One of the most striking features of karate is that it may be engaged in by anybody, young or old, strong or weak, male or female.
Gichin FunakoshiRead
Karate is like boiling water: without heat, it returns to it's tepid state
Interpretation
Karate requires constant practice and intensity; without commitment, progress diminishes.
This quote by Gichin Funakoshi illustrates the principle that martial arts, like other skills, need ongoing passion and effort to maintain mastery and effectiveness. If one does not actively engage with and nurture their practice, they will inevitably regress, much like water that cools down and loses its boiling state when deprived of heat.
In practice
In a martial arts class, to emphasize the importance of regular training, a teacher might quote this to motivate students.
One of the most striking features of karate is that it may be engaged in by anybody, young or old, strong or weak, male or female.
There is no first strike in Karate.
When there are no avenues of escape or one is caught even before any attempt to escape can be made, then for the first time the use of self-defense techniques should be considered. Even at times like these, do not show any intention of attacking, but first let the attacker become careless. At that time attack him concentrating one's whole strength in one blow to a vital point and in the moment of surprise, escape and seek shelter and help.
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 in karate is useless.
The secret principle of martial arts is not vanquishing the attacker, but resolving to avoid an encounter before its occurrence. To become an object of an attack is an indication that there was an opening in one's guard, and the important thing is to be on guard at all times.
One whose spirit and mental strength have been strengthened by sparring with a never-say-die attitude should find no challenge too great to handle. One who has undergone long years of physical pain and mental agony to learn one punch, one kick, should be able to face any task, no matter how difficult, and carry it through to the end. A person like this can truly be said to have learned karate.
Good people can't out-think evil, cause evil thinks of things good folks can't think of.
Peace is the precious fruit of a righteous life. It is possible because of the Atonement of the Savior. It is earned through full repentance, for that leads to refreshing forgiveness.
To kill, in war or in any circumstance, creates a silence. It is right that silence should surround the taking of life. After all, the life taken is not ours to take.
Irony has only emergency use. Carried over time it is the voice of the trapped who have come to enjoy their cage.
If... we choose death rather than true life, God does not take away the power that He gave us. And not only does He not take it away, but He reminds us of it again and again. From the dawn till the dusk of life? For, indeed, no one can come to Christ, as He Himself said in the Gospels, unless the Father draws him (cf. Jn. 6:44).
In this life struggle, here I am among you fully cognizant that a true believer has no fear of what God has ordained for him. Those who are visited by fear live only for their present, under the illusion that the world began with them and will end with their departure.
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