{"quotes":[{"text":"On Ryukyu islands, the expert Kara-te practitioners, used their skills to subdue, control and generally teach bullies A lesson, rather than severely injure or kill their attackers. They knew full well the consequences of their actions and the trail of blood and retribution that would ensue.","author":"Soke Behzad Ahmadi","tags":["attacker","avenge","blood","budoka","bully","bushido","chin-na","consequences-life-lessons","control","culture","expert","familiarity-and-attitude","families","folklore","grapplinf-tudi","history","injury","karate","kenpo","kill","killing","kin","martial-arts","master","opportunity","people","pkinawa","punching","quotes","reaction","ryukyu","seize","sensei","shinshii","shorinjiryu","teach-a-lesson","technique","torite","warrior"],"id":1327,"author_id":"Soke+Behzad+Ahmadi"},{"text":"Real Martial Arts is Mathematics, Physics, Poetry; Meditation in Action.","author":"Soke Behzad Ahmadi","tags":["action","buddha","budo","combat-training","karate","kenpo","martial-arts","mathematics","meditation","okinawa","physics","poetry","real","sensei","shorinjiryu","wisdom"],"id":16913,"author_id":"Soke+Behzad+Ahmadi"},{"text":"Karate is many things, but mainly it's about synergy, ebb and flow, trial and error, action and reaction, rhythm of life, progress . . .","author":"Soke Behzad Ahmadi","tags":["action","boldness-and-attitude","ebbs-and-flow","essence-of-things","fighting-spirit","karate","kenpo","martial-arts","meaning-of-life","okinawa","progress","reaction","rhythm","sensei","shorinjiryu","synergy","trial-and-error","wisdom"],"id":29027,"author_id":"Soke+Behzad+Ahmadi"},{"text":"Though we are not together in body, know that I will always be with you in spirit. I will be in the whistling wind and in your dreams. Think of me in the joy of watching snow fall and know that I am thinking of you always.","author":"Amy Jarecki","tags":["christmas-romance","historical-romance","holiday-romance","karate","martial-arts","robert-bruce","time-travel-romance","william-wallace"],"id":36727,"author_id":"Amy+Jarecki"},{"text":"Karate is not about techniques and their execution, but about boldness, integrity and fight for justice and common good.","author":"Soke Behzad Ahmadi","tags":["bushido","character","common-good","decency","dojo","execution","fighting-spirit","integrity","justice","karate","kenpo","man","martial-arts","okinawa","sensei","shorinjiryu","techniques","truth"],"id":46123,"author_id":"Soke+Behzad+Ahmadi"},{"text":"God, you’re beautiful,” he growled while his cock throbbed with need.\t“Ye keep telling me that and ye’ll have me believing it,” she said with the sexiest, most breathless voice he’d ever heard.\tHis fingers sank into her supple flesh. Her breasts were so full, so pliable, he craved to have his mouth on them, craved to suckle her nipples and listen to every soft moan. “You’d best believe me, because whenever you’re near, I feel like a caveman.”\t“A wild beast?”\tHe nearly roared. “The wildest imaginable.","author":"Amy Jarecki","tags":["historical-romance","karate","martial-arts","robert-bruce","scottish-romance","time-travel-romance","william-wallace"],"id":69363,"author_id":"Amy+Jarecki"},{"text":"When she straightened, he leaned back in the chair, his eyelids heavy. “My God, woman, you know how to make a man melt.","author":"Amy Jarecki","tags":["christmas-romance","destrier","historical-romance","holiday-romance","karate","martial-arts","time-travel-romance","william-wallace"],"id":97975,"author_id":"Amy+Jarecki"},{"text":"Patience and Forgiveness are at the heart of A warrior's success, they help engender necessary intervals of space and time to evaluate difficult encounters.","author":"Soke Behzad Ahmadi","tags":["battle","calming-the-mind","combat","difficulties","forgiveness","heart","heart","improvement","interval","karamiti","karate","lethal-pragmatist","life-lessons","necessary","okinawa","old-style","patience","peace-of-mind","planning","practical","pressure","quotes","ryukyu","shinshii","shorinjiryu","solutions","space","strategy","success-in-life","thinking-positive","time","victory","warrior","way-of-life","wisdom"],"id":104622,"author_id":"Soke+Behzad+Ahmadi"},{"text":"To react, is to be A slave to someone else's actions. Sometimes, A warrior is faced with the decision to strike pre-emptively, trusting his intuition, wisdom and years of training.","author":"Soke Behzad Ahmadi","tags":["action","karate","pre-emptive","about-life","reaction","shorinjiryu","slave","strike"],"id":112225,"author_id":"Soke+Behzad+Ahmadi"},{"text":"An exceptional Sensei has traits such as patience and integrity. Otherwise, natural fighting ability, cruelty and aggressive behavior may be observed in most animal predators.","author":"Soke Behzad Ahmadi","tags":["aggression","animals","bushi-do","character","control","cruelty","essence-of-life","example","fighter","grit","honesty","inspirational","instinct","integrity","karate","killing","life","living-life-to-the-fullest","manifestation","message","natural-fighting-ability","paths-of-life","patience","predator-and-prey","quality","about-life","role-models","rough","self-control","sensei","teaching","traits","true","trustworthy","way-of-life"],"id":143867,"author_id":"Soke+Behzad+Ahmadi"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":37,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}