Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal.

Let nature take its course and your tools will strike at the right moment.

For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime.

Don't ignore the five senses in search of a sixth.

My strength comes from my abdomen. It's the center of gravity and the source of real power.

What we are after is the root and not the branches. The root is the real knowledge; the branches are surface knowledge. Real knowledge breeds 'body feel' and personal expression; surface knowledge breeds mechanical conditioning and imposing limitation and squelches creativity.

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.