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Zen In The Martial Arts


A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it his every action. - SAMURAI MAXIM

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment. - LAO-TZU

When you seek it, you cannot find it. - ZEN RIDDLE

For the uncontrolled there is no wisdom, nor for the uncontrolled is there the power of concentration; and for him without concentration there is no peace. And for the unpeaceful, how can there be happiness? - BHAGAVAD GITA

Patience the essential quality of a man. - KWAI-KOO-TSU

Power of mind is infinite while brawn is limited.- KOICHI TOHEI

Life unfolds on a great sheet called Time, and once finished it is gone forever. -CHINESE ADAGE

The mind should be nowwhere in particular. - TAKUAN

When you and your opponent are one. There is a coexisting relationship between you. You coexist with your opponent and become his complement, absorbing his attack and using force to overcome him. - BRUCE LEE

Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free: Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate. - CHUANG-TZU

Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength over that which is immoveable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of mastery through adaptation. - LAO-TZU

Control your emotion or it will control you. - CHINESE ADAGE

The angry man will defeat himself in battle as well as in life. - SAMURAI MAXIM

I can defeat you physically with or without a reason. But I can only defeat your mind with a reason. - JIM LAU


"The answered is clear. When one eye is fixed upon your destination, there is only one eye left with which to find the Way." - ANNONYMOUS

To know and act are one and the same. - SAMURAI MAXIM

In order to achieve victory you must place yourself in your opponent's skin. If you don't understand yourself, you will lose one hundred percent of the time. If you understand yourself, you will win fifty percent of time. If you understand yourself and your opponent, you will win one hundred percent of the time. - TSUTOMU OSHIMA

Technical knowledge is not enough. One must transcend techniques so that the art becomes an artless art, growing out of the unconscious. - DAISETSU SUZUKI

The mind of a perfect man is like a mirror. It grasps nothing. It expecrs nothing. It reflects but does not hold. Therefore, the perfect man can act without effort. - CHUANG-TZU

The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be. - BRUCE LEE