“The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat but in the perfection of the character of its participants.”
"Practicing a kata exactly is one thing, engaging in a real fight is another."
- Gichin Funakoshi
Awareness
"The goal of martial arts is to affect the mind and spirit, not just the body."
- Gichin Funakoshi
Personal Growth
"The ultimate aim of karate lies not in victory nor defeat, but in the perfection of character."
- Gichin Funakoshi
Personal Growth
"The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory nor defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants."
- Gichin Funakoshi
Personal Growth
""The ultimate aim of karate lies not in victory nor defeat, but in the perfection of character.""
- Gichin Funakoshi
Personal Growth
"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