martial skills Quotes

There are but three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the warrior and the poet. To know, to kill and to create. The rest of mankind may be taxed and drudged, they are born for the stable, that is to say, to practise what they call professions.

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

I've come off horses and fought in medieval battles using axes, hammers and swords as well as fists. Getting your teeth knocked out is an occupational hazard.

Cain Velasquez - he is a good puncher. He is very compact. He's strong. He's very smart. He's a good fighter. He's a warrior.

If you have a sword, and the Aielman has his bare hands, it is an even fight. If you're good.

I need to improve my striking and my wrestling, but I always be best at jiu-jitsu.

Wrestling and kickboxing, like martial arts, combine a handful of skills. They're really an art form.

He learned the arts of riding, fencing, gunnery, And how to scale a fortress - or a nunnery.

Jason's fingers itched to draw his sword. He'd met plenty of scary demigods, but he was starting to realize that Nico di Angelo--as pale and gaunt as he looked--might be more than he could handle.

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

I'm not a good katana user, bo staff user.

I'm really good with fighting with my feet.

I do a lot of crazy stuff. People that have watched me know my grappling game is of the regular map that you'd see in a jiu-jitsu class.

Knowing how to fight made men more bold, because no one fears doing what it seems to him he has learned to do. Therefore, the ancients wanted their citizens to be trained in every warlike action.

Part of their problem was Percy. He fought like a demon, whirling through the defender's ranks in a completely unorthodox style, rolling under their feet, slashing with his sword instead of stabbing like a Roman would, whacking campers with the flat of his blade, and generally causing mass panic.

I have to know jiu-jitsu and wrestling, but I'm a boxing guy.

I've got all the attributes. I've got the sharpness. I've got everything you need to be a top fighter.

When I was in my early 20s, I studied tae kwon do and hapkido. I earned brown belts in both of them.

When you're doing something like wrestling - wrestling is one of the toughest and hardest martial arts to learn - but it's still a form of martial arts. It's still controlled.

I used my Karate footwork to control the distance, and I use is as a penetration drill that I do, this is my speciality, the way I penetrate on people, the explosiveness and the timing. It all started with Kyokoshin and Sports Karate.

Quintus..." Geryon mused. "Short gray hair, muscular, swordsman?" "Yeah." "Never heard of him.

I used to do a lot of fencing in the theater and a lot of horse riding in the early days, so I'm used to it in a way. If you're classically trained like I am, it's a little bit like mother's milk to me. I enjoy it.

Training in taekwondo for eight years and then being able to do it in a film was pretty amazing.

Most Saiyans are born with a talent for battle, but they still need to be taught the trick behind flying and stuff like that.