David Carradine Quotes

Working on the Samurai sword is very different because your body position has to be very still. It's a much quieter was of fighting.

I also have some Chinese weapons, but I like the Japanese sword the best.

There was an incident in Argentina when I was making a film called 'The Warrior and the Sorceress.' There were, like, 40, 50 sword fighters and martial artists on the set, and one of the sword fighters challenged me. I said, 'Look, you don't want to fight me. Nobody wants to fight me. You gotta be crazy to want to fight me.'

I'm a huge, huge lover of weaponry, of Japanese martial arts movies.

Wuxia is a fantasy world exists in everyone's mind.

I couldn't pick up a sword and go fight anyone, let me put it that way. It's choreography and it's acting. The best sword fights you see look amazing, but it's the acting that sells it more than anything.

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 am the number one Ninja and I have killed all the Shoguns in front of me.

The new book is a result of my well-documented... absorption in Samurai movie culture. It's called 'The 47th Samurai: A Bob Lee Swagger novel,' and it takes Bob to Japan in search of the sword his father recovered on Iwo that has gone missing under extremely violent circumstances.

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.

If I were amazing with a sword, I wouldn't care about the tender things in life.

Women who wear kimonos, when the fight, they have to keep their knees together, and when they use a sword, they have to move the sleeves otherwise it gets caught.

I used to love ninja movies. That was my thing.

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

Take up martial arts and get proficient. Take a sword-fighting class. Dive in and immerse yourself in it as you would any other acting class, so when the opportunity comes, that skill can be really utilized, and it's not half-baked.

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've always been really interested in the age of the samurai in Japan.

I collect swords, but I'm not really a swordsman.

I've always been in love with samurais, that kind of classic idea about a hero who has a sword with an intense skill and is very stoic and doesn't talk much.

With 'Shinobi,' we hope to make a film that honors the essence of the games.

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

I'm not a good katana user, bo staff user.

only to people!' shouted Rincewind. He drew his sword and, with a smooth overarm throw, completely failed to hit the troll.

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

Kim: Hey... There's a guy over there with a samurai sword. Scott: Really? Like a katana or a wakizashi or both?