Daniel Wu Quotes

Of course, in Joe Jitsu it is about a lot more than fighting. It depends on their style, their confidence, the way that their hair falls in the morning, the way that their clothes look. It's more state of mind.

Well I think everything up to this point that I've been exposed to in my life has had an influence on me in some way, shape, or form even if I'm not conscious of it. So I definitely think that my studies in wu-shu, kung-fu, karate, kenpo, taikwando, all of that stuff certainly has an affect. I don't think I follow any discipline traditionally.

I see martial arts as moving forms of meditation. When you're sparring or drilling techniques, you can't think of anything else.

I try to keep the martial arts up. It's a good thing, not just physically but also for your mind.

I started studying Jeet Kune Do in my early 20s.

Martial arts is self-growth. It's artistic impression. It's self-defense... it doesn't have any place in politics.

Having a healthy body and healthy mind is always something I think about.

You don't 'practice' martial arts; it's more like a way of life.

Martial arts have two parts. One is external, other internal. The external is physical part. The internal is philosophy of how to be, what kind of person learns martial arts.

I was in martial arts starting at the age of 14, and I got my black belt by the time I was 18. Soon after, I was teaching an entire school, with about 150 students. It was unbelievably intense because of the self-awareness part of becoming a black belt.

Even while modeling, I was still practicing kung fu and boxing as sports.

Aikido is not merely about fighting and the development of the physical self but the perfection of the spiritual man at the same time. It has very harmonious movements, very beautiful to watch and beautiful for your body to feel.

To be trained in karate is something because karate is a vicious thing. If you are any good at it, you can kill somebody with it. It is a vicious way to fight.

I grew up doing martial arts, and I'm a second-degree black belt.

I think the most important is when I was young, I learnt martial arts; that is my special key.

We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.

When I grew up, I studied karate for years. I got pretty strong, but eventually I had to acknowledge that I really didn't like fighting at all, so I quit.

Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character.

I try to update my arsenal constantly. Learning different martial arts since childhood. To understand what's out there. To really be in tune.

There is a difference between a fighter and a martial artist. A fighter is training for a purpose: He has a fight. I'm a martial artist. I don't train for a fight. I train for myself. I'm training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection.

I always loved the idea of learning martial arts, but it wasn't until I was in my 20s that I really started doing it and taking up karate.

When I was 8 years old, I knew nothing about martial arts. The coach told me I was talented with learning martial arts, and put me in a school.

When you have a background in combat sports, people think you're this martial arts expert, but really I'm just a guy who is able to do certain things without making a mess of himself.

I don't want to be knocked out. But the contact and the focus and the energy I get from sparring gives me energy to make movies, energy to be a dad, energy to be a friend, and, you know, makes me feel, probably, a lot younger and behave a lot younger than I am.

I'm doing what I love to do. Martial arts is my everything. It's my life, my philosophy, how I think, who I am.