I've studied martial arts, but of course I'm not anywhere near the level of my father. Still, people assume I'm a lethal weapon anyway!
Being a martial artist for many years, it has become a bit of an obsession of mine to bring that part of my life to the screen.
I'm training in martial arts. It's a whole new world for me and I'm loving it. I do that or hot yoga; I have to do some kind of exercise.
I was very sickly as a kid and had a lot of allergies, so martial arts gave me the chance to feel strong.
Mixed martial arts has small windows of opportunity and there's always new faces coming through, so it's easy to forget you.
1936 is a very important year: a golden time for martial arts, right before the Japanese invasion.
Most of my good friends have fights with me. Those guys know that I was in martial arts for 12 years fighting on the circuit.
Most martial arts have to do with the mind, ultimately. The ability to be unafraid, to walk away from a fight without fear - that is control.
I've been studying Israeli army martial arts. I now know 16 ways to kick a Palestinian woman in the back.
Being a vegetarian Buddhist would be a bit harsh to deal with in the kitchen, so I'm a Taoist, I study martial arts, and I don't drink or smoke.
To practice Zen or the Martial Arts, you must live intensely, wholeheartedly, without reserve - as if you might die in the next instant
I have always had a heavy built and have been into all sorts of physical activities like weight training and martial arts.
The real purpose of the martial arts must be to purge oneself of petty ambitions and desire, to obtain control of one’s own character.
I was a big fan of Jean-Claude Van-Damme growing up, and I always wanted to be a martial artist 'cause of him.
Scott Coker's a martial artist. He's an honest guy. If you ask him to do something he'll do it, or else he'll tell you why he can't do it. That's what fighters need.
I grew up in a martial arts gym surrounded by men and boys, and I pretty much call myself a tomboy.
The best came from my martial arts teacher, who also taught Elvis. He said, Your ego will get you killed.
I try to update my arsenal constantly. Learning different martial arts since childhood. To understand what's out there. To really be in tune.
Once you are trained in the international martial arts, your body and mind become toned permanently. You can take on any action role.
A lot of people think martial arts are just fighting, but it's character-building, too, and I want to give back.
I'm a little greedy for action scenes. I'm a martial artist, and any time I get to show off some of that art is great.
As a kid, I was always a tomboy, playing sport and doing martial arts. And I'm pretty opinionated - I've never been told that I'm a weak person.
In the martial arts, introspection begets wisdom. Always see contemplation on your actions as an opportunity to improve.
My becoming an actor wasn't planned. My interest always lied in sports such as football, martial arts, gymnastics and dance.
I used to work out for eight hours a day, which includes running, boxing and martial arts.
I'd love to do live-action superheroes. And you know, I boxed for several years. I have some martial arts experience.
Training with Billy Robinson is just like any martial artist who would go to the old master of the art. He's so knowledgeable.
I don't like to trash talk... I don't know how to do that, it's not me. In the martial arts world that I was brought up it was all about respect.
The thing I hate about mixed martial arts is that it's no longer a sport. It's a big-money business, and it's an entertainment industry.
From getting good grades when I was growing up to finishing college to respecting my elders to the discipline that I have - everything can go back to martial arts.
I love my martial arts and action movies. They give another dimension to the acting world: the emotional plus the physical.
I started very young... I learned my martial arts first in the street. There were always fights. That's the culture in Brazil.
Who rant by note, and through the gamut rage; in songs and airs express their martial fire; combat in trills, and in a fugue expire.
Homeland Security is armed and locked and ready to blow your brains out if you start protesting martial law.
I think the martial arts tradition has a big influence on our generation - we all read these novels when we were very young.
It's interesting because my Mixed Martial Arts upbringing is less Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which is the traditional thing that people study.
We want to be seen as more than just martial artists, or bad stereotype token roles in American TV and movies.
Proscription, martial law, the billeting of the rude troops, the tax collector, the unjust judge, anything at all, is sweeter than responsibility.
I was in jail a couple of times, and I was probably heading back there for a long time. But martial arts saved my life and some of the choices I made with it.
I grew up learning martial arts in Korea; my dad actually brought in an Olympic instructor to teach me as a teenager.
My father was the first person to introduce me to self-defense and martial arts, which I've been doing all my life now.
If there were only three women left in the world, two of them would immediately convene a court-martial to try the other one.
I always loved the idea of learning martial arts, but it wasn't until I was in my 20s that I really started doing it and taking up karate.
A lot of people have problems with public confrontation, but it doesn't worry me at all. I can handle myself. I know my martial arts.
In my view, Zhang Lanxin is one of our best female martial artists, and I can't rate her highly enough.
With Carlson Gracie, who saw something in me, I started learning and loved mixing together the martial arts.
I've been offered guest spots on the TV shows 'Walker, Texas Ranger' and 'Martial Law,' along with others.
It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by this name. It is, in fact, a kind of martial law.
Besides working out for nearly six hours a day, I am also learning different forms of martial arts.
I'm always involved with training and the martial arts. It's not like I go to a desk job somewhere and then throw on the gloves.
When you're doing martial arts, you feel like you can master certain skills and be so much more in control of who you are, so that really appealed to me.
The best came from my martial arts teacher, who also taught Elvis. He said, 'Your ego will get you killed.'
It's just kinda irritating to me that we're awarding people in mixed martial arts for trying to move away and not finish the fight.
I was a pretty fit and physical kid, and my first interest was in martial arts and kung fu with all the Bruce Lee movies.
I am so glad people have started making films n martial arts and self-defense, which is actually the need of the hour.
It takes years of building that experience as a filmmaker, as well as physically. You have to have a high level understanding of martial arts.
In martial arts, every time you graduate, move to another level, you don't forget everything you've done. You build on it, but it's always there.
I still and will always have a passion for martial arts and do not believe, as a Christian, that it's wrong for myself to compete in a professional sport that is violent.
I've taught martial arts to many children, from 5 years old and up - there's character development, there's respect, discipline, perseverance.
I grew up doing martial arts, and it's one of these things where I always kind of liked acting, but I was never real serious about it.
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