Significant Quotations

  • "There is no first attack in Karate." - Gichin Funakoshi
  • "Karate-Do is a lifetime study" - Kenwa Mabuni
  • "The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of character of its participants." - Gichin Funakoshi
  • "Karate begins and ends with respect." - Anko Itosu
  • "Karate is a defensive art from beginning to end." - Gichin Funakoshi
  • "You may train for a long time, but if you merely move your hands and feet and jump up and down like a puppet, learning karate is not very different from learning a dance. You will never have reached the heart of the matter; you will have failed to grasp the quintessence of karate-do." -Gichin Funakoshi
  • "To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the highest skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the highest skill." - Sun Tsu, The Art of War
  • "No matter how you may excel in the art of Karate, and in your scholastic endeavors, nothing is more important than your behavior and your humanity as observed in daily life."  - Gichin Funakoshi
  • "The fastest draw is when the sword never leaves the scabbard,
    The strongest way to block, is never to provoke a blow,
    And the cleanest cut is the one withheld."

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