“Nothing is more harmful to the world than a martial art that is not effective in actual self-defense.”
"It is necessary to drink alcohol and pursue other fun human activities. The art (Karate) of someone who is too serious has no flavor."
- Choki Motobu
Balance
"All kata use the so-called postures (kamae). In fact, there are many kinds of postures and many kinds of kata. While learning these postures should not be totally ignored, we must be careful not to overlook that they are just forms or templates of sort; it is the function of their application which needs to be mastered."
- Choki Motobu
Education
"The techniques of kata have their limits and were never intended to be used against an opponent in an arena or on a battlefield."
- Choki Motobu
Philosophy
"The worth of a person lies in their character, not in their looks."
- Beauty and the Beast
Integrity
"What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Integrity
"Be content to act, and leave the talking to others."
- Baltasar Gracian
Integrity
"Fake people have an image to maintain. Real people just don’t care."
- Hachiman Hikigaya
Integrity
"What is right? What is wrong? In this mixed up world, deciding what is right and wrong is not easy. You can’t just go by somebody else’s rules. If you let yourself be controlled like that, you’ll just become a puppet that can’t make decisions on its own. You have to live by your rules."
- Gintoki Sakata
Integrity