Quotes About Budo

#1. One of the aims of Budo is the suppression of fears.

Christian Tissier

#2. A karate practitioner should possess two things : wicked hands, and Buddha's heart

Soke Behzad Ahmadi

#3. Everybody knows how to utter a complaint, but few can express a graceful compliment.

William Feather

#4. I ache to swim again. Walking's for mammals.

Shaun Hick

#5. In true budo there is no enemy or opponent. True budo is to become one with the universe, not train to become powerful or to throw down some opponent. Rather we train in hopes of being of some use, however small our role may be, in the task of bringing peace to mankind around the world.

Morihei Ueshiba

#6. The Hand (Kara-Te) is the cutting edge of the Mind

Soke Behzad Ahmadi

#7. My themes will not be far-fetched. I will tell of homely every-day phenomena and adventures.

Henry David Thoreau

#8. 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

#9. We need fresh, new leadership with bold ideas and a new approach to get more people back to work with quality jobs and restored dignity in the lives of our Utahns.

Scott Howell

#10. The sword has to be more than a simple weapon; it has to be an answer to life's questions.

Miyamoto Musashi

#11. 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

#12. Jasper!" Casey shouts, startling the young woman. "My cargo is talking to me!

Nathan Reese Maher

#13. . . to be exceptional in martial arts, you must possess the "4 C's" : Consistency, Commitment, Creativity and Competence

Soke Behzad Ahmadi

#14. On the path of the budo one does not strive for victory over an opponent. One strive to avoid defeat by one's own self.

Akira Toriyama

#15. Although it is important to study and train for skill in techniques, for the man who wishes to truly accomplish the way of budo, it is important to makehis whole life in training and therefore not aiming for skill and strength alone, but also for spiritual attainment.

Mas Oyama

#16. When I was taught the Gyokko Ryu Koshijutsu Kihon Gata, there were in this engendering of
fundamental form the eight methods. *I was told that this kihon happo is the origin of all budo.
So I say to you earnestly, you make this the basis and teach it to your students.

Toshitsugu Takamatsu

#17. The warrior learns of the spiritual realm by dwelling on the cutting edge of the sword, standing at the edge of the fire pit, venturing right up to the edge of starvation if necessary. Vibrant and intense living is the warrior's form of worship.

Stephen K. Hayes

#18. Real Martial Arts is Mathematics, Physics, Poetry; Meditation in Action

Soke Behzad Ahmadi

#19. True budo is a work of love. It is a work of giving life to all beings, and not killing or struggling with each other. Love is the guardian deity of everything. Nothing can exist without it. Aikido is the realization of love.

Morihei Ueshiba

#20. The long-continued and useful public service and eminent purity of character of the deceased ex-President will be remembered.

Ulysses S. Grant

#21. It's smart to be friends with one's sex partner but dumb to have sex with one's friends.

Letty Cottin Pogrebin

#22. Budo is simply the study of the best ways to kill.

Masaaki Hatsumi

#23. True Budo is to accept the spirit of the universe, keep the peace of the world, correctly produce, protect and cultivate all beings in nature.

Morihei Ueshiba

#24. Always remember that the true meaning of Budo is that soft overcomes hard, small overcomes large.

Mas Oyama

#25. What I want you to do is just take it as it is. Don't think too much. If you get involved with thinking about it, the whole thing gets lost or loses its purity. Don't think during practice - DO! The more you think, the further from the truth of budo you get: Budo is NOT an academic subject!

Masaaki Hatsumi

#26. I felt like I was going crazy as a kid. I wanted to be man, get a job.

Ryan Gosling

#27. A true martial artist welcomes change; He is A catalyst, A cause, A force of nature

Soke Behzad Ahmadi

#28. Karate is action, survival, living; hesitation is paralysis, reaction, mortality

Soke Behzad Ahmadi

#29. Better than money and fame, teaching martial arts to your children; giving them your time and confidence, is the best inheritance

Soke Behzad Ahmadi

#30. In lantern-light My yellow Chrysanthemums Lost all their color

Yosa Buson

#31. Karate without heart is just A corpse

Soke Behzad Ahmadi