58 Karate Quotes for You to Enjoy

I took karate classes for a few years. Taekwondo. I'd love to do a movie role where I could do some karate. Heather Graham

Love Few Took Classes Some Could Years Role Where Movie Karate

One thing I've done in my life is train year-round to compete at anything, anything. I've got an invitation now to maybe be on the karate team for the Barcelona Olympics. I'm debating whether I want to do that. I just love to compete, and I want to win. Herschel Walker

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You need at least six or seven years to understand the philosophy and concentration of karate to know to clean your spirit of everything and dedicate your mind and body to the sport. Jean-Claude Van Damme

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I had a bit of a martial arts background from when I was a teenager: I did a bit of karate. Joel Edgerton

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I quit karate originally because it wasn't something that I was initially passionate about. Kristin Kreuk

About Something Because Passionate Quit Karate Initially Originally

Before my father would open up a karate school in a particular neighborhood, he'd clean up the block - kick all the drug dealers and gang bangers off the block. My father was very clear: 'I've got guns too, and I'll kill you just as much as a rival gang would.' And he meant it. He was a man of many facets and complexities. Lupe Fiasco

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In the mornings at around 5:30 A.M., I train karate with my family. Lyoto Machida

Family Mornings Around Train Karate

Machida Karate is for real combat. Other karate may be not for real combat because there are many rules for the competition, and a lot of the rules aren't good for real combat - you can't do some takedowns, you can't finish the fight on the ground. Machida Karate is very different. Lyoto Machida

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One of my brothers teaches karate at our gym and also handles the administrative side of the gym. My other brother is a fighter like me and teaches a class at the gym. So my brothers are always at the gym together training. Lyoto Machida

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Karate is my main martial art; that is what I train in every day. It has always been in my life. Sumo is another Japanese martial art that I got into at an early age. It is something that has helped and added to my overall stance and is a good base. It is not something I necessarily use in all my fights, though. Lyoto Machida

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We teach the karate methodology, bringing back the history of the martial art, the attacks that stopped being used when the martial art became a sport and that my brother and I use in the cage. Lyoto Machida

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'The Karate Kid' was just lightning in a bottle. The second movie is a very worthy sequel, because you got to explore the Okinawan culture and learned about Miyagi's life. The third, as is always the case, was made because the second one made a lot of money. Martin Kove

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I think I only went to college because it was close to the karate school. Michael Israel

School College Think Only Because Close Karate

Hey, I took karate when I was 17 years old; I am dangerous. Michele Bachmann

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To kids, I've always been more than just some big tough black guy. I train to be tough - I box and do karate - but underneath all that toughness is a tender man. Mr. T

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I'm awkward at these things. Just being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Karate Kid was a real surprise and I was a little uncomfortable. Pat Morita

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I think one of the reasons 'The Karate Kid' film has stood the test of time, aside from 'Get him a body bag,' 'Sweep the leg,' catching flies with chopsticks, all of that stuff that's become pop culture, is that it worked on a human level. Ralph Macchio

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With 'The Karate Kid' especially, there's been so many references and visual images from that film, you know? Who knew that 'Wax on, wax off' would become part of the American lexicon? Ralph Macchio

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I went to karate classes where it was basically a line-up of hulking man, hulking man, small nine-year-old girl, hulking man, hulking man. Rhianna Pratchett

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My background in promoting martial arts started in 1985 when we were doing PK Karate, which was on ESPN. Fast forward to when mixed martial arts became legal in California. I made the jump to MMA and never looked back. Scott Coker

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