Jessica Henwick Quotes

If you have a sword, and the Aielman has his bare hands, it is an even fight. If you're good.

I'm really good with fighting with my feet.

I did not feel that I was designed for hand-to-hand combat.

I used to do traditional weapons training, and I wasn't bad with a sword.

Ever since I was 10 years old doing jiu-jitsu, I've done well against the tall guys.

I have done martial arts my whole life, so it comes easily, but I have never done proper sword fighting.

I'm really great with weapons: I did a lot of bo and staff training for 'Immortals.' I love knives. I'm a pretty good shot. But I love hand-to-hand combat.

I'm useless with a sword in real life.

Hey, I took karate when I was 17 years old; I am dangerous.

What woman doesn't want to go out there and kick some butt? I did it with a sword in 'Conan,' I did it with a crossbow in 'G.I. Joe,' and I've got my multi-tool and my super-suit in 'Continuum.' It's really a release, and it's quite cool.

When you work with chains or any kind of weapons, or just when you're using hand-to-hand combat, you are going to get hurt.

I trained in combat, sword fighting, horse riding... It's empowering knowing that I can a break man's nose with my elbow.

There's a huge difference between stage fighting and real sword fighting.

I was a professional fighter for a while, and I trained in martial arts for seven years, so I think that kind of helped form a base for me as far as dancing.

My training in martial arts was kind of a crash course in how to look like a black belt. I know the moves of a black belt - my kicks, and my stretches, and my punches and all that.

I fight like Bruce Lee. I train in his style of kung fu, wing chun. It's all about fighting with controlled power, so you learn to punch correctly.

I don't like broad swords. They're not much fun. A broad sword is just a big chunk of steel, and there's not much finesse in it, not much skill, I don't think anyway.

I fight with good strikers every day.

When you're doing something like wrestling - wrestling is one of the toughest and hardest martial arts to learn - but it's still a form of martial arts. It's still controlled.

Wrestling has made me very mentally strong, conditioned me really well for MMA, and given me phenomenal balance.

I had to learn martial arts.

Being able to open up and use my kick would make me so much more dangerous. It wouldn't even be fair to use some of the weapons that we work on.

Some people spar five days a week.

My three most impressive fights have been against black belts in jiu-jitsu.

I think, as a fighter, I kept improving. My movements improved, my accuracy improved.