All martial art is simply an honest expression of one's body — with a lot of deception in between.

Like the cobra, you remain coiled in a loose but compact position and your strike should be felt before it is seen.

Though methods play an important role in the early stage, the techniques should not be too mechanical, complex or restrictive. If we cling blindly to them, we shall eventually become bound by their limitations. Remember, you are expressing the techniques and not doing the techniques. If somebody attacks you, your response is not Technique No.1, Stance No. 2, Section 4, Paragraph 5. Instead you simply move in like sound and echo, without any deliberation. It is as though when I call you, you answer me, or when I throw you something, you catch it. It's as simple as that - no fuss, no mess.

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water.

I personally do not believe in the word style. Why? Because, unless there are human beings with three arms and four legs, unless we have another group of beings on earth that are structurally different from us, there can be no different style of fighting. Why is that? Because we have two hands and two legs. ... because of styles, people are separated. They are not united together because styles become law.

One must be truthful and honest in his approach; a constant independent inquiry and not blindly following a certain blue print laid down by others

Persistence, persistence, and persistence. The Power can be created and maintained through daily practice - continuous effort.