#karate

When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually I had to acknowledge that I really didn't like fighting at all, so I quit. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#eventually #fighting #got #grew #had

My other brother-in-law died. He was a karate expert, then joined the army. The first time he saluted, he killed himself. ↗

— Henny Youngman

#brother-in-law #died #expert #first #first time

I always loved the idea of learning martial arts, but it wasn't until I was in my 20s that I really started doing it and taking up karate. ↗

— Kelly Hu

#arts #doing #i #i always #idea

Karate's a very boring sport, but when you know the technique you can go further and further. ↗

— Jean Claude Van Damme

#further #go #karate #know #technique

You need at least six or seven years to understand the philosophy and concentration of karate to know to clean your spirit of everything and dedicate your mind and body to the sport. ↗

— Jean Claude Van Damme

#clean #concentration #dedicate #everything #karate