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If you knew you had to fight for your life tomorrow, would you change your training today?
Darren Levine has my unqualified support and gratitude for his contributions to Krav Maga.
All I wanted to do was to become famous, but then I found out that it was nothing special.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
There are no limits. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.
My strength comes from my abdomen. It's the center of gravity and the source of real power.
There are many paths leading to the top of Mount Fuji, but there is only one summit - love.
When you become confident with your inner-self, the outside's just going to fall into place.
Learning is never cumulative, it is a movement of knowing which has no beginning and no end.
The happiness that is derived from excitement is like a brilliant fire- soon it will go out.
A small behavioral change can also lead to embracing a wider checklist of healthier choices.
Do not be afraid to get close to your opponent. The closer you are, the more you will learn.
The divine is not something high above us. It is in heaven, it is in earth, it is inside us.
The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit.
If you come back in here, I'm gonna hit you with so many rights, you're gonna beg for a left.
Cross Country: No half times, no time outs, no substitutions. It must be the only true sport.
The true Martial Artist is not the one who fears change, but the one who causes it to happen.
Everything I did was practical. You have to strip things down and get to the practical stuff.
Your body has enough weight for you to be in perfect condition just working against yourself.
Karate's a very boring sport, but when you know the technique you can go further and further.
The best form of self defense is to become invisible... If you can't do that learn Wing Chun!
In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.
You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup.
I've got a bulletin for you, folks. I am no superman. I realize that now, but I didn't always.
You have to believe what you say, and if you believe what you are saying, then acting is easy.
If you have not linked yourself to true emptiness, you will never understand the art of peace.
Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality.
Understanding comes about through feeling, from moment to moment in the mirror of relationship.
Use karate, judo, aikido, or any style to build your counter-offensive. It will be interesting!
The primary Reality is not what I think, but that I live, for those also live who do not think.
Fear comes from uncertainty; we can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better.
Once I slow down because I think I have reached my peak, then my skills will go nowhere but down
Do not be tense, just be ready, not thinking but not dreaming, not being set but being flexible.
Faith is a state of mind that can be conditioned through self-discipline. Faith will accomplish.
There is "what is" only when there is no comparing and to live with "what is" is to be peaceful.
Let yourself go with dis-ease, be with it, and keep it company. This is the way to be rid of it.
I was just a start-and-stop guy. I could never really follow through on anything that I started.
Believe me - I've done very good stuff and very crazy stuff, and I don't regret the crazy stuff.
I'm not complaining about doing 20-hour days. It's a joy to be able to work on yet another film.
Progress comes to those who train and train; reliance on secret techniques will get you nowhere.
Do not allow negative thoughts to enter your mind for they are the weeds that strange confidence.
Any technique, however worthy and desirable, becomes a disease when the mind is obsessed with it.
The mind is like a fertile garden in which anything that is planted, flowers or weeds, will grow.
Every morning like a scholar at his first class I prepare a blank mind for the day to write upon.
People whine, 'I haven't succeeded because I haven't had the breaks.' You create your own breaks.
The Jiu Jitsu I created was designed to give the weak ones a chance to face the heavy and strong.
All martial art is simply an honest expression of one's body — with a lot of deception in between.
I like Ben Stein. I think he's funny, creative, and an insightful commentator on a host of issues.
What we do want to see is reforms that are going to have a permanent effect on the budget deficit.
If you work with a jackhammer during an earthquake, stop, otherwise you are working for nothing.