What is your favorite BJJ / martial arts saying?

[Oldguy]

Mine is …

“Take the move your opponent gives you, not the one you want to take.”

Rickson 1993

… you could make this your motto for all of life.

 

[Thrawn33]

"Throw to pin, pin to win"

 

[Einheri]

"Man who catch fly with chopstick, accomplish anything.”

 

[ChickenBrother]

"I'm a blue belt in jiu jitsu but a black belt with these hands."

 

[shunyata]

"I attacked with O Soto Gari.

He defended.

I insisted."

- Kimura Masahiko

 

[ChickenBrother]

In all seriousness and despite being a very cheesy movie, Miyagi's pep talk to Danielsan in KKIII is awesome and just makes me tear up. OK lose to opponent, must not lose to fear!

 

[Koya]

"Everyone one has a plan until he gets punched in the mouth" - Mike Tyson

 

[Dana's Moonface]

"I fear not the man that has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times"

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

"Very effective is o-goshi"
- Igor Yakimov

 

[RemyR]

Spoiler

 

[dsdoubled]

In MMA, effective striking isn't necessarily pretty striking.

-Ray Longo

 

[dsdoubled]

"I don't care if you had a baseball bat in your hands, if you can claim to have defeated Georges St Pierre I consider you a badass."

-Frank Trigg in his lead up to the Serra fight.

Come to think of it, Serra has a bunch of gems. Like:

"People say it was a lucky punch...well, I'm pretty sure it was him I was aiming for so I don't know how you can call that lucky..."

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

Travis Lutter is the Michael Jordan of BJJ

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

 

[TheMaster]

"He accidentally hit his head against mine, and I got dizzy. I moved backwards, he punched me and I fell. That head was practically an accidental knockout."

- Roger Gracie

 

[Steveston]

Sometimes you're the nail sometimes you're the hammer.

 

[Patrick Jane]

"Above all, such sports as judo, in my view, teach people to relate to each other. They teach us to respect a partner, teach us to understand that an externally weak partner can not only put up worthy resistance, but, if you relax and take too much for granted, may even win."

- Vladimir Putin

 

[Quebec Nick]

''Why would you ignore 50% of the body''

Danaher yapping about what Dean Lister said to him even if it was the only time in his life he saw him. Sometimes, just one sentence, from a man you only encounter once and to never see him again can have an astronomical effect on your life, bigger than you could imagine... (this can continue for a couple dozen sentences in the most monotone tone you can imagine)

 

[TheMaster]

''Why would you ignore 50% of the body''

Danaher yapping about what Dean Lister said to him even if it was the only time in his life he saw him. Sometimes, just one sentence, from a man you only encounter once and to never see him again can have an astronomical effect on your life, bigger than you could imagine... (this can continue for a couple dozen sentences in the most monotone tone you can imagine)

The "50% of the body" discussion actually started long before that. It pretty much began in modern BJJ as a back and forth between Eddie Bravo and Ken Shamrock when at the time Eddie discounted leg locks. I need to find a good quote from that conversation.

 

[EndlessCritic]

"Man who catch fly with chopstick, accomplish anything.”

I'm still not sure I understand the significance of this entire scene. Why is Daniel able to catch the fly when his master has been unable to for his lifetime?