"If your opponent is at a distance,..." - Quote by Bruce Lee
If your opponent is at a distance, kick him in the groin. If he gets close, poke him in the eyes, bring up your knee, pop him with an elbow, dig a corkscrew punch to his stomach.
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“Take what's useful, discard what is not.”
“What we are after is the root and not the branches. The root is the real knowledge; the branches are surface knowledge. Real knowledge breeds 'body feel' and personal expression; surface knowledge breeds mechanical conditioning and imposing limitation and squelches creativity.”
“It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.”
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“Boards don't hit back.”
“A good martial artist does not become tense, but ready. Not thinking, yet not dreaming. Ready for whatever may come. When the opponent expands, I contract; and when he contracts, I expand. And when there is an opportunity, "I" do not hit, "it" hits all by itself.”
“I got into Taekwondo when I was nine, and I started training Muay Thai and Brazilian Jujitsu later in life.”
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“Use karate, judo, aikido, or any style to build your counter-offensive. It will be interesting!”
“Free men do not ask permission to bear arms”
“Where choice is set between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence ... I prefer to use arms in defense of honor rather than remain the vile witness of dishonor.”