What people say.. They really means..
Japanese martial arts are the best. I practice a Japanese martial art.
This art is thousands of years old. This style is decades old.
The martial arts are about building better people. The martial arts are about sweats, bruises and money.
Chinese martial arts are the best. I practice a Chinese martial art.
High kicks are stupid. I can’t do high kicks.
Sparring is extremely important. I am good at fighting and I like it and I can’t do much of anything else.
The martial arts are about building better people. The martial arts are about beating people up if they lay a finger on you.
Korean martial arts are the best. I practice a Korean martial art.
Breaking techniques are very important. We do a lot of breaking techniques.
I don’t believe in grades Nobody ever gave me a high grade.
The martial arts are about building better evolved characters. Like me.
Filipino martial arts are the best. I practice a Filipino martial art.
Sophisticated arts like Tai Chi and aikido are far superior. Sparring frightens me.
He’s a good martial arts teacher. He’s in my organization.
He’s a lousy martial arts teacher. He used to be in my organization, but he broke a way, and I don’t get any money out of him anymore.
My style is the best. I don’t know anything about any other styles.
Grades are not important. There’s a grading coming and it’s important.
Breaking techniques are useless. I can’t do breaking techniques.
I am an innovative, free thinking, modern Western martial arts teacher, doing my own non-classical thing. I am more interested in teaching than learning; and the Orientals ignore me because they know how ignorant I am.
Martial arts politics are the necessary result of official recognition by respectable associations to protect the public. I belong to a large, well established organization.
I hate martial arts politics. None of the large, well established organizations recognize me or have the slightest interest in my existence.
In this system, we make the art fit the person. In this system, we make the person fit the art.
Competitions are a waste of time. I never won any competitions.
Forms or kata are the highest expression of inner essence of the martial arts. I’ve read that somewhere — and I’ve had enough of tournaments.
Forms or kata are useless. Bruce Lee said forms are useless and this relieves me of a lot of effort, so go argue with him.
One style is not better than another — it’s the individual that counts. Don’t go to another school — it’s the style that we teach here that counts.
The techniques aren’t important. The techniques are important.
Bruce Lee didn’t know what he’s talking about. I don’t know what Bruce Lee was talking about.
Size and strength are not important. Size and strength are important, especially if you’re fighting someone who’s bigger and stronger than you are.
Science and leverage will always win out brute force. Unless when he’s bigger and stronger than you are.
The purpose of the martial arts is spiritual development and liberation from the ego. I am so humble and wise; it’s terrific.

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