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Victories that come cheap are cheap. Those only are worth having which come as the result of hard fighting.

Walk a single path, become neither cocky with victory nor broken with defeat.

The purpose of the study of judo is to perfect yourself and to contribute to society.

Carefully observe oneself and one’s situation, carefully observe others, and carefully observe one’s environment. Consider fully, act decisively.

For one thing, Judo in reality is not a mere sport or game. I regard it as a principle of life, art and science. In fact, it is a means for personal cultural attainment.

Before and after practicing Judo or engaging in a match, opponents bow to each other. Bowing is an expression of gratitude and respect. In effect, you are thanking your opponent for giving you the opportunity to improve your technique.

Technical knowledge is not enough. One must transcend techniques so that the art becomes an artless art, growing out of the unconscious.

Some friendships are formed by a commonality of interests and ideas: you both love judo or camping or making your own sausage. Other friendships are forged in alliance against a common enemy.

Judo is a study of techniques with which you may kill if you wish to kill, injure if you wish to injure, subdue if you wish to subdue, and, when attacked, defend yourself

In randori we learn employ the principle of maximum efficiency even when we could easily overpower an opponent.

If there is effort, there is always accomplishment.

Judo is the way to the most effective use of both physical and spiritual strength.

Judo helps us to understand that worry is a waste of energy.

Unfortunately, now in boxing people are only allowed to punch. In Judo, people are only allowed to throw. I do not despise these kinds of martial arts. What I mean is, we now find rigid forms which create differences among clans, and the world of martial art is shattered as a result.

I’m not afraid of the devil. The devil can handle me – he’s got judo I never heard of. But he can’t handle the One to whom I’m joined; he can’t handle the One to whom I’m united; he can’t handle the One whose nature dwells in my nature.

During my eighty-seven years I have witnessed a whole succession of technological revolutions. But none of them has done away with the need for character in the individual or the ability to think.

The best fighter is not a Boxer, Karate or Judo man. The best fighter is someone who can adapt on any style. He kicks too good for a Boxer, throws too good for a Karate man, and punches too good for a Judo man.

For me, being literate and articulate is a form of judo, of overcoming the [system] by its own method.

The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be.

Rock and roll is catching on all over . . . France . . . England . . . They even have it in Japan, only over there they call it judo.

Use karate, judo, aikido, or any style to build your counter-offensive. It will be interesting!

Whatever the fighting is – boxing, fighting, Judo, Thai boxing, it’s how much you know doing that. Some people just know how some people move.

I was doing judo before anybody knew it existed in this country.

An American judo fighter was expelled from the Olympics after testing positive for marijuana. Officials became suspicious when he kept stopping the match and saying, ‘What are we fighting for, man?’

We’re under Rigan Machado, who I think is one of the best jiu jitsu instructors at least in Los Angeles, if not in the world. We have a lot of his instructors here, as well as Japanese jiu jitsu, Japanese judo, and sambo. That was Keanu’s [Reeves] recipe [in John Wick 2].

While other kids were out playing and doing healthy things, I read an ancient judo book with a neck hold that was fatal to so many people they finally dropped it from judo.

I discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate, and I became quite good at it, because I had something to prove. And more than anything, I needed to feel safe.

The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who takes the wrong one.

In the Army when we had judo classes, out of the class of 27 just me and another guy graduated. I grew to enjoy it because I knew I could do it well. I tried to do everything well.

Being funny in life is a lot more like judo. It’s using the energy.

No system is better than another, but some are better for certain people. The person makes a system worthwhile, not the other way around. I blended a lot of systems I had studied over the years, Judo, wrestling, boxing, Hapkido, Kenpo, Thai Boxing, American Kickboxing, Jujitsu, Aikido.

I did do some things different [in John Wick 2], but it’s different on basically the same things. Because I have the background from the first film, it was really the first time I was doing judo and jiu-jitsu.

Judo teaches us to look for the best possible course of action, whatever the individual circumstances.

In Randori we teach the pupil to act on the fundamental principles of Judo, no matter how physically inferior his opponent may seem to him, and even if by sheer strength he can easily overcome him; because if he acts contrary to principle his opponent will never be convinced of defeat, no matter what brute strength he may have used.

I don’t know any real jiu-jitsu or judo or anything. I do movie kung fu. With that, you can fake a punch, but you can’t really fake a judo throw. You can get help from the person who you’re throwing because they can kind of launch themselves.