Art is the way to the absolute and to the essence of human life. The aim of art is not the one-sided promotion of spirit, soul and senses, but the opening of all human capacities – thought, feeling, will – to the life rhythm of the world of nature. So will the voiceless voice be heard and the self be brought into harmony with it.

Forget about winning and losing; forget about pride and pain. Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life! Do not be concerned with escaping safely- lay your life before him!!

I am not teaching you anything. I just help you to explore yourself.

In combat, spontaneity rules; rote performance of technique perishes.

You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession.

Man, he is constantly growing and when he is bound by a set pattern of ideas or way of doing things, that's when he stops growing

A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.