One must try, everyday, to expand one's limits.

If someone asked me what a human being ought to devote the maximum of his life to, I would answer: training. Train more than you sleep.

Reading good books implants good ideas in the mind, develops good aspirations, and leads to the cultivation of good friends.

Studying the martial Way is like climbing a cliff: keep going forward without rest. Resting is not permissible because it causes recessions to old adages of achievement. Persevering day in, day out improves techniques, but resting one day causes lapses. This must be prevented.

Karate is not a game. It is not a sport. It is not even a system of self-defense. Karate is half physical exercise and half spiritual. The karateist who has given the necessary years of exercise and meditation is a tranquil person. He is unafraid. He can even be calm in a burning building.

Until the day I die, I never want to be separated from my dogi; I never want to cease my training efforts in the dojo.

One must try, everyday, to expand one's limits.