Kata Quotes

#1. The meaning of the directions in kata is not well understood, and frequently mistakes are made in the interpretation of kata movements. In extreme cases, it is sometimes heard that "this kata moves in 8 directions so it is designed for fighting 8 opponents" or some such nonsense.

Kenwa Mabuni

#2. 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

#3. The techniques should not be practised simply so they can be performed in the kata. Since karate is a fighting art each technique and movement has its own meaning. The karateka must consider their meaning, how and why they are effective, and practise accordingly

Shigeru Egami

#4. Do not fall into the trap of thinking that just because a kata begins to the left that the opponent is attacking from the left.

Kenwa Mabuni

#5. Inspirasi tak mengenal kata mati
There is no death for inspiration.

Skylashtar Maryam

#6. Even after many years, kata practice is never finished, for there is always something new to be learned about executing a movement.

Shoshin Nagamine

#7. In the past, it was expected that about three years were required to learn a single kata, and usually even an expert of considerable skill would only know three, or at most five, kata.

Gichin Funakoshi

#8. 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

#9. A kata is not fixed or immoveable. Like water, it's ever changing and fits itself to the shape of the vessel containing it. However, kata are not some kind of beautiful competitive dance, but a grand martial art of self-defense - which determines life and death.

Kenwa Mabuni

#10. 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

#11. 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

#12. Their work is timeless. It transcends the bubblegum pap that passes for music now. A Beatles song is a flawlessly executed kata. Anything else is simply wrestling in Jell-O, he returned with disdain.

Rob Thurman

#13. It is not the number of Kata you know, but the SUBSTANCE of the Kata you have acquired.

Gogen Yamaguchi

#14. This isn't the obnoxious jock from the past year. It's not even the timid, but smart boy from before that. This is a much, much more dangerous version of Rob Falls...sweet, thoughtful, vulnerable, and honest.

Kata Cuic

#15. Cost, cost, cost. Freedom costs. That's life.

Kata Mlek

#16. Nadie me influye, todos contribuyen

Kata Valast

#17. This is a strange pocket of the western world where it is still deemed utterly acceptable to take smart, successful women and reduce them to beauty pageant contestants,

Hadley Freeman

#18. I think there's a time and place to watch an independent film, or catch up on a French action film on your laptop, or Netflix it, or download it, or watch it on-demand. But I think we also have to maintain the sacredness of the movie theatre as church - especially with event screenings.

Robert Englund

#19. Well...Anyone can promise wealth, happiness, health, and love. Anyone, even the dumbest fortune-teller. But misfortune is a challenge. No one wants to face it.

Kata Mlek

#20. , I press my lips against his firmly. He never moves, never asks for anything more. I want to inhale his exhale and pretend for just a moment more, but no. A moment is all I'll let myself have.

Kata Cuic

#21. I am aloof by nature. I mind my own business. I'm good with everyone, and I get along fine with people. But work is work, and friendship is friendship. I never mix the two.

Sonakshi Sinha

#22. A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory.

Friedrich Durrenmatt

#23. Hey, Falls!" I yell after him. One little thing is bugging me. "How'd you know what my favorite latte is?"

"Because I pay attention, Eva," he calls back, not turning around.

Kata Cuic

#24. His voice is soft, his words meant for my ears only. "Until you start standing up for yourself, I'm going to keep defending you.

Kata Cuic

#25. The only difference between working on a huge-budget film and a lesser-budget film, is the quality of lunch and dinner.

Ving Rhames

#26. They say that the eyes are the windows to the soul, so what happens when the person's eyes are unavailable to look into? You read their words.

La Kata E.K.

#27. Artist must have an all-or-nothing attitide. Otherwise they will bite his head off and there will be no artist.

Kata Mlek

#28. Lovely flowers have been known to grow out of trash heaps.

Elizabeth Kata

#29. For so long, I've kept those parts of me hidden, too uncomfortable in my own skin to be myself. Rob allows me to let my guard down, and I'm not even sure when that happened

Kata Cuic

#30. Any man who says he can handle more than one woman at a time is either crazy or a liar.

Stephen Kata

#31. Every man born of woman has problems.

Elizabeth Kata

#32. The fear, guilt, and regret from the past year finally cracks and falls away, replaced by just this one moment that can never be anything more. This one small moment of weakness

Kata Cuic

#33. People are like vines ... We are born and we grow. Like vines, people also need a tree to cling to, to give them support.

Elizabeth Kata

#34. The reality of everything Rob's told me over the past two weeks slams into me. Whether I trust him or not, he clearly trusts me.

Kata Cuic