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Postby yat_chum » Thu Sep 07, 2006 7:03 pm

"Even though our path is completely different from the warrior arts of the past, it is not necessary to abandon totally the old ways. Absorb venerable traditions into this Art by clothing them with fresh garments, and building on the classic styles to create better forms."
Morihei Ueshiba
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:05 pm

"In sparring, a Karateist should concentrate his heart, mind and soul into the art. Concentration plays an extremely important part in sparring. It is so important that the slightest distortion in thinking can cause serious injury to the opponent or yourself . Therefore sparring should be done with the utmost seriousness."
Hirokazu Kanazawa
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:15 am

The sons of men are one
and I am one with them.
I seek to love not hate.
I seek to serve and not exact due service.
I seek to heal not hurt.
Let pain bring due reward of light and love.
Let the soul control the outer form
and life and all events,
and bring to light the love which underlies
the happenings of the time.
Let vision come and insight;
let the future stand revealed.
Let inner union demonstrate
and outer cleavages be gone.
Let love prevail.
Let all men love.

Mantram of unification - Maitreya
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:11 pm

"If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be enthusiasm."
Bruce Barton
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Sep 12, 2006 1:23 am

"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."
Steve Jobs (1955 - )
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Sep 13, 2006 12:41 am

The best armor is to keep out of range.
Italian Proverb
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Sep 13, 2006 8:09 pm

"To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person."
Bruce Lee
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:12 pm

"The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction."
Aesop, The Eagle and the Arrow
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Sep 14, 2006 7:19 pm

"If someone offers you a gift, and you decline to accept it, the other person still owns that gift. The same is true of insults and verbal attacks."
Steve Pavlina, How to Win an Argument, 08-31-05
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Sep 16, 2006 1:19 am

"In the art of Karate, the basic forms and movements are practiced without any opponent. By just imagining the opponent a Karateist can fulfil every form practiced. It is very important therefore that while practicing, the Karateist put his whole heart, soul and mind into the form. Then the purpose of defeating an opponent becomes complete, for all of these cannot be done at random. A person may study Karate for years, but if he is only moving his hands and feet he will not be able to understand the true meaning of Karate."
Hirokazu Kanazawa
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:54 am

"Practicing kata is one thing, engaging in a real fight is another."
Master Gichin Funakoshi
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Sep 17, 2006 8:06 pm

"Do not weep; do not wax indignant. Understand."
Baruch Spinoza (1632 - 1677)
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Postby Inga » Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:07 pm

If you can walk, you can dance.
If you can talk, you can sing.

- Zimbabwean Proverb
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Sep 18, 2006 7:16 pm

"We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance." Japanese Proverb
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Sep 20, 2006 1:21 am

"Conquer thyself, till thou has done this, thou art but a slave; for it is almost as well to be subjected to another's appetite as to thine own."
Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890)
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Postby slyfox » Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:08 am

"Everyone i know is in the fight of there life
I believe in a better way"
Better way, Ben harper
Relax, smile
Let go of any tension,
Keep the intention
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:43 am

"We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them."
Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818), letter to John Adams, 1774
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:07 pm

"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely."
Rodin (1840 - 1917)
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:26 am

"The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit."
Moliere (1622 - 1673)
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Sep 24, 2006 2:35 am

I have lived on the lip
of insanity, wanting to know reasons,
knocking on a door. It opens.
I've been knocking from the inside!

Sufi mystic - Jelaluddin Rumi - 13th century
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