You must ignore the bad and adopt the good.

- Gichin Funakoshi

In battle, do not think that you have to win. Think rather that you do not have to lose.

- Gichin Funakoshi

To search for the old is to understand the new.

- Gichin Funakoshi

The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants.

- Gichin Funakoshi

Seek perfection of character. Be faithful. Endeavor. Respect others. Refrain from violent behaviour.

- Gichin Funakoshi

Once a kata has been learned, it must be practised repeatedly until it can be applied in an emergency, for knowledge of just the sequence of a kata i…

- Gichin Funakoshi

True karate is this: that in daily life one's mind and body be trained and developed in a spirit of humility, and that in critical times, one be devo…

- Gichin Funakoshi

Spirit first, technique second.

- Gichin Funakoshi

No matter how you may excel in the art of Karate, and in your scholastic endeavors, nothing is more important than your behavior and your humanity as…

- Gichin Funakoshi