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

Humility forms the basis of honor, just as the low ground forms the foundation of a high elevation.

The idea is that flowing water never goes stale, so just keep on flowing.

Each moment that passes changes you...You can't even own yourself. How can you ever hope to own anyone or anything else.

A self-willed man has no other aim than his own growth.

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.

The martial arts are based upon understanding, hard work and a total comprehension of skills. Power training and the use of force are easy, but total comprehension of all of the skills of the martial arts is very difficult to achieve.