Rhianna Pratchett Quotes

In the early 2000s, I was introduced to the noble art of kickboxing, it thrilled me, and I loved it. I loved the honour and the discipline, and I also loved the punching.

When I was in seventh grade, I was a scrawny boy with no muscles, so I went out for wrestling. My intention was to develop secret wrestling skills so that if I were jumped by a bully, I'd shout, 'Ha!' and he'd be on the ground in a headlock.

When I was a kid, I'd always wanted to take karate, but my parents wouldn't let me because I did a lot of other things, including ballet.

You see me. What you see is what you get. You get real martial arts, you get real fighting, you get a real warrior mentality. Some people aren't mature enough to handle it.

I've taught martial arts to many children, from 5 years old and up - there's character development, there's respect, discipline, perseverance.

My understanding of the world is all through the prism of martial arts. It's affected every aspect of my life.

Karate is the best thing you can do for your child.

I love training and I love being able to kick ass.

I was in martial arts starting at the age of 14, and I got my black belt by the time I was 18. Soon after, I was teaching an entire school, with about 150 students. It was unbelievably intense because of the self-awareness part of becoming a black belt.

When I was in my early 20s, I studied tae kwon do and hapkido. I earned brown belts in both of them.

Fighting in the ring or cage is very much different from fighting in the street. Fighting in the street is very much fueled by anger, pride, and male dominance and ego.

I never fought in my life outside of a ring.

I grew up doing martial arts, and I'm a second-degree black belt.

I discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate, and I became quite good at it, because I had something to prove. And more than anything, I needed to feel safe.

Boxing has been great for me because it's, like, my new sport, so it's something that I can get better at.

As a lifelong practitioner of martial arts, I'm trained to remain calm in the face of adversity and danger.

My father taught me how to fight when I was 5.

I'm super athletic and I love to work out, and obviously I need to workout for my industry as well, but I love learning something and developing that skill and feeling strong. Girls who can kick butt are hot.

I learned Tae Kwon Do and gymnastics and I have a trainer.

I got into Taekwondo when I was nine, and I started training Muay Thai and Brazilian Jujitsu later in life.

It wasn't until I went to Korea out of high school and got exposed to the martial arts for the first time and was just completely enamored with the physical ability of the martial arts and making my black belt.

I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist. I'm a student of the martial arts.

I would be nowhere without martial arts. It's a passion.

I earned a black belt when I was in high school. And I did a lot of boxing and full contact karate in college.

And I love kick boxing. It's a lot of fun. It gives you a lot of confidence when you can kick somebody in the head.