“The essential characteristic of jiu jitsu is very simple. It’s the science and art of control that leads to submission.”
"Anger just makes people inefficient. Their breathing gets shallow, they’re too muscularly tense; they gas faster."
- John Danaher
Awareness
"Only when there is a danger of submissions will it be easier to work your way to better positions"
- John Danaher
Awareness
"I’ve always felt that the greatest times of joy in my life always came from helping other people get to their goals, rather than any goals that I might have achieved in my own life"
- John Danaher
Compassion
"Fights are not won on drama. Fights are won on small, mundane details"
- John Danaher
Focus
"Training is about skill development, not about winning or losing. You don't need to win every battle, you only need to win the battles that count."
- John Danaher
Focus
"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."
- Archer
Philosophy
"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."
- Paine
Philosophy
"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."
- Eric Sevareid
Philosophy
"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"
- Theodor Seuss Geisel
Philosophy
"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."
- G.K. Chesterton
Philosophy