Forget about winning and losing, forget about pride and pain

Effort within the mind further limits the mind, because effort implies struggle towards a goal and when you have a goal, a purpose, an end in view, you have placed a limit on the mind.

A teacher is never a giver of truth; he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself.

True observation begins when devoid of set patterns; freedom of expression occurs when one is beyond system.

A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready.

Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.

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.