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Apply just the right amount of force — never too much, never too little.
In a real battle, atemi is seventy percent, technique is thirty percent.
Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning.
Remember, you are expressing the techniques and not doing the techniques.
The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing.
Maturation is the development from environmental support to self-support.
Whether we are famous or not, we all need God. We also need other people.
When I did 'Good Guys Wear Black,' I had a lot of dialogue in that movie.
To hear is to doubt, to see is to be deceived, but to feel is to believe.
My wife is not my best sexual partner, but she's good with the housework.
Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own.
I am learning to understand rather than immediately judge or to be judged.
Let nature take its course and your tools will strike at the right moment.
To see is to be decieved. To hear is to be lied to. To FEEL is to believe.
As long as we separate this oneness into two we won't achieve realization.
Parks represent an efficient, cost-effective way to improve public health.
You can create the perfect triceps by just pushing yourself off your wall.
Do not run away; let go. Do not seek; for it will come when least expected.
No matter what, you must let your inner light guide you out of the darkness.
The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
All goals apart from the means are illusions; becoming is a denial of being.
To practice Aikido fully you must calm the spirit and go back to the origin.
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.
Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one
Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light.
What you habitually think largely determines what you will ultimately become.
If you make an ass out of yourself, there will always be someone to ride you.
Self-will seems to be the only virtue that takes no account of man-made laws.
If I had said, "I don't stand a chance," one thing is clear: I wouldn't have.
Ads sway kids' preferences. Star athletes spokespeople sway kids' preference.
Dont expect your enemies to ever love you, or even like you, only respect you
A student's mentality in learning martial arts is to overcome one's problems.
God gave me a great body and it's my duty to take care of my physical temple.
I train, for me, very smartly. I don't train heavy, I do a lot of isometrics.
Walk a single path, become neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat.
Self-Conquest is the greatest of victories. Mighty is he who conquers himself.
Here I am as a human being...how can I express myself, totally and completely?
To take responsibility for one's own actions, good and bad, is something else.
It's official: The biggest back-to-school bullies are anxiety, worry and fear.
It is better to live as a broken piece of jade, than to live as a useless clay.
Running from your fear can be more painful than facing it, for better or worse.
Time and space may separate us, but not the thoughts and memories that bind us.
The realization of our true substance and potential is the purpose of creation.
Foster peace in your own life and then apply the Art to all that you encounter.
Everything - even mountains, rivers, plants and trees - should be your teacher.
Only the self-sufficient stand alone - most people follow the crowd and imitate.
You should never have a power, in any area, with the purpose of harming someone.
Shihonage is the foundation of Aikido. All you ever need to master is shihonage.
If you want to do your duty properly, you should do just a little more than that.