Try to do exactly as you are taught without complaining or quibbling.

Don't pretend to be a great master and don't try to show off your strength.

Karate-do begins with courtesy and ends with rei.

One of the most striking features of karate is that it may be engaged in by anybody, young or old, strong or weak, male or female.

In the past, it was expected that about three years were required to learn a single kata, and usually even an expert of considerable skill would only know three, or at most five, kata.

Only through training will a person learn his own weaknesses... He who is aware of his weaknesses will remain master of himself in any situation.

Any man will be able, after sufficient practice, to accomplish remarkable feats of strength, but he may go only so far and no farther. There is a limit to human physical strength that no one can exceed.