Ki - Shao

"The one on my right hand means “Ki” that means energy, life energy. Force. The one on my other hand means “Shao” that means a long life. I put the first one on my hand, after this tattoo I never lost a fight anymore in my life." — Bas Rutten

When meeting the right girl, even Bruce Lee smiles.

When meeting the right girl, even Bruce Lee smiles.

- Gichin Funakoshi

Train with both heart and soul without worrying about theory. 

Very often a person who lacks the quality of deadly seriousness will take refuge in theory.

Bruce Lee

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.

........*keep staring*

She’s the voice of Mulan, as if she wasn’t amazing enough.

She’s the voice of Mulan, as if she wasn’t amazing enough.

She broke it with her fingers. Not a fist, her fingers.

Girl is 50 years old.

FIFTY. YEARS. OLD.

fun fact: When you break things with your hands like that you have t break your fingers on purpose before so that they heal stronger. So basically this woman is so badass she broke her hands just to do this.

You asshat, you’re making it sound like she snaps her fingers in half.

Martial artists like Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee (and yes, Ming-Na Wen, that beautiful badass) will build up their bone strength by repeatedly (and fairly gently) striking sand, gravel, wood and steel - this creates tons of microfractures in their bones (smaller than even a hairline fracture) so the bones will heal over again and make the bones stronger and denser with increased deposits of calcium.

This has to be done over long-ass periods of time, so the bones have time to heal, and none of the fractures expand into actual breaks.

Oh, and she’s doing precise-ass kicks in HIGH HEELS.

sports

this pic fixes sadness

*kiss*
*kiss*
*smile*
*boop*

World War everything ended.

— Matt Thornton

“The stronger your opponent is, the more relaxed you need to be. The more aggressive your opponent is, the more focused you need to be. The more skilled your opponent is, the more playful you need to be.”

Rhonda Rousey is the baddest female on the planet.

I love her!

oh Oliver

Hatsumi Soke

"To learn martial arts, you need people. Martial arts cannot be learned through watching videos and training solo, you must connect with another person to learn, what we do is actually a study of humanness. So through your training, you will actually come to understand your humanity.

This is an extremely important, especially in this age of the internet, where people can get everything without physical contact with others. As a result, we will actually have many people forgetting their humanity, and thus, the meaning of life itself.”

UFC 168

— Karate Kyokushin

“Cry in the dojo - Laugh on the battlefield!”

~ Bruce Lee

Not being tense, but ready.

Not thinking, but not dreaming.

Not being set, but flexible.

Liberation from the uneasy sense of confinement.

It is being wholly and quietly alive, aware and alert,

Ready for whatever may come.

- Ryu

Never rush anything.
Allow your body to grow.
Let your mind develop.
Cultivate your character.
Nurture your spirit.
Soften up your heart.
True progress will come.

Keep Calm and Train Hard!

there’s too much cute in this one gif

look at the way the man’s expression, in the background, softens when they kiss

awhh now beat eachother senseless.

— Bruce Lee

“Be happy, but never satisfied.”

— if only it were so easy…

“In combat if you are relaxed yet ready, focused yet calm, malleable not tense. You will flow through multiple foes like a ghost drawing blood in your wake, flowing through enemies like a breeze. Relax, and the fight is yours.”

— Bruce Lee

“A good teacher protects his pupils from his own influence.”