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

- Mas Oyama

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

- Mas Oyama

Behind each triumph are new peaks to be conquered.

- Mas Oyama

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…

- Mas Oyama

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…

- Mas Oyama

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

- Mas Oyama

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 …

- Mas Oyama

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…

- Mas Oyama

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

- Mas Oyama