Top 100 Karate's Quotes
#1. Karate's a very boring sport, but when you know the technique you can go further and further.
Jean-Claude Van Damme
#2. If something is too hard to do, then it's not worth doing. You just stick that guitar in the closet next to your shortwave radio, your karate outfit and your unicycle and we'll go inside and watch TV.
Matt Groening
#3. There are no pure styles of karate. Purity comes only when pure knuckles meet pure flesh, no matter who delivers or receives.
Ed Parker
#4. In karate, hitting, thrusting, and kicking are not the only methods, throwing techniques and pressure against joints are included ... all these techniques should be studied referring to basic kata
Gichin Funakoshi
#5. Sice Karate exists for cultivating the spirit and training the body, it must be a moral way surpassing mere techniques ...
Mas Oyama
#6. A karate black belt would make a great blindfold on a kidnap victim, after you karate chop them into submission.
Jarod Kintz
#7. I did karate for about three years. When I was going into Miss Texas, my mom said, 'Let's not do karate this year. Let's not have any knocked-out teeth on the stage.'
Sarah Shahi
#8. Hey, I took karate when I was 17 years old; I am dangerous.
Michele Bachmann
#9. A karate practitioner should possess two things : wicked hands, and Buddha's heart
Soke Behzad Ahmadi
#10. True karate is this: that in daily life one's mind and body be trained and developed in a spirit of humility, and that in critical times, one be devoted utterly to the cause of justice.
Gichin Funakoshi
#12. I did 'The Karate Kid,' then I just went back to college. I didn't know how much money it made and I didn't have a publicist. I didn't have any sense of the business part of it.
Elisabeth Shue
#13. I'm a 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and 2nd degree in karate, and I'm a licensed bodyguard.
Katheryn Winnick
#15. I know karate, and like two other Japanese words - T-SHIRT
Darynda Jones
#16. Karate is like boiling water: without heat, it returns to it's tepid state
Gichin Funakoshi
#17. You need at least six or seven years to understand the philosophy and concentration of karate to know to clean your spirit of everything and dedicate your mind and body to the sport.
Jean-Claude Van Damme
#18. Karate-do may be referred to as the conflict within yourself, or a life-long marathon which can be won only through self-discipline, hard training, and your own creative efforts.
Shoshin Nagamine
#19. Karate aims to build character, improve human behavior, and cultivate modesty; it does not, however, guarantee it.
Yasuhiro Konishi
#20. Students of any art, including Karate-do must never forget the cultivation of the mind and the body.
Gichin Funakoshi
#22. What if they're using videogames to train us to fight without us even knowing it? Like Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid, when he made Daniel-san paint his house, sand his deck, and wax all of his cars - he was training him and he didn't even realize it! Wax on, wax off - but on a global scale!
Ernest Cline
#24. The ultimate fighter does not rely on his hands or feet to defeat his opponent, but rather his mind.
M.J. Stoddard
#25. Sometimes during my set I invite volunteers up on stage to get speed-roasted and I'm worried that I may have hundreds of people rushing the stage all at once. Luckily I'm a black belt in karate and I can fend them off.
Jeff Ross
#26. Karate has helped me lots, otherwise I might have got lost in substance abuse or something like the things a lot of other people do.
Dolph Lundgren
#28. When I was young I used to practice a martial art that was a mixture of karate, kung fu, Jujitsu, Yawara Kubotan, Aikido, Okinawan kobudo, Newaza, etc.; now I am just a theoretical samurai or a bushido scholar if you prefer.
William C. Brown
#29. That's right, karate made my whole body a weapon.
Don Knotts
#30. The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants.
Gichin Funakoshi
#31. I'm a soccer mom. I'm T-ball, soccer, karate, homework, keeping them on their schedules. I love being the snack mom, when I get to bring the cut oranges. I have one of those coolers with wheels. I'm at every game, every practice, sitting on my blanket. I love it.
Pamela Anderson
#32. I don't know karate, but I know ka-razy!
James Brown
#33. Karate is not about techniques and their execution, but about boldness, integrity and fight for justice and common good
Soke Behzad Ahmadi
#34. Karate is a technique that permits one to defend himself with his bare hands and fists without weapons.
Gichin Funakoshi
#36. Did you just compare your sexual prowess to Chuck Norris's karate skills?" I asked. "Same thing." Gabe shrugged. Shaking
Rachel Van Dyken
#37. A Black Belt should be...
...a REFLECTION of what IS inside
...NOT the PROOF of it!
Robert W. Dallmann
#38. I love karate, it's like a bible to me. But deep inside I'm so I mean, I'm so sensitive.
Jean-Claude Van Damme
#39. I did karate for a really long time, almost 10 years when I was younger.
Seth Rogen
#40. I get kind of bored on the treadmill, but I do it. And I do a little bit of weight training. I'm really into the BOSU ball. You have to balance on it, and I do weights and squats on it. I'm pretty good at it, I feel sort of like a Karate Kid.
Christina Hendricks
#41. Karate is Budo and if Budo is removed from Karate it is nothing more than sport karate, show karate, or even fashion karate-the idea of training merely to be fashionable.
Mas Oyama
#42. My fashion was not the best in the '80s. I looked crazy as hell. I used to wear my pants tucked into my socks and karate handkerchiefs around my wrist. It was ridiculous, how I used to dress in the '80s.
Deon Cole
#43. No, don't learn at karate schools. They overcharge you for karate uniforms. They make you pay, like, fifty or seventy-five bucks just for a karate uniform, and you don't wear a uniform in everyday life, so why train in one? Most fights take place outdoors, not inside with perfect lighting and mats.
Judah Friedlander
#44. I had a bit of a martial arts background from when I was a teenager: I did a bit of karate.
Joel Edgerton
#45. Many Karate teachers teach a watered down style - no hip action and no depth of punching - so it is easy to say that these teachers have no depth to their knowledge. You are what your teacher is, and if he knows a lot, you should be able to demonstrate this knowledge.
Higa Yuchoku
#46. You know what wakes me up? A tongue in the ass. There is no alarm clock on that one, you are up, you are shaking, you are in a karate stance ... the day has begun.
Dave Attell
#47. A threat should never be spoken, your enemy should not be told of your intentions. Either take decisive action or refrain from it, but never threaten
Soke Behzad Ahmadi
#48. The heart of our karate is real fighting.There can be no proof without real fighting. Without proof there is no trust. Without trust there is no respect. This is a definition in the world of martial arts.
Mas Oyama
#49. I'm more like a senior adviser so I don't like to come in here and try to take over. Just like your basic karate movie where the young guys come to the old guys with beards who have them do weird stuff to get to the other side. That's who I am, the old guy with a long beard.
Shaquille O'Neal
#51. I took karate classes for a few years. Taekwondo. I'd love to do a movie role where I could do some karate.
Heather Graham
#52. Omigawa is moving forward like a karate robot
Joe Rogan
#53. I really love the karate thing I did on CHIPs. I studied with a trainer because I knew we'd do episodes that had karate.
Erik Estrada
#54. Once a kata has been learned, it must be practised repeatedly until it can be applied in an emergency, for knowledge of just the sequence of a kata in karate is useless.
Gichin Funakoshi
#55. I've been taking martial arts for a long time. I started with tae kwon do, and then I started taking karate and mixed martial arts.
Daniella Alonso
#56. Karate is a form of martial arts in which people who have had years and years of training can using only their hands and feet make some of the worst movies in the history of the world.
Dave Barry
#57. haragei - the art of balance and power emanating from the lower belly. Haragei was the basis of all Japanese martial arts, from sumo to karate to the almost extinct harakei. The
Eric Van Lustbader
#58. understanding of the fundamentals - like balance, honor, and discipline - is the key to success in karate. Similarly, a solid understanding of the SiteCatalyst variables and how to use them will go a long way toward your SiteCatalyst education and proficiency.
Adam Greco
#59. That's right. Uh-huh. Uh-huh," Nick said arrogantly. "You might know karate, boy, but I know gorilla, and I'm a level 40 champion in it. Let's hear it for Diddy Kong! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew! Ew!" He mimicked the sound of a gorilla as he held on for dear life.
Sherrilyn Kenyon
#60. This dish ain't just called Karate Meat because it's got an Asian kick to it. It's called Karate Meat because it will beat you up like a pigeon in prison.
Coolio
#61. Karate is like boiling water, if you do not heat it constantly, it will cool.
Gichin Funakoshi
#62. I learned from my father how to swear right and how to string it together for optimum effect/affect. I use it like karate. I bring it out when it's needed.
Ross Mathews
#63. Since karate is a martial art, you must practice with the utmost seriousness from the very beginning.
Gichin Funakoshi
#64. I was mugged when I was 12. I had a portable radio, and I ran into this building and these two guys came in and hit me, busted me up and took the radio. After that I was very paranoid and I started taking kung fu and karate. But I didn't want to fight.
Freddie Prinze
#65. An open mind, is the best weapon, in the fight between light and darkness
Soke Behzad Ahmadi
#66. There's too much emphasis on backstory and personal stuff in music now - it's not going to make the music better if I hear that you did karate for the six months leading up to it.
Alex Scally
#67. I come to you with only Karate, Empty Hands. I have no weapons, but should I be forced to defend myself, my principles or my honor, should it be a matter of life or death, of right or wrong, then here are my weapons, Karate, my Empty Hands.
Ed Parker
#68. It's amazing because people come up to me and say, 'Chuck, you're the luckiest guy in the world to be a world karate champion and a movie and TV star.' When they say this to me, I kind of smile because luck had nothing to do with it; God had everything to do with it.
Chuck Norris
#70. I don't like creating software anymore. It's too exact. It's like karate; there's no room for error.
John Maeda
#71. When I was a kid, I used to think pork chops and karate chops were the same thing.
Shane Koyczan
#72. My sensei was a British karate champion named Brian Fitkin. He was my mentor and because I had a hard relationship with my dad, he became a father figure to me.
Dolph Lundgren
#73. Ninjas are silly. They are the flower fairies of gong fu and karate.
Nick Harkaway
#74. I started doing karate at four, my parents were karatekas. I stopped when I was 17 and went to Julliard and had a lot of stage combat there.
Lynn Collins
#75. Karate-do strives internally to train the mind to develop a clear conscience, enabling one to face the world honestly, while externally developing strength to the point where one may overcome even ferocious wild animals. Mind and technique become one in true karate.
Gichin Funakoshi
#76. It was the kind of closeness that didn't need conversation to sustain itself: quite often we would meet, travel to the gym, work out on the weights, box a few rounds, spend half an hour sparring at karate, and speak no more than ten words to one another.
Gregory David Roberts
#77. When you look at life think in terms of karate. But remember that karate is not only karate
it is life.
Gichin Funakoshi
#78. It's like the drag fairy coming and saying 'What would you like to do?' Um, yeah karate.
Gerard Way
#79. My karate skills are very limited. I'm a green belt.
Molly Quinn
#80. You ever notice that like seventy-five percent of the dudes in America look like the bad guy in The Karate Kid?" I say. "Don't
Matthew Norman
#81. Last week I lost my temper in my karate class. Man, I'm not doing that again until I'm a black belt. Because I can tell you there's a difference between taking karate and receiving karate.
Demetri Martin
#82. Even in the forty years that I have been practicing Karate, the changes have been many. It would be interesting to be able to go back in time, to the point when the kata were created, and study them.
Shigeru Egami
#83. Long gone are the days of the stylised old James Bond films with Roger Moore karate chopping his way through the bad guys - audiences are not going to buy it anymore. The genre has got quite serious now.
Adam Rayner
#84. One of the lessons I learned in all those years practicing karate is that progress only comes in small incremental portions.
Georges St-Pierre
#85. Karate is the best thing you can do for your child.
Chuck Norris
#86. Karate is not a game. It is not a sport. It is not even a system of self-defense. Karate is half physical exercise and half spiritual. The karateist who has given the necessary years of exercise and meditation is a tranquil person. He is unafraid. He can even be calm in a burning building.
Mas Oyama
#87. Everything funny in a not-funny-at-all kind of way. Sarcasm as something you practiced like karate. Later concealing your mute fury when nobody fed you the opening lines.
Jonathan Lethem
#88. There are no styles of karate-do, just varying interpretations of its principles.
Kenwa Mabuni
#89. To react, is to be A slave to someone else's actions. Sometimes, A warrior is faced with the decision to strike pre-emptively, trusting his intuition, wisdom and years of training
Soke Behzad Ahmadi
#90. I believe Korea is making the best movies. Only in Korea - you can do whatever you want to without any rating system or whatever. They can make world-class karate movies and make lots of money, which is very important.
Ryuhei Kitamura
#91. I tried a little of everything when I was little. I tried karate, I tried ballet, I tried piano lessons and singing lessons ... I was a pretty normal kid, for the most part.
Cassie Ventura
#92. There's a number of years that went by going from a white belt to a black belt. And I think, in a similar respect, years go by with your maturation process, and it's just as important to be disciplined with that as it was in karate.
D'Brickashaw Ferguson
#93. A black belt is nothing more than a belt, a piece of cloth. Your ultimate goal should not be to get your black belt. Your ultimate goal should be to be a black belt. Being a black belt is a state of mind, a way of life.
Bohdi Sanders
#95. One of the reasons I started acting was to re-make The Karate Kid, but Jaden Smith beat me to it.
Justin Hires
#96. Karate is like hand sanitizer. It needs...flow.
Dean Johnson
#97. Real Martial Arts is Mathematics, Physics, Poetry; Meditation in Action
Soke Behzad Ahmadi
#98. Remember when Japan was cool? We used to run around with 'Mr. Roboto' on our Walkmans, 'The Karate Kid' in our Betamaxes and wore T-shirts embossed with the characters for 'storm sewer' and 'dishwasher.'
Jen Lancaster
#99. I took three years of karate because of Bruce Lee, you know. I was a green belt.
Marjane Satrapi
#100. To all those whose progress remains hampered by ego-related distractions, let humility - the spiritual cornerstone upon which Karate rests - serve to remind one to place virtue before vice, values before vanity and principles before personalities.
Matsumura Sokon
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