The martial arts are ultimately self-knowledge. A punch or a kick is not to knock the hell out of the guy in front, but to knock the hell out of your ego, your fear, or your hang-ups.

It is not a shame to be knocked down by other people. The important thing is to ask when you're being knocked down, 'Why am I being knocked down?' If a person can reflect in this way, then there is hope for this person.

We do not become. We simply are.

The most important thing to me is, how, in the process of learning how to use my body, can I come to understand myself ?

It is true that the mental aspect of kung-fu is the desired end; however, to achieve this end, technical skill must come first.

The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.

I don't believe in different ways of fighting now. I mean, unless human beings have 3 arms and 3 legs, then we will have a different way of fighting. But basically we all have two arms and two legs so that is why I believe there should be only one way of fighting and that is no way.