Quotes About Martial

#1. To be recognized by a brand like Reebok and to know that the company is looking at mixed martial arts shows the growth of the sport. For me, it's an amazing opportunity. I get to be the face of my own shoe, and it's surreal.

Anthony Pettis

#2. Martial arts should be part of every girl's education.

Esha Gupta

#3. Making a martial arts film in English to me is the same as John Wayne speaking Chinese in a western

Ang Lee

#4. A lot of people don't realize, when you are acting in a martial arts film, you're not just performing martial arts. You're not just performing martial arts. You're actually acting as much as any other actor.

Donnie Yen

#5. 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

#6. I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing.

Gail Porter

#7. He had a vision of a nation. The incredible martial skills of the Mongol tribes had always been wasted against each other. From nothing, surrounded by enemies, Temujin rose to unite them all. What came next would shake the world.

Conn Iggulden

#8. It takes years of building that experience as a filmmaker, as well as physically. You have to have a high level understanding of martial arts.

Donnie Yen

#9. When I was younger I did karate and martial arts, and I think it's really cool for girls to have those kinds of abilities.

Rebel Wilson

#10. Warriors! and where are warriors found, If not on martial Britain's ground? And who, when waked with note of fire, Love more than they the British lyre?

Walter Scott

#11. 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

#12. The ideal in Martial Arts is humanitarianism. Accomplishment uses diligence as a goal.

Yip Man

#13. The principle of martial arts is not a thing that can be learned, like a science, by fact-finding and instruction in facts. It has to grow spontaneously, like a flower, in a mind free from emotions and desires.

Bruce Lee

#14. I will continue to practice a martial arts form along with the mental and spiritual aspect that come with building a balanced life, and I will continue to incorporate it into whatever films I can.

Ryan Potter

#15. But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, with his martial cloak around him.

Charles Wolfe

#16. I'm learning as much martial arts as I possibly can. My show is packed with action. Enough to get a rise.

Traci Bingham

#17. Martial arts have two parts. One is external, other internal. The external is physical part. The internal is philosophy of how to be, what kind of person learns martial arts.

Jet Li

#18. All art is political, all art is a martial one.

William C. Brown

#19. The city was under the rule of sourcery ... martial lore.

Terry Pratchett

#20. There is a difference between a fighter and a martial artist. A fighter is training for a purpose: He has a fight. I'm a martial artist. I don't train for a fight. I train for myself. I'm training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection.

Georges St-Pierre

#21. I'm a martial artist, and I don't train because I have a fight; I train because it's my lifestyle, and I'll train every day if I'm not hurt.

Georges St-Pierre

#22. Everybody's beatable. Mixed martial arts, there's many ways to win, and that also means there are many ways to lose, as well.

Bas Rutten

#23. Jackie Chan is a very good comedy/martial arts star. He does one kind of martial arts that Jet Li doesn't know how to do and Jet Li does a martial art that Jackie Chan doesn't know how to do. You can both go to two Chinese restaurants, but both can have different kinds of food.

Jet Li

#24. 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.

Thomas Ian Griffith

#25. A martial art that has no rules is nothing but violence.

Kenji Tomiki

#26. Usually action films have a formula: good guy gets in trouble, his wife dies, friends have problems, so he goes to the mountain, learns martial arts, comes back, and kills the bad guy.

Jet Li

#27. The drum, at any rate, from its martial voice and notable physiological effect, nay, even from its cumbrous and comical shape, stands alone among the instruments of noise.

Robert Louis Stevenson

#28. I love puppies, and I love animals in general. Besides that, I do martial arts: extreme martial arts. I also play real guitar and drums, and sing. And I'm taking some college classes, hoping to major in English and creative writing.

Cameron Monaghan

#29. The core of understanding lies in the individual mind, and until that is touched everything is uncertain and superficial. Truth cannot be perceived until we come to fully understand our potential and ourselves. After all, knowledge in the martial arts ultimately means self-knowledge.

Bruce Lee

#30. Ok that's enough from both of you. I am a bit more concerned about the fact that they all have these fancy martial arts type shit but only one of these fuckers is equipment with a god dam gun to hit the field.

Ana Elise Meyer

#31. I didn't go to normal children school. I went to sports school when I was 8. So I studied martial arts.

Jet Li

#32. Martial arts is just practice. Being a geisha requires complete control.

Michelle Yeoh

#33. As a kid, I was heavily into martial arts and wanted to be the next Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Chris Daughtry

#34. I want to use every second of my life, every time that I have in my life, to make me a better fighter. That's why I'm a martial artist. For me, it's more than a job - it's a way of living

Georges St-Pierre

#35. such a bitter taste in his mouth? He had become so accustomed to her feisty spirit and to the martial spark that flared in her eyes when she was ready to do battle, that this quiet surrender left him feeling more like a bullying lout than an officer deserving

Andrea Pickens

#36. Once I win, everyone will know who my instructor is in mixed martial arts.

Ricardo Mayorga

#37. Being a martial artist for many years, it has become a bit of an obsession of mine to bring that part of my life to the screen.

Sundra Oakley

#38. I grew up doing martial arts, and I love martial arts movies and fight scenes. I'm pretty athletic, so I enjoy doing that stuff.

Aaron Yoo

#39. While there is nothing wrong with practicing martial arts, meditating, reading and studying, or even eating pie, excess in any of these areas will cause a problem in another area.

Bohdi Sanders

#40. I would be nowhere without martial arts. It's a passion.

Leo Howard

#41. Only after several years of training did I come to realize that the deepest purpose of the martial arts is to serve as a vehicle for personal spiritual development.

Joe Hyams

#42. Master Fwap, who told me that snowboarding, or any activity could be improved by the practice of meditation. Since I had had previously some training in Korean martial arts, I was somewhat open to the idea.

Frederick Lenz

#43. As a father, I always want my son to be perfect. When he was young, I tried to train him in martial arts, but he said, 'I don't want to become like Bruce Lee's son, with everybody telling me how good my father was.' I just think my son is too lazy.

Jackie Chan

#44. I always loved the idea of learning martial arts, but it wasn't until I was in my 20s that I really started doing it and taking up karate.

Kelly Hu

#45. I endured many weeks of it, but I had a big background in martial arts and fighting as a kid, so kind of all the problems got brushed away and I was ready.

Jason Statham

#46. Karate-do is definitely a martial way, and its identity lies in do or principles. Any martial art without proper training of the mind turns into beastly behavior.

Shoshin Nagamine

#47. The kickboxing and the martial arts is so fun. It's like anything in school. You're not going to retain information unless you're interested in it.

Zoey Deutch

#48. Understand that the essence of martial arts is not the art itself, but what's hidden deep within yourself.

Gogen Yamaguchi

#49. A good martial artist does not become tend but ready, not thinking but jet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come.

Bruce Lee

#50. If there were only three women left in the world, two of them would immediately convene a court-martial to try the other one.

H.L. Mencken

#51. I don't get to do a lot of fight scenes on 'Sanctuary,' but I'm a trained fighter; I've been doing martial arts for years and, you know, I'm very active physically; I used to be a circus performer.

Ryan Robbins

#52. Originally this was the most important thing about martial arts - to reach a higher level, to become a strong human being. Strong doesn't mean big arms. It means who can be a more strict human being with himself. That is the ideal of martial arts.

Tsutomu Ohshima

#53. How is it a vegan won't visit the zoo or rodeo, but you'll level a man with martial arts?

DiAnn Mills

#54. I don't like to trash talk ... I don't know how to do that, it's not me. In the martial arts world that I was brought up it was all about respect.

Uriah Hall

#55. 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

#56. Mixed martial arts was invented by Brazilians, whose families had been trained by the Japanese. Those Brazilians came to the U.S., where their invention was bought out, gussied up and presented to the world, which found it good.

David Mamet

#57. Most girls get flowers or candy. I get a declaration of martial law.

Lisa Shearin

#58. A lot of Chinese martial arts films were based on Chinese martial arts novels. And these novels created a world of putting history, calligraphy, and martial arts into one.

Donnie Yen

#59. I go to the gym, do some martial arts, and I love poetry. I have a tattoo of my family crest, and another on my back that says 'The Road Not Taken,' which is a poem by Robert Frost.

Steven R. McQueen

#60. I would like to apologize to Brock Lesnar, his family, the UFC and the UFC fans for my stupid remarks. I respect Brock, all the other fighters, and the sport of mixed martial arts. I'm sorry that I stepped out of line.

Frank Mir

#61. 'Ashes of Time' was my third film, and as a young director at that point, it's not very often that you have the chance to make a big martial arts film, so of course I jumped at this opportunity.

Wong Kar-Wai

#62. I'm a big fan of martial arts films, novels and radio programs.

Wong Kar-Wai

#63. The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk.

Barry Eisler

#64. I learnt a blend of different martial arts - not in great depth, obviously - but various moves such as kicks, blocks and punches. It was all quite fun.

Christian Cooke

#65. Do not criticize any other martial arts or speak ill of others, as it will surely come back to you. The mountain does not laugh at the river because it is lowly, nor does the river speak ill of the mountain because it can not move.

Koichi Tohei

#66. I was raised doing martial arts.

Victor Webster

#67. The very advanced practitioners of martial arts never had to raise a hand. They could knock an opponent down without physically touching them, just with chi, pure power. We don't see too many of them anymore.

Frederick Lenz

#68. I think the one thing specifically that is most consistent, is that we want to harken back to martial arts movies because that's kind of the genre we're paying tribute to, so there are some similarities to a lot of films, because they all feed off each other!

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

#69. I grew up in a martial arts gym surrounded by men and boys, and I pretty much call myself a tomboy.

Katheryn Winnick

#70. I go to gyms quite a bit, martial arts gyms, MMA gyms. I try to train with the best people, with who's who in the martial arts, just to keep myself sharp.

Michael Jai White

#71. I came from doing Wushu and other martial arts, and then I got into movies, and I had to learn that as well - the language of martial arts movie fighting. It's a different thing; it's a different kind of logic.

Daniel Wu

#72. I was a dancer for fifteen years, and I think a lot of what dancing gives you crosses over so much into anything to do with fighting, martial arts, anything action.

Sharni Vinson

#73. Naturally you need someone who is versed in the ways of power to teach you a thing or two about it. When you reach the next power level, they will teach you more. It is very much like the study of martial arts.

Frederick Lenz

#74. You know, it's such an insult to actual martial artists that I say that I do martial arts.

Cam Gigandet

#75. I practice martial arts not to win over other people but to win over my own heart.

Tony Jaa

#76. And having those mystical elements you see in Asian cinema and certainly Asian martial arts cinema, it's something that we wanted to begin to introduce - the idea of spirituality and the idea of there being something else out in the world besides people who are great fighters.

Alfred Gough

#77. This isn't to play down people who pursue acting ... For me, I do acting just as a fun job. It is a phenomenal job, and I have fun doing it, but I relate more to my martial arts, to my baseball, to my film study. There are more facets to my life that I relate to.

Ryan Potter

#78. I've been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.

Jet Li

#79. To judge by the event is an error all commit: for in every instance courage, if crowned with success, is heroism; if clouded by defeat, temerity. When Nelson fought his battle in the Sound, it was the result alone that decided whether he was to kiss a hand at court or a rod at a court-martial.

Charles Caleb Colton

#80. I've made up my mind. I'll take my court martial.

Eddie Slovik

#81. I do practice martial arts, more as a recreational thing, but a lot of my friends have been heavyweight champions the in mixed martial arts world.

Vin Diesel

#82. I think every young child can learn through any martial art. They would then learn to respect their life, respect their parents, respect their country, and respect the whole world.

Jackie Chan

#83. 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

#84. Most people say I look mean, and because I play so many tough roles and because of my size and my martial arts background, they think I am, but I'm really not.

Michael Jai White

#85. In my school, no consideration is given to anything unreasonable; the heart of the matter is to use the power of the knowledge of martial arts to gain victory any way you can.

Miyamoto Musashi

#86. 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

#87. There is also a strong following among the urbanites on the East Coast when it comes to martial arts films.

Donnie Yen

#88. Fighting isn't all there is to the Art of War. The men who think that way, and
are satisfied to have food to eat and a place to sleep, are mere vagabonds. A
serious student is much more concerned with training his mind and disciplining
his spirit than with developing martial skills.

Eiji Yoshikawa

#89. Perhaps blue, red, and yellow strike the mind more forcibly from there not being any great union between them, as martial music, which is intended to rouse the nobler passions ...

Joshua Reynolds

#90. The secret principle of martial arts is not vanquishing the attacker, but resolving to avoid an encounter before its occurrence. To become an object of an attack is an indication that there was an opening in one's guard, and the important thing is to be on guard at all times.

Gichin Funakoshi

#91. I've always been huge into martial arts.

Michael Steger

#92. I think 'Hero' is not a real martial arts movie; it is not about violence, or formula.

Jet Li

#93. We want to be seen as more than just martial artists, or bad stereotype token roles in American TV and movies.

Dat Phan

#94. Martial arts just normally would not draw me to the box office.

Mary Hart

#95. Rather than being confined to a separate dimension, martial arts should be an extension of our way of living, of our philosophies, of the way we educate our children, of the job we devote so much of our time to, of the relationships we cultivate, and of the choices we make every day.

Daniele Bolelli

#96. I was wearing my bathroom-cleaning costume of shorts, surgical boots, and gloves but no shirt. "Wow." She stared at me for a few moments. "This is what martial arts training does, is it?" She appeared to be referring to my pectoral muscles.

Graeme Simsion

#97. I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school. Three years later I got my first championship in China.

Jet Li

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

Soke Behzad Ahmadi

#99. In martial arts one of the first things that you learn is to be balanced. Balance is the central principle in architecture and design. Balance is a way of trying to talk about being at the center of things.

Frederick Lenz

#100. I grew up playing everything from rugby, football, baseball, volleyball, bike races and boxing. I tried martial arts, loved to ride horses and I'm the youngest of three brothers, so it was a fiercely competitive family.

Barry Pepper