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- “A good fighter is generally an ascetic or stoic, which means he has an iron will.” D. T. Suzuki. Image: © Trustees of the British Museum
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- “Remember an empty vessel makes the most noise.” Bubishi – Article 2 Laws of Wisdom. Image: © Trustees of the British Museum
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- “When life is victorious, there is birth. When it is thwarted, there is death. A warrior is always engaged in a life-and-death struggle for Peace.” – Morihei Ueshiba. Image © The Trustees of the British Museum
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- “Softness triumphs over hardness, feebleness over strength. What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immoveable.” – Lao Tzu. Image © The Trustees of the British Museum
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- “Nothing is impossible to a willing mind.” – Books of Han Dynasty. Image © The Trustees of the British Museum
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- “Fall seven times and stand up eight.” – Japanese proverb. Image © The Trustees of the British Museum
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- “A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action.” – Samurai maxim. Image © The Trustees of the British Museum
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- “Spirit first, technique second.” – Gichin Funakoshi. Image: © The Trustees of the British Museum
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- “Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.” ― Bashō Matsuo. Image: © The Trustees of the British Museum
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- “Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. Put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” – Bruce Lee. Image: © Trustees of the British Museum
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- “The sword is the soul of the samurai, we must remember all that goes with it – loyalty, self-sacrifice, reverance, benevolence, and the cultivation of other higher feelings. Here is the true Samurai.” D. T. Suzuki. Image: © Trustees of the British Museum.
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- “Let humility, the cornerstone of this art, remind us all to place virtue before vice, values before vanity and principles before personalities” Timeless Confucian based advice. Image © The Trustees of the British Museum
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- “The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.” – Bruce Lee. Image © The Trustees of the British Museum
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- “Power of mind is infinite while brawn is limited.” – Koichi Tohei. Image © The Trustees of the British Museum
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- “The angry man will defeat himself in battle as well as in life.” – Samurai maxim. Image © The Trustees of the British Museum
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- “Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.” – Lao Tzo © The Trustees of the British Museum
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- “Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world” – Miyamoto Musashi. Image © The Trustees of the British Museum
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- “Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought.” ~ Matsu Basho. Image: © The Trustees of the British Museum
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- “Karate is like boiling water: without heat, it returns to it’s tepid state” – Gichin Funakoshi. Image: © The Trustees of the British Museum
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- “The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory nor defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants.” – Gichin Funakoshi. Image: © The Trustees of the British Museum
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- “Do not think of winning. Think, rather, of not losing.” Nijū kun – Gichin Funakoshi. Image: © The Trustees of the British Museum
