We must look at ourselves with the strictest eyes.

- Tsutomu Ohshima

Eliminating one weakness is better than adding one strength.

- Tsutomu Ohshima

Each one of us starts Karate with some particular reason: to be a good fighter, to keep in good shape, to protect oneself. I wanted to become very st…

- Tsutomu Ohshima

In order to achieve victory you must place yourself in your opponent's skin. If you don't understand yourself, you will lose one hundred percent of t…

- Tsutomu Ohshima

Some people think a martial artist has to be tough against everybody - that's not true at all. A martial artist has to be strong against bad people. …

- Tsutomu Ohshima

Originally this was the most important thing about martial arts - to reach a higher level, to become a strong human being. Strong doesn't mean big ar…

- Tsutomu Ohshima