Combat Techniques Quotes

Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Bruce Lee are my masters; they're the inspiration for my work. Bruce Lee was a heavy fighter who threw hard punches. Jackie moves very fast and uses a lot of comedy, and Jet Li is very fluid. I've tried to combine all of their styles and added some things of my own.

Niten's eyes didn't move, but a trace of a smile curled his lips. "I do not need my eyes to tell me where I'm going." "I have no idea what that means," Josh said. "Is it like some sort of ninja trick?" Niten shot Josh a warning look. "Whatever you do, don't mention-" It was too late. In the backseat Aoife stirred. "Ninjas," she spat. "Why is everyone so obsessed with ninjas? They were never that good. And they were cowards, sneaking around in their black pajamas, stabbing their victims with poisoned darts. I hate ninjas-they have no honor.

When I was ten years old, my dad and brother did judo, so I went along because I felt like I was missing out. They eventually gave up, and I continued, then moved into Tae Kwon Do, kickboxing and various other martial arts. I did lots of different things, but mostly things like Wushu, Jeet Kune Do, Krav Maga and stuff like that.

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

That's right, karate... made my whole body a weapon.

Then, Sir, we will give them the bayonet!

The principle of martial arts is not a thing that can be learned, like a science, by fact-finding and instruction in facts. It has to grow spontaneously, like a flower, in a mind free from emotions and desires.

Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.

This is Annabeth,” Jason said. “Uh, normally she doesn't judo-flip people.

Well all tai chi has the martial aspect to it, a lot of people don't know, a lot of the teachers won't show it, or they do show it but you don't really learn it, what the application is.

There were lots of things that I recognized from my experience with Eagle Claw and Wu Hao, and here was the combination of the whole kit and kaboodle, the whole tamale in one.

It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of war that can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.

Never depart from the way of martial arts.

I hold the gun out from my body, my arms straight, just as Four taught me, when that was his only name. I used a gun like this to defend my father and brother from simulation-bound Dauntless. I used it to stop Eric from shooting Tobias in the head. It is not inherently evil. It is just a tool.

Growing up, I was always a fan of wrestling, but I was also a fan of MMA and stuff.

I'm a professional fighter. My game plan is to fight standing up and to fight on the ground.

War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perserverance, by time, and by practice.

The best way to pursue any discipline is the martial art way.

To cut and slash are two different things. Cutting, whatever form of cutting it is, is decisive, with a resolute spirit. Slashing is nothing more than touching the enemy.

The best swordsman in the world may be disarmed by a trick that's new to him.

Every punch that's thrown is mine. Every punch that's caught, I catch.

He invented Kung Fu when translated to English means method by which short, bald guys can kick the bejeezus out of you.

I want to be an expert in different fighting styles, new training methods, new ways of thinking.

The art of war is like the art of the courtesan; indeed they might be called sisters, since both are slaves of desperation.

I've got more skills in my pinky finger than half the damn guys in the UFC.