I so admire the discipline, the work ethic, and the sacrifices fighters make to master all aspects of mixed martial arts.
I know that one of the distinguishing things was I looked like I could hold a gun, even though I'd never held one before and I'm physically able to do the martial arts and all that stuff.
Since my teen years I was interested in martial arts.
Martial arts is just practice. Being a geisha requires complete control.
I'm a martial arts buff, so anything martial arts.
When you have a background in combat sports, people think you're this martial arts expert, but really I'm just a guy who is able to do certain things without making a mess of himself.
My father was a big Bruce Lee fan. He's Chinese-Hawaiian, and my mother is Chinese. He used to take us to all these really fantastical films with martial arts in them.
Bruce Lee was very famous. I watched his movies and he is amazing. He is a martial arts master, his philosophy, his movement, both physically and mentally, were very strong.
There is also a strong following among the urbanites on the East Coast when it comes to martial arts films.
I go to gyms quite a bit, martial arts gyms, MMA gyms. I try to train with the best people, with who's who in the martial arts, just to keep myself sharp.
You can't, in the 21st century, continue to live in a system where people live under martial law for 30 years.
I'm a natural born fighter, so this is what I do, and it's normal. It's natural. It's what I've always done as a martial artist, and as a martial artist, it's what I always wanted to do - test myself and always fighting. It's what I'm meant to do.
I've always been interested in martial arts.
It wasn't until I went to Korea out of high school and got exposed to the martial arts for the first time and was just completely enamored with the physical ability of the martial arts and making my black belt.
I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.
I watch mostly every martial arts movie... I really like movies that aren't just martial arts. I like movies that have spiritual meaning behind them, like samurai movies, or movies that have meditation.
I love every type of martial arts, but with Muay Thai in general, I want to see it being brought to the public more. There is no movie that has Muay Thai incorporated into it, so I want to bring that to the public.
My time of martial arts was traditional.
My 'Rot & Ruin' series is a post-apocalyptic adventure for teens. My 'Joe Ledger' novels are science-based action thrillers for adults. My 'Dead of Night' stories are zombie tales for adults; my 'Pine Deep Trilogy' is classic horror for adults, and I've written nonfiction books on topics ranging from martial arts to folklore.
Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope.
I tried martial arts classes for three weeks, but I quit because you actually get hit. I just want to do the movie kind of martial arts.
While Napoleon believed his fortunes to be governed by destiny, his real genius lay in self-control and martial daring coupled with an indomitable will to power.
I love my martial arts and action movies. They give another dimension to the acting world: the emotional plus the physical.
If you had no real training, if you hadn't spent years and years studying a martial art, how would you kill the bad guy?
I do mixed martial arts, mainly kickboxing.
I had an uncle who was a postal official at the Polish post office in Gdansk. He was one of the defenders of the Polish postal service and, after it capitulated, was shot by the Germans under the provisions of martial law. Suddenly he was no longer a member of the family, and we were no longer allowed to play with his children.
I've made up my mind. I'll take my court martial.
The Greeks first identified the Amazons ethnographically, as a nation of men and women distinguished by something outstanding in their gender relations. Later, any ambivalence or anxiety that knowledge of this alternative gender-neutral culture evoked among Greeks was played out in their mythic narratives about martial women.
I didn't know anything about martial arts. I'm a big fan, but I never practiced martial arts.
I wanted to be a martial arts film star when I was a teenager.
I've been doing Tai Chi on and off for 20 years. The fundamentals of all martial arts are the same.
I see martial arts as moving forms of meditation. When you're sparring or drilling techniques, you can't think of anything else.
I'm learning as much martial arts as I possibly can. My show is packed with action. Enough to get a rise.
I just had this feeling that, if I were to get into a fight, somehow I would have the ability to fight back, just based on playing 'Street Fighter' for so many years of my life. It's almost like I actually learned martial arts.
I don't have to have any special skills or martial arts in my back pocket.
I always thought martial arts was the most modern choreography we could have right now, and I always wanted to put it to music.