Without frustration you will not discover that you might be able to do something on your own. We grow through conflict.

One rule is to not use complicated techniques unless they are necessary to achieve your goal. First, use simple movements, and if they don't work, then introduce the more complex ones.

An instructor should exemplify the things he seeks to teach. It will be of great advantage if you yourself can do all you ask of your students and more.

The highest technique is to have no technique. My technique is a result of your technique; my movement is a result of your movement.

I've come to understand that life is best lived, not conceptualized.

I hope martial artists are more interested in the root of martial arts and not the different decorative branches, flowers or leaves.

Not being tense but ready. Not thinking but not dreaming. Not being set but flexible. Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement. It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert, ready for whatever may come.