Martial arts quotations: Set 5
"The fastest draw is when the sword never leaves the scabbard, The strongest way to block, is never to provoke a blow, And the cleanest cut is the one withheld." - Unknown
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"Does not the sage say: "What is more yielding than water? Yet, back it comes again, wearing down the ridged strength, which cannot stand to its strength. What is more forceful than quite water?" - Kahn, Kung Fu, the Series
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"Karate is a defensive art from beginning to end. " - Gichin Funakoshi
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"A punch should stay like a treasure in the sleeve. It should not be used indiscriminately." - Master Chotoku Kyan
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"Karate is not about winning. It's about not losing." - Master Shigetoshi Senaha
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"There is no first strike in Karate." - Master Gichin Funakoshi
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"Karate-Do is a lifetime study." - Master Kenwa Mabuni
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"Slow and steady wins the race." - Aesop
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"He who chases around after many rabbits ends hungry." - Okinawan Proverb
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"Those things in life that we find the hardest to do, are the things we are the most thankful we did."- Annette Ueckert