There’s only one basic principle of self-defense- you must apply the most effective weapon, as soon as possible, to the most vulnerable target.

You must have complete determination. The worst opponent you can come across is one whose aim has become an obsession.

Things live by moving and gain strength as they go.

Martial arts, like any art, is an unrestricted athletic expression of an individual soul.

The ideal is unnatural naturalness, or natural unnaturalness. I mean it is a combination of both. I mean here is natural instinct and here is control. You are to combine the two in harmony. Not if you have one to the extreme, you'll be very unscientific. If you have another to the extreme, you become, all of a sudden, a mechanical man No longer a human being. It is a successful combination of both. That way it is a process of continuing growth.

Can you look at a situation without naming it? Naming it, making it a word, causes fear.

Empty your cup so that it may be filled; become devoid to gain totality.