Where there is no style, there is no slave. Martial Arts mean honestly expressing yourself. No style. No slave.
Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
The change is from inner to outer. We start by dissolving our attitude not by altering outer conditions.
I don’t believe in getting something for nothing.
In life, what more can you ask for than to be real?
I’ve come to understand that life is best lived, not conceptualized.
In building a statue, a sculptor doesn’t keep adding clay to his subject. Actually, he keeps chiseling away at the nonessentials until the truth of his creation is revealed without obstruction.
Efficiency is anything that scores.
The reward is found in the work.
To change with change is the changeless state.
Learning is a constant process of discovery – a process without end.
If mere mechanical efficiency can make everyone a martial artist, then all is well. Unfortunately, combat, like freedom, is something that can not be preconceived.
When one has no form, one can be all forms.
If there is always light, you don’t experience light anymore. You have to have the rhythm of light and darkness.
Since weight training involves repetitions, a great deal of energy must be exerted. Therefore, weight training should be practiced only every other day.
Stop wasting time in playing a role or a concept. Instead, learn to ACTUALIZE YOURSELF, your potential.
One must be truthful and honest in their approach; a constant independent inquiry and not blindly following a certain blueprint laid down by others.
The aim of art is to project an inner vision into the world.
If every man would help his neighbor, no man would be without help.
You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession.