In Life, What More Can You Ask

The Attitude, 'you Can Win If You Want To Badly Enough,' Means That The Will To Win Is Constant. No Amount Of Punishment, No Amount Of Effort, No Condition Is Too 'tough' To Take In Order To Win. Such An Attitude Can Be Developed Only If Winning Is Closely Tied To The Practitioner's Ideals And Dreams.

To Me, Ultimately, Martial Arts Means Honestly Expressing Yourself. Now, It Is Very Difficult To Do. It Has Always Been Very Easy For Me To Put On A Show And Be Cocky, And Be Flooded With A Cocky Feeling And Feel Pretty Cool And All That. I Can Make All Kinds Of Phoney Things. Blinded By It. Or I Can Show Some Really Fancy Movement. But To Experience Oneself Honestly, Not Lying To Oneself, And To Express Myself Honestly, Now That Is Very Hard To Do.

One Rule Is To Not Use Complicated Techniques Unless They Are Necessary To Achieve Your Goal. First, Use Simple Movements, And If They Don't Work, Then Introduce The More Complex Ones.

'what Is' Is More Important Than 'what Should Be.' Too Many People Are Looking At 'what Is' From A Position Of Thinking 'what Should Be'.

One Should Be In Harmony With, Not In Opposition To, The Strength And Force Of The Opposition. This Means That One Should Do Nothing That Is Not Natural Or Spontaneous; The Important Thing Is Not To Strain In Any Way.