Martial Quotes

Of course we've been fighting against stereotypes from Day One at East West. That's the reason we formed: to combat that, and to show we are capable of more than just fulfilling the stereotypes - waiter, laundryman, gardener, martial artist, villain.

I always thought martial arts was the most modern choreography we could have right now, and I always wanted to put it to music.

Martial arts just normally would not draw me to the box office.

I've done jiujitsu a huge chunk of my life, and I try to spend a lot of time educating people on the nuances, the subtleness of the ground game. It's a big part of mixed martial arts.

I'm a martial arts buff, so anything martial arts.

When I was 8 years old, I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school.

But my middle daughter, Kate, is very involved in martial arts, and I was just at one of her competitions.

I am so happy because I want more people to like martial arts movie not just martial arts audience. Even martial arts can be used in comedy, in drama, in horror movies, in different kinds of movies.

I know that one of the distinguishing things was I looked like I could hold a gun, even though I'd never held one before and I'm physically able to do the martial arts and all that stuff.

My time of martial arts was traditional.

I wanted to be a martial arts film star when I was a teenager.

I do practice martial arts, more as a recreational thing, but a lot of my friends have been heavyweight champions the in mixed martial arts world.

I think "Hero" is not a real martial arts movie; it is not about violence, or formula.

There is also a strong following among the urbanites on the East Coast when it comes to martial arts films.

We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.

I don't have to have any special skills or martial arts in my back pocket.

I had an uncle who was a postal official at the Polish post office in Gdansk. He was one of the defenders of the Polish postal service and, after it capitulated, was shot by the Germans under the provisions of martial law. Suddenly he was no longer a member of the family, and we were no longer allowed to play with his children.

I didn't go to normal children school. I went to sports school when I was 8. So I studied martial arts.

I've made up my mind. I'll take my court martial.

As a lifelong practitioner of martial arts, I'm trained to remain calm in the face of adversity and danger.

When I learn martial arts, my master will have me try a punch for a week and he will keep saying, 'No, you don't have it. No, that's not right.' When he finally says, 'Yes, you did it,' it's a wonderful moment. You worked on it. You got it.

It wasn't until I went to Korea out of high school and got exposed to the martial arts for the first time and was just completely enamored with the physical ability of the martial arts and making my black belt.

I've been involved in mixed martial arts since 1997 when I first started working for the UFC.

I'm a huge boxing and mixed martial arts fan.

Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope.

A large part of my life revolves around my dad. Sometimes, I even feel a strong sense of connection, something very tangible when I learn something new in the martial arts.