Gichin Funakoshi Quotes About Karate
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There is no place in contemporary Karate-do for different schools. Some instructors, I know, claim to have invented new and unusual kata, and so they arrogate to themselves the right to be called founders of "schools". Indeed, I have heard myself and my colleagues referred to as the Shoto-kan school, but I strongly object to this attempt at classification. My belief is that all these "schools" should be amalgamated into one so that Karate-do may pursue and orderly and useful progress into man's future.
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You may train for a long time, but if you merely move your hands and feet and jump up and down like a puppet, learning karate is not very different from learning a dance. You will never have reached the heart of the matter; you will have failed to grasp the quintessence of karate-do.
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In karate, hitting, thrusting, and kicking are not the only methods, throwing techniques and pressure against joints are included … all these techniques should be studied referring to basic kata
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One of the most striking features of karate is that it may be engaged in by anybody, young or old, strong or weak, male or female.
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Hoping to see karate included in the universal physical education taught in our public schools, I set about revising the kata so as to make them as simple as possible. Times change, the world changes, and obviously the martial arts must change too. The karate that high school students practice today is not the same karate that was practiced even as recently as ten years ago [this book was written in 1956], and it is a long way indeed from the karate I learned when I was a child in Okinawa.
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Once a kata has been learned, it must be practised repeatedly until it can be applied in an emergency, for knowledge of just the sequence of a kata in karate is useless.
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Karate-do begins with courtesy and ends with rei.
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Karate is like boiling water: without heat, it returns to it's tepid state
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The correct understanding of Karate and its proper use is Karate-do. One who truly trains in this do [way] and actually understands Karate-do is never easily drawn into a fight.
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Karate is a defensive art from beginning to end.
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Karate begins and ends with courtesy.
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It is important that karate can be practiced by the young and old, men and women alike.
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The spirit of karate practice and the elements of training are applicable to each and every aspect of our daily lives.
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True karate is this: that in daily life one's mind and body be trained and developed in a spirit of humility, and that in critical times, one be devoted utterly to the cause of justice.
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Put Karate into your everyday living, that is how you will see true beauty.
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There is no first strike in Karate.
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Since karate is a martial art, you must practice with the utmost seriousness from the very beginning.
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Karate-do strives internally to train the mind to develop a clear conscience, enabling one to face the world honestly, while externally developing strength to the point where one may overcome even ferocious wild animals. Mind and technique become one in true karate.
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When you look at life think in terms of karate. But remember that karate is not only karate -- it is life.
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Apply the way of karate to all things. Therein lies its beauty.
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It is important that karate can be practiced by the young and old, men and women alike. That is, since there is no need for a special training place, equipment, or an opponent, a flexibility in training is provided such that the physically and spiritually weak individual can develop his body and mind so gradually and naturally that he himself may not even realize his own great progress.
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Students of any art, including Karate-do must never forget the cultivation of the mind and the body.
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Karate is like boiling water, if you do not heat it constantly, it will cool.
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One whose spirit and mental strength have been strengthened by sparring with a never-say-die attitude should find no challenge too great to handle. One who has undergone long years of physical pain and mental agony to learn one punch, one kick, should be able to face any task, no matter how difficult, and carry it through to the end. A person like this can truly be said to have learned karate.
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The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants.
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Karate is a technique that permits one to defend himself with his bare hands and fists without weapons.
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Seek perfection of character. Be faithful. Endeavor. Respect others. Refrain from violent behaviour.
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No matter how you may excel in the art of Karate, and in your scholastic endeavors, nothing is more important than your behavior and your humanity as observed in daily life.
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