#martial

Usually action films have a formula: good guy gets in trouble, his wife dies, friends have problems, so he goes to the mountain, learns martial arts, comes back, and kills the bad guy. ↗

— Jet Li

#action films #arts #back #bad #bad guy

Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope. ↗

— Jet Li

#arts #chinese #chinese culture #chinese people #culture

I've made up my mind. I'll take my court martial. ↗

— Eddie Slovik

#i #made #martial #mind #take

I know that one of the distinguishing things was I looked like I could hold a gun, even though I'd never held one before and I'm physically able to do the martial arts and all that stuff. ↗

— Yvonne Strahovski

#arts #before #could #distinguishing #even

A large part of my life revolves around my dad. Sometimes, I even feel a strong sense of connection, something very tangible when I learn something new in the martial arts. ↗

— Brandon Lee

#arts #connection #dad #even #feel

The most difficult part ot traditional taekwondo is not learning the first kick or punch. It is not struggling to remember the motions of a poomsae or becoming aquainted with Korean culture. Rather, it is taking the first step across the threshold of the dojang door. This is where roads diverge, where choices are made that will resonate throughout a lifetime. ↗

— Doug Cook

#martial-arts #taekwondo #art

Out in the field, any connection with home just makes you weaker. It reminds you that you were once civilized, soft; and that can get you killed faster than a bullet through the head. ↗

— Henry Mosquera

#black-ops #conspiracy #espionage #global #hackers

Mixed martial arts was invented by Brazilians, whose families had been trained by the Japanese. Those Brazilians came to the U.S., where their invention was bought out, gussied up and presented to the world, which found it good. ↗

— David Mamet

#been #bought #brazilians #came #families

It wasn't until I went to Korea out of high school and got exposed to the martial arts for the first time and was just completely enamored with the physical ability of the martial arts and making my black belt. ↗

— Chuck Norris

#arts #belt #black #completely #enamored

... but to remain historically accurate, I would have had to leave out an important question that I felt needed to be addressed, which is, 'What if Jesus had known kung fu? ↗

— Christopher Moore

#funny #martial-arts #art