All types of knowledge ultimately lead to self-knowledge. So, therefore, these people are asking me to teach them, not so much how to defend themselves or how to do somebody in. Rather, they want to learn to express themselves through some movement, be it anger, be it determination or whatever. So, in other words, they're paying me to show them, in combative form, the art of expressing the human body.

To me, ultimately, martial arts means honestly expressing yourself.

The happiness that is derived from excitement is like a brilliant fire- soon it will go out.

We have more faith in what we imitate than in what we create

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

If you want to do your duty properly, you should do just a little more than that.

To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.