Ryan Guzman Quotes

I studied martial arts before I studied dance.

I love doing action; I love doing martial arts. There's almost something balletic about it.

My training in martial arts was kind of a crash course in how to look like a black belt. I know the moves of a black belt - my kicks, and my stretches, and my punches and all that.

I was a judo player as a kid, and I think a lot of the concepts in judo as a kid played over. It influenced my style and has been a center point of what I do.

I grew up as a martial artist, and I'm still a martial artist at heart.

My background in gymnastics, martial arts, and dancing has translated very well in the ring.

I have dabbled in martial arts all my life, since I was 7, maybe - tae kwon do, capoeira, Muay Thai. It's always been an interest because in martial arts there is a mind/body relationship.

Martial arts is something you can learn or pick up and think you could do really well.

I began to study martial arts because it was a great form of exercise, and I knew it would help my acting career. Martial arts reminded me of dancing. It has helped me learn fight sequences quicker.

I use Kung Fu. That really helps my flexibility and coordination.

I was a dancer for fifteen years, and I think a lot of what dancing gives you crosses over so much into anything to do with fighting, martial arts, anything action.

I learned Tae Kwon Do and gymnastics and I have a trainer.

I got into Taekwondo when I was nine, and I started training Muay Thai and Brazilian Jujitsu later in life.

I've been doing Tai Chi on and off for 20 years. The fundamentals of all martial arts are the same.

I fight like Bruce Lee. I train in his style of kung fu, wing chun. It's all about fighting with controlled power, so you learn to punch correctly.

Doing the sword fighting is like picking up a dance routine... I think dancing really helps with the picking up of it.

There's a very fine line between martial arts and dance. Kicking with your foot stretched out, or kicking with your foot flat in someone's face, in terms of flexibility, it's all kind of the same thing.

From the age of seven, I basically started practicing my hand-eye and foot coordination, balance, strength, endurance, discipline, and mental toughness three days a week until I was about 15.

My father taught me boxing and showed me what this beautiful sport means.

I fight with good strikers every day.

I think footwork is one of the most important things to becoming a great fighter. That's where everything starts.

I train to fight, to win.

I box two to three times a week. I don't like going to the gym because it's boring. I really like boxing because you have to combine concentration and imagination. I feel like I'm actually learning something that's useful.

My whole life, I've been training for something, whether it be baseball or football or wrestling or martial arts.

Ever since I was 10 years old doing jiu-jitsu, I've done well against the tall guys.