By Hanshi Paul Zadro
- Never sit on the fence, you will get shot by a peace keeper
- Personal growth will only come if you truly commit yourself.
- I can teach you anything except commitment. That is taught from birth.
- Every child needs to learn to swim and learn to fight, everything else comes second.
- True learning only comes once you reach Black Belt.
- The rising tide lifts all boats; help others and you’ll help yourself.
- A Black Belt is a White Belt that never quit!
- The best students are the ones that are willing to test themselves in real competition.
- Children will only assert themselves verbally if they are ABLE to assert themselves physically.
- When you get to the top, don’t forget where you came from and who got you there.
- Try 10 new things each year, if 3 of them work out, that’s a good year.
- If you don’t try, you’ll never know for sure.
- Not everyone needs to fight, but everyone needs to know how.
- The only person you should do Martial Arts for, is yourself.
- Practice creates habits, and habits make or break you.
- Sometimes, doing less is better.
- People tend to gravitate towards pleasure and away from pain.
- To hear is to be deceived, to see is to doubt but to FEEL is to believe.
- Good fruit doesn’t stay on the tree very long.
- You can learn something from everyone if you listen long enough.
- Being on time is being 10 minutes early.
- Always try to train with the best person in the room.
- You’re only as good as the people you surround yourself with.
- The hardest part of Martial Arts is getting yourself to walk through the front door every day.
- (24 - Part 2) But if you walk through the front door enough times, one day it becomes yours.
- The best instructors I have met are rarely the best Martial Artists.
- Without heart there is no life.
- Martial Arts is not something you do for a day, a week or a year… you do it all your life!
- More is always required
- If you aren’t training 2-3 times per week, you’re going backwards.
- Always give people a clear path of what is ahead.
- Trust in God, but tie up your camels anyway.
- Don’t underestimate the value of experience.
- The mafia was successful because the boss always listened to his consigliere.
- Sometimes it’s better to just do it and ask for forgiveness, than to ask for permission.
- Your child is less fragile than you think they are.
- History really is written by the winners.
- If you say you can’t do something, you are usually right.
- You can have whatever you want in life… if you help enough people get what they want.
- Rule #1: Always listen to your instructor. Rule #2: Obey your instructor. Rule #3: When in doubt see rules 1 and 2.
