The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants.
Always be ready to release your mind.
There is no first strike in Karate.
First know yourself, then know others.
You must be deadly serious in training. When I say that, I do not mean that you should be reasonably diligent or moderately in earnest. I mean that your opponent must always be present in your mind, whether you sit or stand or walk or raise your arms.
When you are learning a new technique, practice it wholeheartedly until you truly understand it.
In the past, it was expected that about three years were required to learn a single kata, and usually even an expert of considerable skill would only know three, or at most five, kata.
Apply the way of karate to all things. Therein lies its beauty.
Don’t pretend to be a great master and don’t try to show off your strength.
Karate is a technique that permits one to defend himself with his bare hands and fists without weapons.
Karate-do begins with courtesy and ends with rei.
Students of any art, including Karate-do must never forget the cultivation of the mind and the body.
Only a true weakling is capable of true courage.
Since karate is a martial art, you must practice with the utmost seriousness from the very beginning.
To search for the old is to understand the new.
Put Karate into your everyday living, that is how you will see true beauty.
Any man will be able, after sufficient practice, to accomplish remarkable feats of strength, but he may go only so far and no farther. There is a limit to human physical strength that no one can exceed.
Karate is a defensive art from beginning to end.
One of the most striking features of karate is that it may be engaged in by anybody, young or old, strong or weak, male or female.
In time of grave public crisis, one must have the courage to face a million and one opponents.
It is important that karate can be practiced by the young and old, men and women alike.