Martial Arts

I am a warrior. This means that I am a protector. It is my responsibility to protect my friends and loved ones. Some people say that martial arts are only for self betterment. That's a lie. It is for defending oneself and those around them. Everywhere I go everyone is a little bit safer because I am there. Some people say that the martial arts are only for killing one's opponents. That's a lie. In practicing a martial art you begin to understand your own mortality and that of those around you. When you learn that you begin to understand that killing someone is the last resort. It must be remembered that it is a resort, but not a preferable choice. One learns respect for their teachers, for each other, and for life. One must learn that both of these elements must be taken into account when practicing any martial art. Two sides to every coin, they are opposite yet inseparable.

"Learn to undo what you do."
- Cameron Corniuk, Sifu

"Wherever I go, everyone is a little safer because I am there."
- Code of the Bujinkan

"Supernatural power is not a skill or a trick. It lies in your heart, in your sincerity."
- Toshitsugu Takamatsu Sensei

"Let your opponent graze your skin and you smash into his flesh; let him smash into your flesh and you fracture his bones; let him fracture your bones and you take his life! Do not be concerned with your escaping safely -- lay your life before him!"
- Bruce Lee

"Jeet Kune Do teaches us not to look backward once the course is decided upon. It treats life and death indifferently."
- Bruce Lee

"Jeet Kune Do avoids the superficial, penetrates the complex, goes to the heart of the problem and pinpoints the key factors."
- Bruce Lee

"More Chi! Train Harder!"
- Shi Yan Ming, 34th generation Shaolin temple monk