Anko Itosu

"Karate begins and ends with respect."

- Anko Itosu

"Karate begins and ends with courtesy."

- Anko Itosu

""Karate begins and ends with courtesy.""

- Anko Itosu

"Karate cannot be adequately learned in a short space of time. Like a torpid bull, regardless of how slowly it moves, it will eventually cover a thousand miles. So too, for one who resolves to study Karate diligently two or three hours every day. After three or four years of unremitting effort one’s body will undergo a great transformation revealing the very essence of Karate."

- Anko Itosu

""Karate cannot be adequately learned in a short space of time. Like a torpid bull, regardless of how slowly it moves, it will eventually cover a thousand miles. So too, for one who resolves to study Karate diligently two or three hours every day. After three or four years of unremitting effort one’s body will undergo a great transformation revealing the very essence of Karate.""

- Anko Itosu