    "Georges St-Pierre leads Montreal to UFC glory: UFC, PQ". Interview with Isa Tousignant, hour.ca. March 02, 2006.
  • I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

  • I think that a lot of people who like training with guns are probably drawn to it not only for practical reasons, but also in that same restless quest for physical excellence that draws people to a martial arts dojo.

    Art   Gun   Thinking  
    "A Talk With The Savage English Professor". Interview with Sam Harris, www.thedailybeast.com. March 5, 2015.
  • A martial arts practice hall, a dojo, is a place you go to practice being the best you can be. But the true combat in a dojo is not between one person and another as most people believe it to be. The true combat in a martial arts practice hall is between the people within ourselves.

    Art   Believe   Practice  
  • Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something.

    Morihei Ueshiba, John Stevens (2010). “The Art of Peace”, p.133, Shambhala Publications
  • Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.

    Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.37, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
  • Until the day I die, I never want to be separated from my dogi; I never want to cease my training efforts in the dojo.

    Effort   Training   Dojo  
  • A dojo [pracice hall] is a miniature cosmos where we make contact with ourselves - our fears, anxieties, reactions, and habits. It is an arena of confined conflict where we confront an opponent who is not an opponent but rather a partner engaged in helping us understand ourselves more fully.

    Anxiety   Cosmos   Dojo  
    Joe Hyams (2010). “Zen in the Martial Arts”, p.4, Bantam
  • They speak of "This Dojo" and "That Dojo". They are looking for profit.

    Art   Dojo   Speak  
    Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.10, Bottom of the Hill
  • Return to the beginning. Enter by form. Clean your dojo. As you have every day, tie on the white belt and empty your cup. Pick up your guitar, tune, then play.

    Guitar   Play   White  
    Philip Toshio Sudo (2013). “Zen Guitar”, p.177, Simon and Schuster
  • Kids are always infatuated with the action in Martial Arts Films. Let me tell you, there is nothing better for kids than the Arts. That is what kept me straight and decent. I always had a place to go. That was the dojo. I always had something to look forward to doing.

    Art   Kids   Looks  
    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

    Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee The Tao of Gung Fu: A Study in the Way of Chinese Martial Art”, p.138, Tuttle Publishing
  • I have been given many teachings by Sarutahiko-no-O-Kami. OKami told me, 'By the work of Takehaya Susanowo no Mikoto, you will worship the Ame no Murakumo KuKamisamuhara Ryu O (Kami of Takemusu) and build an Aiki shrine and dojo.' Then I built the Aiki shrine and dojo in Iwama, Ibaragi prefecture in 1940.

    Teaching   Dojo   Shrines  
  • People study martial arts for many reasons, sometimes all the wrong reasons. For example, I have had potential students come to my dojo with a belligerent and cocky attitude. When I ask why they want to study my art, their response has indicated to me that their goal is to learn to fight, which is the antithesis of the philosophy I hope to instill: I want them to know how to defend themselves if necessary, but to avoid fighting whenever possible because they will have nothing to prove by fighting.

  • On stage I am the actor, director and the bouncer all at the same time. Fear does not exist in this dojo does it? No Sensi! Sorry when I get excited I have to toss in some Karate Kid quotes.

    Sorry   Kids   Directors  
  • Well, dojo is a traditional Japanese word for training hall.

    Training   Dojo   Wells  
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