“. . in Old Karate, you learned you Art through pain. You learned quickly that your techniques had to be fast or powerful or both. If you did not embrace pain and it's lessons adequately, you simply...”

“Better than money and fame, teaching martial arts to your children; giving them your time and confidence, is the best inheritance”

“Patience and Forgiveness are at the heart of A warrior's success, they help engender necessary intervals of space and time to evaluate difficult encounters.”

“A karate practitioner should possess two things : wicked hands, and Buddha's heart”

“Karate without heart is just A corpse”

“Never strike out of anger if at all possible, this will give your enemy the advantage and strengthen his resolve and psyche”

“Only super-efforts count.”

“I want to be in a relationship where you telling me you love me is just a ceremonious validation of what you already show me.”

“That is what a well-guarded prayer life can reveal about us, that our trust is not in ourselves but in seeking God's strength for what we do. Prayer is not a substitute for action, but prayer under...”

“Unfortunately, religion often works to shrink and tame the very wild and mysterious forces that first drew our wonder. In the process of making the inexplicable safe for the masses, the possibiliti...”

“The warrior learns of the spiritual realm by dwelling on the cutting edge of the sword, standing at the edge of the fire pit, venturing right up to the edge of starvation if necessary. Vibrant and ...”

“Better than money and fame, teaching martial arts to your children; giving them your time and confidence, is the best inheritance”

“Bushido is realized in the presence of death. This means choosing death whenever there is a choice between life and death. There is no other reasoning.”

“Read Hearn, the most eloquent and truthful interpreter of the Japanese mind, and you see the working of that mind to be an example of the working of Bushido.”

“Karate is not about techniques and their execution, but about boldness, integrity and fight for justice and common good”