Ultimately the greatest help is self-help.

If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves. Moving, be like water. Still, be like a mirror. Respond like an echo.

Know the difference between a catastrophe and an inconvenience.

I believe in teaching just a few students, as teaching requires a constant alert observation on each individual in order to establish a direct relationship. A good teacher cannot be fixed in a routine, and many are just that. During teaching, each moment requires a sensitive mind that is constantly changing and constantly adapting.

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. I'll not willingly offend, nor be easily offended.

My style? You can call it the art of fighting without fighting.

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