To live is to express oneself freely

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.

Let yourself go with dis-ease, be with it, and keep it company. This is the way to be rid of it.

There are lots of guys around the world that are lazy. They have big fat guts. They talk about chi power and things they can do, but don't believe it.

Learning is never cumulative, it is a movement of knowing which has no beginning and no end.

I'm not a master. I'm a student-master, meaning that I have the knowledge of a master and the expertise of a master, but I'm still learning. So I'm a student-master. I don't believe in the word 'master.' I consider the master as such when they close the casket.