Karate Quotes

“The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.”
― Ferdinand Foch

“I know it's probably wrong to fantasize about giving a nun a karate chop in the neck, but I couldn't help it. She was making me mad.”
― Meg Cabot, Shadowland

“. . . the sole aim of Okinawa Karate is to teach A person to handle violence and violent individuals; whether it is tactile, mental or spiritual”
― Soke Behzad Ahmadi, KARATE POWER Lethal power of Fajin

“To appreciate the best opportunity for attack and defence, you must fully understand the rhythm of movement.

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― Sadami Yamada, Principles and Practice of Aikido

“To gain mastery you must unite the qualities of spirit, strength, technique and the ability to take the initiative.

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― Sadami Yamada, Principles and Practice of Aikido

“Seek to become conscious of being filled with ki, the power of the universe, and to use that power well. To be at one with this great power is aikido, the way of the spirit.

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― Sadami Yamada, Principles and Practice of Aikido

“However keen you may be to begin your study, before you venture on to the mat and attempt any of the basic techniques it is necessary to know something of the principles that govern aikido, for unless you do understand a little about posture, movement, balance, gentleness and courtesy, you will not be a satisfactory pupil.

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― Sadami Yamada, Principles and Practice of Aikido

“Why would I want balls?" She tried to get a grip on her anger as she adapted her favorite Betty White quote. "Have you ever seen a woman taken out with a simple kick to the crotch? Hell no, because a vagina can take a beating. I'd like to see you squeeze a baby out of your precious, fragile balls." You intolerant, jizz-headed ass.”
― Rachel Grant, Tinderbox

“She is a karateka," La Osa replied. "Nayeli could karate-kick you to death where you sit."

"That's hardly feminine." He sniffed.

"Perhaps," Nayeli suggested, "it is time for a new kind of femininity.”
― Luis Alberto Urrea, Into the Beautiful North

“Stupid Ginny and her karate kicks. Why did Mom have to take her to that martial-arts school anyway? My life has been miserable ever since. She’s only ten, but she fights way better than I do. I’ve got the bruises to show it.”
― R.L. Stine, Bad Hare Day

“Things to know about me: I'm half English, half Taiwanese, and no, I don't know karate. I'm definitely not good at math and I don't know how to spell your name in Chinese.”
― Vivien Chien, Death by Dumpling

“Karate is to dancing, as ducks are to swimming birds. As for me, I move to music in a more violent manner.”
― Jarod Kintz, Ducks are the stars of the karaoke bird world

“One time seven geese were walking towards me in a V, with the biggest Killer Duck marching point. They saw me as weak and moved to attack formation. But my Karate Hands were too knife-like to be an easy TV dinner.”
― Jarod Kintz, BearPaw Duck And Meme Farm presents: Two Ducks Brawling Is A Pre-Pillow Fight

“Karate guys can break wood. But they can’t build like carpenters. Destroyers don’t have as much value to society as those who construct.”
― Jarod Kintz, Me and memes and memories

“At karate.” She tells him casually, shrugging her shoulders and limbering up. Her heavy, laced boots, which are neon in colour, leave marks on the surface of the desk. She doesn’t seem to notice or care. “My instructor is pretty badass. He almost threw me across two tables and a chair the other day…almost.”
― Adele Rose, Damned

“From the book - "Just because you can't see them, doesn't mean their are not there!”
― Z.Z. LaFourche, Between The Shoals

“I don’t hit bad people, I just give them a shape, like Blacksmith shapes a iron!”
― Mikki Koomar

“You cannot pour tea with a sword...”
― J Balbirnie

“The plan is to never pick a fight, but the promise is to never back down from one.”
― Lakshya Bharadwaj

“There is only choice, and at every moment, you only have two choices. When you make your decision, you'll know if it was right by the way you feel. If you know it wasn't the right choice, make a different choice.”
― Tenkara Smart, She Named Me Wolf

“Read more, write more!”
― Rod Butler, War Baby: Nothing to hide

“I don't train so I could fight, I train so I could restrain someone from fighting.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Gente Mente Adelante: Prejudice Conquered is World Conquered

“You don't win karate in a contest. You don't become a karate champion because people around you said you were. You can't buy a karate. You have to work for it. Same goes for being happy.”
― Projekt Melody

“The pioneers of kata wanted to tell us something. And we've been trying to find out what exactly that is by studying their worldview, using kata as a lens.”
― Colin Wee, Breaking Through: The Secrets of Bassai Dai Kata

“In the early 1920s Okinawan karate was taken to the main islands of Japan; however, all Okinawan arts were looked down on by the Japanese people as being primitive and savage. Practicing karate naked to the waist and without a ranking system only reinforced these beliefs. Consequently, in order for karate to be accepted in Japan as a sophisticated Japanese martial art, the teachers of karate adopted Jigoro Kano's system of belts and began wearing the gi that he developed.”
― Mark I. Cramer, The History of Karate and the Masters Who Made It: Development, Lineages, and Philosophies of Traditional Okinawan and Japanese Karate-do

“Originally, the people who learned karate were members of Okinawa's noble class, and for the most part, common people were excluded from karate training.”
― Mark I. Cramer, The History of Karate and the Masters Who Made It: Development, Lineages, and Philosophies of Traditional Okinawan and Japanese Karate-do

“A Black Belt is not the Finish Line; it is the Starting Line.”
― Robert Dallmann, The Definitive History of Bushido Kai

“Martial Arts - Do anything diligently for 40 years, and you should get good at it!”
― Robert Dallmann, The Definitive History of Bushido Kai

“Copying Iain Abernathy's cool takedown, or anyone else's technique or combo, does not qualify as applications training.”
― Colin Wee, Breaking Through: The Secrets of Bassai Dai Kata

“Do not fear a martial art style. Fear diligent style practitioners!”
― Robert Dallmann, The Definitive History of Bushido Kai