"You are reconsidering your training, or perhaps even contemplating beginning a new system.
You have been told by the teacher that to obtain proficiency, you may have to train hard for
the next two to three years.You begin to wonder if all of that time out of your life is really worth it.
No matter what your choice is, your going end up there anyway in two to three years with or without the training."
- Michael R. Boyce

"Seeing once is better than hearing a thousand times." - Jae Ho Sim

"Practice does not make perfect; but instead a good practitioner."
Nat Peat Sensei. (Yudansha Kobu-Jitsu Karate-do Federation)

"To become great with your art; you must first sacrifice who you are."
Nat Peat Sensei (Yudansha Kobu-Jitsu Karate-do Federation)

"There are no bad martial arts; there are only bad teachers."
Nat Peat Sensei (Yudansha Kobu-Jitsu Karate-do Federation)

"Humility, Patience, Self Control, Awareness and Self discipline should
always be before Self Defence." Nat Peat Sensei (Yudansha Kobu-Jitsu Karate-do Federation)

"It's only through determination that we accomplish great things"
Nat Peat Sensei (Yudansha Kobu-Jitsu Karate-do Federation)

"Determination and drive are the things that awaken the creative potential that exist within us"
Nat Peat Sensei (Yudansha Kobu-Jitsu Karate-do Federation)

"The foundations of a style should be like the roots of a tree; it should always have
a good lineage, if not, the foundation may give way when the tree is rocked."
Nat Peat Sensei (Yudansha Kobu-Jitsu Karate-do Federation)

"Kata (Form) should be worked Comprehensively, Carefully and Completely"
Nat Peat Sensei (Yudansha Kobu-Jitsu Karate-do Federation)

"Bunkai (application) is like a tree; its has many branches.
There are many different applications that sprout up from one base"
Nat Peat Sensei (Yudansha Kobu-Jitsu Karate-do Federation)

Quotes to motivate your training

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up. ~ Vince Lombardi

The harder you train, the harder it is to surrender. ~ Vince Lombardi

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself ~ Chinese Proverb

If you can imagine it, you can achieve it: If you can dream it, you can become it. ~ William Arthur Ward

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. ~ Jim Ryun

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. ~ Lao-Tzu

Quotes about how to train

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~ Confucius

Remember ... you are expressing the technique, not doing the technique ~ Bruce Lee

The greatest power is often simple patience ~ E. Joseph Cossman

Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted ~ David Bly