#martial

When I learn martial arts, my master will have me try a punch for a week and he will keep saying, 'No, you don't have it. No, that's not right.' When he finally says, 'Yes, you did it,' it's a wonderful moment. You worked on it. You got it. ↗

— Milla Jovovich

#did #finally #got #i #keep

It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by this name. It is, in fact, a kind of martial law. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#conception #fact #in fact #judgement #kind

Unfortunately, religion often works to shrink and tame the very wild and mysterious forces that first drew our wonder. In the process of making the inexplicable safe for the masses, the possibilities for real illusion-piercing insight becomes reduced. One might say that they are only available to those who dare to ride the breaking crest of direct life-altering experience. ↗

— Stephen K. Hayes

#life #martial-arts #ninja #philosophy #religion

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

— Charles Wolfe

#cloak #him #his #lay #like

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

— Donnie Yen

#among #arts #coast #comes #east

I'm a martial arts buff, so anything martial arts. ↗

— Noah Hathaway

#arts #buff #i #martial #martial arts

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

#away #background #big #brushed #endured

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

— Chris Daughtry

#heavily #i #into #kid #martial

I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial arts film. It has a very strong female character and it was very abundant in classic Chinese textures. ↗

— Ang Lee

#arts #book #character #chinese #classic

I'm a huge boxing and mixed martial arts fan. ↗

— Sung Hi Lee

#boxing #fan #huge #i #martial