Comments on: The Twenty Best Martial Arts Quotes of All Time

By: andy

andy — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:00:37 +0000

To teach you first have to learn…..to learn you must listen…and to listen you must attend training.

By: BJ

BJ — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:46:35 +0000

“Don’t wish it was easier. Wish you were better.” – Unknown

“I am the weapon. Everything else is accessories.” – Unknown

“Pain creates a distraction and a distraction creates an opportunity.” – Unknown

“De-fang the snake.” – Unknown

“It is better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war.” – Unknown

If anyone knows who my listed quotes come from, I’d love to know.

Some great quotes have been posted here, I appreciate that. I only wish that if you’re going to put up home grown words of wisdom, don’t just say “-me” or your first name as the reference. Nobody will be able to actually quote you then, and what you’ve said just becomes a little saying instead of a quote.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:01:16 +0000

“of every 100 men you send me 90 shouldnt even be here, 9 are good combatants and they the fight make, ahh but the one… he is a true warrior and will bring the rest home safe”
-unknown

Oh and FYI ask any decent Hapkido student or instructor if bones can hurt..

1. they will tell you that they can
2. they will demonstrate how they can

a good Nae Weh Jin Goki will set your bones on fire

-Sa Dan Charlie

By: Jon TeWhau

Jon TeWhau — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:52:25 +0000

There is no single superior style of martial art, for a martial artist to say that their style is better than another style is ignorance. Jon T

By: Martial Show

Martial Show — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:25:31 +0000

“Using no way as way” ~Bruce Lee

“All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.” ~Bruce Lee

By: R

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:11:05 +0000

Do not give three chances when it is you who may be out at strike one.

By: Shane JJ

Shane JJ — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:09:37 +0000

I would rather fight than be someone’s cattle. – Me

By: John Jr.

John Jr. — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:56:56 +0000

If only you knew he who your comment is directed at.
I have discovered that simply being open and accepting of everything ultimately fatigues analytical thought. So, instead, I try more to develop an opinion and test it, as you have said, rather than simply go with it. It’s through testing that we find results. The problem with proof however, is that the ideal sense of the word is actually impossible. For, unless we know all of the events forward and backward in time we can never have proof. And we could not prove that we had such knowledge if it were possible; and so on. Instead proof is merely a widely accepted thought, or paradigm. So, in martial arts we should not rely on proof. Conflict is in constant transformation; what is orthodox now may be unorthodox tomorrow. The trick then is to master the mind and body and be prepared to mold to the situation. I think I have agreed with what you have said.

The reason I commented on people making their own quotes is probably because I take enjoyment in philosophy and logic (which I honestly have little formal training in). Also, if we wanted a place to make our own quotes it would probably be titled something like “Make Your Own Quote about Martial Arts.” However, everything I say is irrelevant anyways, since I am just another visitor.

By: Rob Oregon

Rob Oregon — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:02:33 +0000

I noticed a couple of remarks about people putting their own sayings on here instead of quoting from some ancient teaching. At one point in history, someone wrote those quotes for the first time. Some of the most important quotes to me, never made sense to anyone else I knew. What was important was that they made sense to me. I believe it is the individual who hears, reads, feels, that does the learning. I’ve met street fighters who have never had a lick of martial arts lessons that were every bit as tough as black belts I have sparred. Granted, the teacher can make the path more visible, but ultimately, it’s the student who learns. Why would someone spend there time critisizing someone else (granted, like I’m doing now) than learning whatever they can, filtering out what doesn’t work for them. I’d rather see or hear a hundred retarded sayings just to not miss that one thing that may be life altering, than to discourage people from speaking at all. I have learned some of my most important sparring lessons from beginners. I have been struck by attacks that I would have never have thought possible. Until someone who didn’t know any better hit me. Not to say that anyone here doesn’t know what they are talking about. Just an illustration. I don’t claim to be a great martial artist by any means, I just know that some of my greatest accomplishments came from being open to everything, and doing things that others said couldn’t be done, or that it wasn’t the proper way to do it. When people tell me I’m doing it wrong, I tell them to prove it to me. If they can’t prove it in application, then they haven’t proven anything to me, and I’ll continue to do it wrong until it’s defeated, or I find even a better way.

By: Susan Jacobsen

Susan Jacobsen — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:00:14 +0000

Bertrand Russell is to be credited for the quote “War does not determine who is right – only who is left.”