"Bruce Lee created Jeet Kune Do based on his philosophy that one should be like water—adaptable and not confined to a single style."
"Wing Chun movements are analogous to water, which follows the path of least resistance."
"The real way of expressing it was not position before submission but control before submission."
"The true essence of martial arts is really about continuous self-improvement, mentally, physically, emotionally."
"Martial arts is not about winning fights, but conquering yourself and your weakness."
"True Unity between man and sword requires Harmony of heart and sword, Harmony of chi and sword, and also Harmony of mind and sword."
"Jiu Jitsu is life, and with the 32 principles and with this new book that I'm going to put out I'm just so excited for other people to be able to read about and learn about these principles."
"We're doing what Bruce Lee suggested when he said that great martial artist should be like water flowing adaptable."
"There's no such thing as style. I don't believe in style. You have to be like water."
"The ultimate goal is having no technique as technique."
"Zinitsu mastered it to perfection, following the Bruce Lee principle: 'I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.'"
"But it's also a martial art and what that means to me is you don't ever use it unless you have to."
"Bruce Lee was ahead of his time with many of the concepts he used."
"Ultimately martial art means honestly expressing yourself."
"Bruce Lee's mission now becomes to communicate this truth to the world."
"What 10th Planet actually means to me is that it's a dedication of individuals who are looking for what is possible and what works at the highest level."
"The lockdown is not the 10th Planet gospel an open mind is the tenth planet gospel."
"A man who holds a strong belief that only a fellow practitioner of Satsui no Hado is truly capable of defeating him in a death match."
"Helping others is a virtue taught in a martial arts Clan."
"These boys train for their lives, their life is my tie and this is why in my opinion this is the most effective style on the planet."
"Anything I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick ten thousand times." - Bruce Lee
"Jiu-jitsu isn't about killing regular people, like 99.999% of the population. That's too easy. Our game is how you kill people who are experts at killing people."
"I fear not the man who practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."
"That's an aspect of Bruce Lee's philosophy that I don't think a lot of people pay attention to and I think it's one of the more interesting ones."
"The biggest takeaway that I got, the biggest benefit I got from this style of training was that I simply didn't concede."
"Definitive approach to warrior arts: Modern vs. old styles."
"You can't change what happened. Fighting is a great example. People get caught, people make a mistake."
"A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready."
"There's a difference between tournament jiu-jitsu and trying to subdue someone and stay safe while inflicting the minimum amount of damage possible."
"Because I know how to fight. When you can fight, you are gentle. You never use it against anyone. You always use it to protect people."
"I acted naturally that if anybody made any claim, like in Judo you see, I was trying to use the strength of my enemy. I use his strength against him. That's Judo, the gentle art of self-defense."
"Martial arts is not about fighting but being prepared to fight."
"If Kyokushin means 'ultimate truth,' then Shihan Judd Reid is a true embodiment of the meaning."
"Kudo reflects this almost better than any martial art I've seen because of the rule set, because of the mentality."
"Karate is the gateway to knowledge about what yin-yang represents, the inner and outer self."
"What I've learned from karate is that you've got to finish, and what I've learned after over 50 years of doing the same thing is I'm still not finished."
"You know your sister once likened kenjutsu to a dance; it's all about reading the flow of your opponent and matching it."
"You learn it so you don't have to fight."
"That's the most sustainable jiu-jitsu philosophy when we talk about longevity."
"He frequently strikes the knees during his forest battle, displaying Silat's concept of going after weak points that aren't targeted in other martial arts."
"Jiu-Jitsu is a lifelong thing, you never stop learning... which you know is, in large, for kind of the beauty of it."
"The mental part of kung-fu... it's your connection to your body, the connection to energy, the connection to the forces that exist in existence."
"Reject the mutilation of the martial jiu-jitsu and its division into modalities; the art is to be only one, either you teach practice it correctly and in its complete form or you don't."