#martial

I didn't go to normal children school. I went to sports school when I was 8. So I studied martial arts. ↗

— Jet Li

#children #go #i #martial #martial arts

I've been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old. ↗

— Jet Li

#been #i #learning #martial #martial arts

Jackie Chan is a very good comedy/martial arts star. He does one kind of martial arts that Jet Li doesn't know how to do and Jet Li does a martial art that Jackie Chan doesn't know how to do. You can both go to two Chinese restaurants, but both can have different kinds of food. ↗

— Jet Li

#arts #both #chan #chinese #comedy

I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist. I'm a student of the martial arts. ↗

— Lou Reed

#artist #arts #call #i #martial

When you're dead weight, in the right position, you win. And in reality, you wouldn't see someone my size kicking seven martial arts experts and winning. ↗

— Joan Severance

#dead #experts #kicking #martial #martial arts

The martial music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth. ↗

— Frank Sinatra

#earth #every #face #martial #music

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

Flow with whatever may happen, and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. ↗

— Zhuangzi

#zen #art

The primary thing when you take a sword in your hands is your intention to cut the enemy, whatever the means. Whenever you parry, hit, spring, strike or touch the enemy's cutting sword, you must cut the enemy in the same movement. It is essential to attain this. If you think only of hitting, springing, striking or touching the enemy, you will not be able actually to cut him. ↗

— Miyamoto Musashi

#martial-arts #philosophy #strategy #art

Hatred could not be the basis of her resolution to fight. It provided no access to her own qi, her vital spirit. That was the deepest truth she knew about fighting. It’s what she learned from her father and Sensei: fight from the peaceful place inside, from her father’s place. ↗

— Jacques Antoine

#martial-arts #wuxia #art