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Postby yat_chum » Sun Apr 05, 2009 2:49 pm

"When someone is full of Love and Compassion,
he cannot draw a line between
two countries, two faiths, or two religions."
Amma

“I must stand up in search of the truth, if I don't I only roll with the flow of the lie and make it stronger.”
Sovereign
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:23 am

“Fa chuk dui sao chi”
(Explore changes by sticking with a partner)
GM Yuen Kay-San

“Lik chui jee gok chuen”
(Strength is aware, it follows and changes with feeling)
GM Yuen Kay-San
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Apr 07, 2009 5:21 am

“If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you”
Bruce Lee

“Who can’t take the blows should not dare to enter but only watch from far away.”
From a Mani song
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:06 am

"The best armor is to keep out of range."
Italian Proverb

"A military operation involves deception. Even though you are competent, appear to be incompetent. Though effective, appear to be ineffective."
Sun-tzu (~400 BC), The Art of War. Strategic Assessments
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:25 am

“Sao gerk seung siu, mo jit jiu.”
(Hands and feet defend accordingly, there are no secret unstoppable manoeuvres.)
GM Yip Man

"If training is hard, then winning will be easy, but if training is easy, then winning will be hard." Sensei Norman Harris
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Apr 10, 2009 4:59 am

"Train diligently and understand. Explore every movement while sticking to a partner and your teacher is there to correct you. If you have no partner and no teacher a mirror and wooden dummy can aid you. Keep your eyes angry imagine your enemy. The method is from the ancestors, the key is adapting to conditions. Understand all this and you will never meet with failure."
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"An ordinary man will draw his sword when ridiculed and will fight risking his life, but he may not be called a courageous man. A truly great man is not disturbed even when suddenly confronted with an unexpected event or crisis, nor angered upon finding himself in situations not of his own making, and this is because he has a great heart and his aim is high."
Master Gichin Funakoshi from The Karate-do Kyohan
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Apr 11, 2009 2:27 am

“The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit.”
Morihei Ueshiba

"Like a Blacksmith pounding a piece of red-hot metal, hard training shapes and changes your body and mind. It is not by rubbing or patting it, but only through continous hard work that an ordinary object can become a sword."
Helwig
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Apr 12, 2009 4:42 am

"There is only one time
when it is essential to awaken.
That time is now."
Buddha

"What is written with ink on paper, one drop of water can destroy - what is written on the mind is there for eternity.”
Vth Dalai Lama
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Apr 13, 2009 3:51 am

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
Albert Einstein

“A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory.”
Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Apr 14, 2009 4:12 am

"The only reason men fight is because they are insecure, one man needs to prove that he is better or stronger than another. The man who is secure within himself has no need to prove anything with force, so he can walk away from a fight with dignity and pride. He is the true martial artist- a man so strong inside that he has no need to demonstrate his power."
Ed Parker

“Never expose yourself unnecessarily to danger; a miracle may not save you... and if it does, it will be deducted from your share of luck or merit.”
The Talmud
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Apr 15, 2009 4:06 am

“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”
William James (1842 - 1910)

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."
Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:43 am

"Nothing is too small to know, and nothing is too big to attempt."
William Van Horne
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:59 am

“Simplicity is the key to brilliance.”
Bruce lee
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Postby yat_chum » Sat Apr 18, 2009 12:39 am

"Believe in your sensei, but at the same time you must never surrender the right to think for yourself."
Sensei Harry Cook
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Postby yat_chum » Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:30 am

"Learn to develop spiritual tranquility, abstain from arguments and fights"
GM Yip Man
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Postby yat_chum » Mon Apr 20, 2009 1:55 am

"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self."
Aristotle
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Postby yat_chum » Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:25 am

"A man who loves music can make great progress in karate; a man who does not love music will never perform karate correctly."
Mas Oyama
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Postby yat_chum » Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:55 am

"A man who dares to waste one hour of his life has not discovered the value of life."
Charles Darwin
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Postby yat_chum » Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:44 am

"To be the best is to be the first one on the field and the last one off."
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Postby yat_chum » Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:08 am

"Victory belongs to the most persevering."
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)
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