{"quotes":[{"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":"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":"The Japanese fought to win - it was a savage, brutal, inhumane, exhausting and dirty business. Our commanders knew that if we were to win and survive, we must be trained realistically for it whether we liked it or not. In the post-war years, the U.S. Marine Corps came in for a great deal of undeserved criticism in my opinion, from well-meaning persons who did not comprehend the magnitude of stress and horror that combat can be. The technology that developed the rifle barrel, the machine gun and high explosive shells has turned war into prolonged, subhuman slaughter. Men must be trained realistically if they are to survive it without breaking, mentally and physically.","author":"Eugene B. Sledge","tags":["marines","military","okinawa","peleliu","war","wwii"],"id":99062,"author_id":"Eugene+B.+Sledge"},{"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":"A threat should never be spoken, your enemy should not be told of your intentions. Either take decisive action or refrain from it, but never threaten.","author":"Soke Behzad Ahmadi","tags":["action","boxing","budo","calming-the-mind","combat","enemy","fighting-spirit","intentions","karate","martial-arts","okinawa","refrain","sensei","shorinjiryu","speaking-your-mind","strategy","threat","warrior"],"id":147977,"author_id":"Soke+Behzad+Ahmadi"},{"text":". . . There are two types of fighters, the former strike all over the place hoping one would land, the latter, assured of their prowess and capabilities, hit once and destroy the opponent's desire to continue the fight.","author":"Soke Behzad Ahmadi","tags":["assured","attitude","boxing","capabilities","close-quarters","combat","continue","defeated","desire","desires","destroy","expert","fighter","former","hit","kenpo","latter","martial-arts","motobu","okinawa","once","precision","prowess","punching","shorinjiryu","soke","strike","will","willingness"],"id":170903,"author_id":"Soke+Behzad+Ahmadi"},{"text":". . In Old Karate, you learned you Art through pain. You learned quickly that your techniques had to be fast or powerful or both. If you did not embrace pain and it's lessons adequately, you simply did not survive.","author":"Soke Behzad Ahmadi","tags":["assailent","bo","boxing","combat-training","defence","fast","fighting","jutsu","karate","kobudo","kobudo","kung-fu","martial-arts","okinawa","old-karate","pain","powerful","prowess","quotes","ryukyu","sensei","shorinjiryu","tanbo","teacher","teachers-and-learners","teaching","tegumi","toifa","torite","tudi","wrestling-practice"],"id":172520,"author_id":"Soke+Behzad+Ahmadi"},{"text":"The warrior guided by the spirit serves humanity, the warrior without, serves the ego.","author":"Soke Behzad Ahmadi","tags":["belief","bushi","bushido","code","combat","fighter","fighting-spirit","humanity-and-society","karate","knights","life","love","martial-arts","mma","okinawa","punching","service","soke","spirit","traits","warrior"],"id":172898,"author_id":"Soke+Behzad+Ahmadi"},{"text":"True Martial Arts is universal, simple and practical. Anything else is too complex to be used in combat.","author":"Soke Behzad Ahmadi","tags":["attack","battle","boxer","buds","bushido","combat","complex","defense-expert","dojo","fighting-spirit","karate","kobudo","life","martial-arts-training","okinawa","protection","reality","sensei","shorinjiryu","simple","teacher"],"id":173546,"author_id":"Soke+Behzad+Ahmadi"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":27,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}