Kenpo Wisdom

[Bill Lear]

RMCRobertson>> Nice. . . Very nice. I caught the hint, but that doesn't mean wisdom is useless, you know. One can practice and collect wisdom simultaneously.

The truth, as it is told, comes in many different colors
The truth that is experienced is clear. :asian:

 

[Kenpohermit]

Speed is an Illusion

Power is on the way out

Hand Moves Foot Moves

It's not how hard you hit, its how focused you touch

If you can touch you can hurt

The only zen on top of mountains is the zen you bring there

KISS = Keep it simple stupid

The more mystical the more full of it

Its not over kill its over skill

Point of stance is point of impact

Can you give a practical example of its use?

Be Centered

Stillness in Motion

Tigers are always getting trapped but I never see em catch a Dragon

Your arms are to short to box with God

 

[RavenDarkfellow]

Wow, very insightful, all! This is the kind of stuff I'm talkin' about!

 

[clapping_tiger]

A long time ago, Goldendragon posted a thread similar, but I couldn't find it. He posted some of Ed Parker's sayings from Yellow belt to 1st degree Black. I still have them somewhere, very good stuff (*hint* one of them is in my signature). If someone doesn't find that thread I will post them here.

One that I heard that I like is: Water and Wind Eat Mountains

 

[Touch Of Death]

Closest target, closest weapon.


Those are all I can think of off the top of my head. I have a book I'm collecting them in, but it's currently not with me. Who else can toss some in the mix?

This saying is incomplete. One must never forget the,"while still achieving the desired effect" part.
Sean

 

[still learning]

Hello, Thanks for sharing! Really enjoying this stuff.

Direct will always be a straight line....so be direct!

Be good to yourself, be good to others and your life will be good...

Smart people can play dumb, but dumb people can not play smart people...

TEAM ------------TEAM WORK = Together everone will accomplish more....
T = Together
E = Everone
A = Accomplish
M = More
.......Aloha

 

[bayonet]

Better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6. SGM EKP.

 

[Randy Strausbaugh]

Never use an axe to remove a fly from your best friend's forehead.

 

[Zoran]

The only constant in the universe is change.

 

[clapping_tiger]

Here they are as posted in this forum at one time by Goldendragon.

YELLOW BELT Sayings

Distance is your best friend.

Whatever the attitude, so is the response.

When blocking on the inside of an opponent's arm, do so below the
elbow, never above it.

When blocking on the outside of an opponent's arm, do so at or above the elbow, never below it.

The ankle is the wrist of the foot.

A knife edge kick is a chop with the foot.

Deflection; then infliction of pain.


ORANGE BELT Sayings


Let time be your measurement to skill and experience.

To hear is to doubt, to see is to be deceived, but to feel is to believe.

In every offense there is a defense and in every defense is an offense.

Forms and sets are expressions of basic skills.

One becomes humble when he comes to the realization that what he knows is very little.

Condition and guts take over where knowledge and skill end.

When circular moves end, linear begin; when linear moves end, circular moves reoccur again.

Many answers lie in a single move, but many moves do not necessarily give a single answer.

There are no pure styles of karate. Purity comes only when pure knuckles meet pure flesh no matter who delivers or receives.

He who hesitates, meditates in a horizontal position.

PURPLE BELT Sayings


To beat action, meet it.

Fair play is when your opponent's definition of fair play is equally matched with yours.

It is not the size of a man, but the size of fear that has been the cause of many a defeat.

Slow to learn, slow to forget.

Anger can often constipate your retaliatory efforts.

While there is a difference between the terms "opposite" and "reverse", both provide answers to thoroughly understanding the effects of motion.

Always strike from where the natural weapons are found during the time of an attack.

Wasted inches are wasted time.

Knowledge is bound when one is compelled to tradition. Knowledge is endless when tradition is bound.



BLUE BELT Sayings

Reaction can beat action if the target to be reached last is the first object to move out of the way.

To aid your action, feed it with your opponent's reaction.

A check, in most cases, is an application of, whereas a cover is used in anticipation of.

Shuffles and crossovers are movements of adjustments.

Flow first, power later.

Guts are the anesthesia that deaden the pain of fear.

The ultimate aim of Kenpo is to elongate circles and round off corners.

Low kicks are excellent weapons to neutralize your opponent's aggression. Knock out his support, and you weaken his aggressive abilities and desires.

An ounce of logic can be worth more than a ton of tradition that has become obsolete through the weathering of time.

Refinement too much time and often too little progress.

Never send an opponent's weapon into orbit to only have it re orbit back to you.

Devote time with a particular move before deciding whether it does or does not work for you.

GREEN BELT Sayings

Action with effect keeps an opponent in check.

Accuracy must accompany speed, for it takes both to secure victory.

Although belt colors show, it is no proof that you know.

To desire something does not mean to accomplish it. To perspire for it makes accomplishment a reality.

The man who knows "how" will always be a student, but the man who knows "why" will continue to be the instructor.

When a man's mind is occupied with his own injury, he is not apt to think of retaliation.

Principles of motion take precedent over the sequence of motion.

Whether it is a big ship or a little ship, the same size hole placed correctly in the hull can sink it.

Sophistication is no more than simplicity compounded.

Will power is the hammer that drives action.


3rd BROWN BELT Sayings


There are only a set number of basic moves all else are variations of the same.

What is truth for one may not be truth for another. The real truth for both lies in the moment of actual combat.

When you exaggerate a move you can build an offense into a defense. When you condense a move the reverse holds true.

You must earn what you learn.

Environment involves what is around you, on you, and in you at the time of confrontation.

While practice locks in our knowledge of basics, instinct is what makes it free.

Mastery of the Art comes when the tiger is seen, but the dragon prevails.

A leg that kicks can be hurt just as easily as it can hurt.

The Kenpo system is based on the outer limits of simplicity and the starting point of complexity.

Principles are the roots of a technique. Unless you have a thorough understanding of them your boundaries of limitations will always be restricted.


2nd BROWN BELT Sayings

Strikes are intermissions of relaxation.

The ears are the eyes of darkness.

Transitions are the conjunctions that bridge techniques.

Not until the brain shifts into gear with the body will the intangible become tangible.

While the term approximately does not mean exactly, it can lead to exact findings applicable to you.

Explosion from within is really implosion to without.

Separating your direction can also mean separating your power.

Never discard knowledge that is not applicable to you, but store it.


1st BROWN BELT Sayings

Deprivation breeds appreciation.

Desperation often hinders inspiration.

Don't look for answers beyond your realm of understanding for
more often than not, many answers are before you that have
been overlooked.

Logic, as it applies to the times, is the key.

Motion is the language of the body; properly executed, it can
be used to save your life.

Glory disrupts, power corrupts.

There are three types of motion: MOTION, EMOTION and
COMMOTION. All three can be effective, depending upon how
they are used.

Style is what an individual eventually molds for himself.

Categorize your moves as either: useful, unuseful, or useless.

First control the use of the weapon, then take control of the
weapon.


1st BLACK BELT Sayings

A true martial artist is not one who fears change, but one who causes it to happen.

As one gets older he learns to become a magician with motion; therein lies the secret of wisdom over youth.

Creativity should be bound within the realm of true principles.

There are no degrees of death, for it comes but once.

Fear no man, but respect all.

A true measure of humility is when you remain being what you are regardless of the success that you have become.

Kenpo is for the man who has everything and wants to protect it.

When one willingly and continuously boasts of his loyalty, anticipate toasting his departure.

In motion, is motion that is often over looked.

It is not important how long you have been IN the arts, but how long you have been AT it.