Quotes For Martial Artists To Live By

[Warrior189]

Use round 1 to observe your opponent, use round 2 to understand their speed and timing and even after losing those 2 rounds, there's still plenty of time to win the fight. -Alexis Arguello

[EmptyneSs]

" It's time for us as a people to start making some changes. Lets change the way we eat, lets change the way we live, and lets change the way we treat eachother."

- Tupac

[kingoftheforest]

Good and Bad

From understanding the Tao we see that a cup is important only for its empty space. This is what we use. Be empty like the cup and you'll always be full.

[treelizard]

"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work." - Edison

[7r14ngL3Ch0k3]

"The good part about these little kids, is that when they bust eachothers' teeth out, they still gonna get their second teeth, it's okay." -Bas Rutten

[EmptyneSs]

I was born to mack and at a young age
I knew I’d be a real pimp someday
So I practiced my walk, I studied the game
I never been a sucker but I was still lame
Some things never change but my game elevated
When it comes to pimpin hoes I been truly educated
Cause I’m so slick, I make hoes turn tricks
Players university, class of ’86
- Too Short

[chalambok]

"You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give." - Winston Churchill

[Little Apple]

A poem for your enjoyment:

"Buttprints in the Sand"
One night I had a wonderous dream
One set of footprints there was seen
The footprints of our God they were
But mine were not along the shore

And then some stranger prints appeared
And I asked him, "What have we here?
These prints are large and round and neat
But much too big to be from feet."

"My Child," He said in somber tones,
"For miles I carried you alone,
I challanged you to walk in faith
But you refused and made me wait.

"You would not learn, you would not grow,
The walk of faith you would not know.
So I got tired, I got fed up,
And there I dropped you on your butt.

"Because in life there comes a time
When one must fight and one must climb,
When one must rise and take a stand,
Or there leave buttprints in the sand."

I really wish I knew who wrote this, I've looked all over. Does anyone else know?

[Garland]

"Personal growth and maturity can be irritating as hell." - Bernie Mac

"I hate these damn kids!"

[chalambok]

"Personal growth and maturity can be irritating as hell." - Bernie Mac

[TangSooDoGirl]

It's not the size or stregnth of your oponent if you win or lose, it's your technice and your courage. -not sure who it's by.

Sorry, I'm horrid at spelling.

[Garland]

"Better living through chemistry."

I think this was the slogan of the Merk or Sandoz pharm company in the 60s'.

[BoarSpear]

Know the difference between sports and combat. Make a heavy line in the sands of your mind that divides the two.

Knowing something does not equal ability ~~~ Train dammit, train well !

Always go in on the 1rst beat of the engagement if you can.

SURVIVAL is primary, bringing harm to others is secondary.

Rules 3: Destroy the : weapon(s), Vision & Mobility (universal laws)

To remember is to forget, so let it go, thusly you'll remember.

If you encounter "emptiness", turn on the juice, attack and fill the void w/ weapons.

If you meet a barrier, TRAP IT, REMOVE IT or DESTROY IT !

To be kind to your opponent is to be cruel to yourself.

Stay w/ what comes and follow it back home.

The four A's of combat: Adrenaline, Attitude, Awareness & Ability

Concept first, technique second: The universal flow.

Angle over weapon or target : The Universal flow

The FIST is the JEWEL in the pocket: Kenpo's logic

Understand 4 ranges: Kicking, Punching, Trapping & Grappling

Breath control must be practiced just as kicking & punching etc..

Grasp the 8 Universal lines which govern all motion

Refine the 2 basic modes of motion: W/ the head and w/ the hips

NEVER seek a strip (disarm), lock or trap: They are all "incidental".

Know of Pi-Ssu: (Certain to die / laughing in deaths face)

Trying to reason w/ a Tiger will niether pull it's claws nor dull it's fangs!

Be ready to fight, Be armed at all times, no rules (skull & knuckles)

Have a plan and a backup plan and a backup to that one too. Plan your work - work your plan.

By knowing things that exist, you can know that which does not exist. Musashi

Since love and fear cannot co-exist together, it is then safer to be feared than loved

Be the General and suddenly the enemy becomes your troops!

The injury that we do to a man must be such that we need not fear his vengence

Strategy is the CRAFT (power) of the warrior

3 kinds of brains: 1rst grasps things unassisted, the 2nd only when shown by others, the 3rd grasp naught no matter what is done

Therefore it is necessary to learn how NOT to be good and to use this knowledge / and not use it according to the need at hand

~Keating's Kwoon Rules~

[EmptyneSs]

Believe, if thou wilt, that mountains change their places, but believe not that man changes his nature.
-Muhammad

[chalambok]

"If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already." - Bob Marley