#martial

just as a stool requires three legs to stand upright so the taekwondoist must cultivate basic skills, meaningful forms, and effective sparring in order to have both feet firmly planted in the art ↗

— Doug Cook

#mind-body-spirit #self-defense #sports #taekwondo #art

My time of martial arts was traditional. ↗

— Jean Claude Van Damme

#martial #martial arts #my time #time #traditional

Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West. That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and to show we are capable of more than just fulfilling the stereotypes - waiter, laundryman, gardener, martial artist, villain. ↗

— Mako

#artist #been #capable #combat #course

I don't have to have any special skills or martial arts in my back pocket. ↗

— Jason Ritter

#arts #back #i #martial #martial arts

When you're dead weight, in the right position, you win. And in reality, you wouldn't see someone my size kicking seven martial arts experts and winning. ↗

— Joan Severance

#dead #experts #kicking #martial #martial arts

The martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth. ↗

— Frank Sinatra

#earth #every #face #martial #music

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

— Eddie Slovik

#i #made #martial #mind #take

Flow with whatever may happen, and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. ↗

— Zhuangzi

#zen #art

The primary thing when you take a sword in your hands is your intention to cut the enemy, whatever the means. Whenever you parry, hit, spring, strike or touch the enemy's cutting sword, you must cut the enemy in the same movement. It is essential to attain this. If you think only of hitting, springing, striking or touching the enemy, you will not be able actually to cut him. ↗

— Miyamoto Musashi

#martial-arts #philosophy #strategy #art

Δυνατή γροθιά κατά την γνώμη μου δεν είναι αυτή που θα πετάξει τον αντίπαλο τρία μέτρα, δυνατή γροθιά είναι εκείνη που θα πετάξει πίσω και εσένα τον ίδιο. ↗

— Γιώργος Μ.

#martial-arts #art