Sonya Deville Quotes

I did a lot of tae kwon do and branched off into other stuff later on, but tae kwon do is great. It was my equalizer. That was how I was able to survive in the land of the giants. Thank God for that.

I don't have to have any special skills or martial arts in my back pocket.

Since my teen years I was interested in martial arts.

Martial arts should be part of every girl's education.

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

I've done all kinds of martial arts. I have my blackbelt in Shorei Ru. I'm doing Wu Shu. I do all kinds of different martial arts.

I discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate, and I became quite good at it, because I had something to prove. And more than anything, I needed to feel safe.

I've been learning martial arts since I was 8 years old.

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'm a 3rd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and 2nd degree in karate, and I'm a licensed bodyguard.

Martial arts is what pulled me through tough times, and it is one of the reasons for my happiness.

To say martial arts, or the combative form - mixed martial arts - is not an art form is incorrect.

I've taught martial arts to many children, from 5 years old and up - there's character development, there's respect, discipline, perseverance.

I did martial arts and karate for eight years when I was growing up.

Say you can't put one foot in front of the other, you punch like a child, and you're not flexible at all. We'll show you some aikido, some ground jujitsu, some gun stuff, some knife moves. We can make a pretty good-size dent with that.

If someone grabbed me, I'd probably be able to choke them out in about eight seconds.

I love the idea of going to work and having to fight and learn a new skill set, whether it's muay Thai or Kali or Filipino stick fighting. To me, it's like college for life.

I've been taking martial arts for a long time. I started with tae kwon do, and then I started taking karate and mixed martial arts.

I studied martial arts before I studied dance.

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

The mixed martial arts way of life will give you focus.

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

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

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.