Absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own.

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

Never waste energy on worries or negative thoughts, all problems are brought into existence -drop them.

Unfortunately, now in boxing people are only allowed to punch. In Judo, people are only allowed to throw. I do not despise these kinds of martial arts. What I mean is, we now find rigid forms which create differences among clans, and the world of martial art is shattered as a result.

Understanding requires not just a moment of perception, but a continuous awareness, a continuous state of inquiry without conclusion

An intelligent mind is an inquiring mind. It is not satisfied with explanation, with conclusions. Nor is it a mind that believes, because belief is again another form of conclusion.

When one has reached maturity in this art, one will have the formless form. It is like the dissolving or thawing [of] ice into water that can shape itself to any structure. When one has no form, one can be all forms; when one has no style, one can fit in with any style.