It is possible for even the smallest of accolades of achievement to be truly worthwhile without tears and toil?.

One becomes a beginner after 1000 days of training. One becomes a master after 10,000 days of practice..

I realized that perseverence and step-by-step progress are the only ways to reach a goal along a chosen path..

Each of us has his cowardice. Each of us is afraid to lose, afraid to die. But hanging back is the way to remain a coward for life. The Way to find c….

The most important are the eyes. In a fight if you look down out of fear you'll certainly be defeated.

Behind each triumph are new peaks to be conquered..

The heart of our karate is real fighting.There can be no proof without real fighting. Without proof there is no trust. Without trust there is no resp….

If you have confidence in your own words, aspirations, thoughts, and actions and do your very best, you will have no need to regret the outcome of wh….

Karate is not a game. It is not a sport. It is not even a system of self-defense. Karate is half physical exercise and half spiritual. The karateist ….

Human beings are capable of virtually limitless degradation; they are also capable of virtually limitless improvement and achievement. Success depend….

One must try, everyday, to expand one's limits..

Personal greed and egoism are things that cause human beings to forget respect for others and to violate rules that have been established for the sak….

True courage is born only when it is accompanied by justice..

Always remember that the true meaning of Budo is that soft overcomes hard, small overcomes large..

Studying the martial Way is like climbing a cliff: keep going forward without rest. Resting is not permissible because it causes recessions to old ad….

Until the day I die, I never want to be separated from my dogi; I never want to cease my training efforts in the dojo..

No matter how strong the rival, the just will always win..

My Way is the Way of Karate, which is also the Way of humanity, and which is consequently related to the Way of Heaven..

If someone asked me what a human being ought to devote the maximum of his life to, I would answer: training. Train more than you sleep..

Subjecting yourself to vigourous training is more for the sake of forging a resolute spirit that can vanquish the self than it is for developing a st….

If you do not overcome your tendency to give up easily, your life leads to nothing..