Favourite Teacher Quotes

[JackG]

these are also my new sig I have chosen some of my favourite quotes from my sensei:
Quotes from my sensei:

1)"your not tired"
2)"Don't get stabbed"
3)" I'm gonna keep sending guys at you till you do it right"
4)"Break you fall..Not your back"
5)"there are no bad throws just bad break falls"

what are your quotes - any of your quotes annoy you or get you pumped up - 2 is a good thing yo have going through your mind pre grading and 2 is great during a grading to make me keep going

[sirdarksol]

My favorites are all from Yamash-ita Sensei.

All are said with great emphasis, and with a fairly thick accent.
"Kick Sand!"
"Young man, why you not down in your stance?"
"Kick Sand!"
"Young man, why you stop before attacking?"
"Kick Sand!"
"Sensei not yell at you because he mad, Sensei yell at you because he love you, want you to get it right."
"Kick Sand!"
"Young man, why you turn left? Turn right!"
"Kick Sand!"
"Good enough." (said with an obvious tone that it was not good enough.)
and, of course,
"Kick Sand!"

I heard that about a hundred times over the course of two hours.

[Ben]

these are quotes from my sensais and sifus of the past.

'you wont get a six pack by smiling at it'

'if it doesn't hurt your doing it wrong'

'rain stops at the skin'

'well done break their knee caps... good lad'

'don't try to kill one another in the dojo. There are plenty of people outside the dojo that want to kill us without us trying to kill each other'



there are a few more but I forget them now.

[sirdarksol]

I just remembered something that Dombeck-Sensei said one day.
"Okay, you know the form of using a katana. Now, go over to the grocery store and practice the use of that form."

[RiveraRa]

Not my instructor but another instructor in our style. He was talking about 2 on 1 sparring. He said to "Give service to the first person that moves." Thought that was funny.

[Shinobi_Kokujin]

Master Blasters TKD:

" You! your a black belt...why are you lettin this green belt whoop your @$$??....u know what, take off your black belt an give it to him an wear the green belt.....redeem yourself, Rasheeeeed!"


Army Combatives Clinch Drill:

" when you get into that ring, you better keep your damn hands up, this goes for you too females. I'll break your Nose"


"hey! you!....what the hell?!.... is this soldier crying?! your not Authorized to cry! your a soldier!.....get your @$$ back in that ring an fight!....your a waist of American tax dollars!"


Hapkido Grandmaster
"just......relaaaxxxx, have patience....no rushie"


TKD grandmaster
"no! no!....Short! Short!....short step.....no long step this new tkd form not old style"

" you...you do form numbaaa....6...ohh... I dont know?...thats why your "I dont know" u miss class to much, get to the back of formation Mr. I dont know." grandmaster then proceeds to do the funny "i dont know" dance

[TKDaddict]

my teacher to an 8 year old kid "im not going to hit you hard..............or often" the colour drained from his face

[Zaraki Kenpachi]

Those quotes are hilarious!

Sensai Tokutoshi,
"What makes perfect, perfect practice."

"Why are you doing that? Stomp kick him in the face!"

I must though I dont understand the "kick sand" reference. Is that like saying "damn!"

[sirdarksol]

Originally Posted by drallig9399

I must though I dont understand the "kick sand" reference. Is that like saying "damn!"

Nope. It's a command. We were learning to use the Ieku, which is an Okinawan oar. Because the users of such a weapon would likely be on a beach, the tactic of spraying sand in your attackers' eyes comes up a lot in the techniques.
We learned two katas, which we repeated ad nauseum for two hours, and about a third of the techniques involved kicking sand and flowing into an immediate follow up attack. As Yamash-ita Dai-Sensei would call out each attack as we were supposed to do it, we heard "Kick Sand!" over and over and over again.
I admit that it's quite a bit funnier if you can actually hear it, because Dai-Sensei is such an intense guy, and his statements are very direct, partly because it's really effective training, and partly because his command of English is limited.

[N.B]

I've said this before, I think but...

My mates Kung Fu instructor:
"Here is how we gouge eyes, DON'T GOUGE PEOPLE'S EYES, GOUGING EYES IS VERY BAD, DON'T GOUGE EYES...what was I saying?...Oh yes, here's how we gouge eyes"

[SuperCrew]

When sparring a lower rank and trying to have him keep up his guard: "Just go ahead and leave that front hand down, you'll get kicked in the head so much that you'll never want put it down."

BTW - he was right. Those kicks to head are no joke!

[47MartialMan]

One of my Korean Instructors:

(To me while sparring - I had cross trained in other arts)


1.) " No, Top (Stop)!" "No Judo" (Threw a fellow student with Tsuri Goshi-hip throw)

"Dis Tae Kwon Do" "No Judo Here- No Use"


WEEKS LATER;


2.) " No, Top (Stop)!" "No Kung Fu" (Trap and seized a fellow student into submission)

"Dis Tae Kwon Do" "No Kung Fu Here- No Use" "Who you think you are-Bruce Lee?"


WEEKS LATER;



3.) " No, Top (Stop)!" "No Bosing" (Boxing) (Bobbed, weaved, and jabbed a fellow student)

"Dis Tae Kwon Do" "No Bosing Here- No Use" "Who you think you are-Mumad Ali?"

(Muhammad Ali-was on the rise at that time/era)


WEEKS LATER;


Upon looking at a beaten student whom had a fight outside of class over the weekend;

3.) " What happen you?"

After a brief explanation by said student;

"No shame - practice more"

"Use anything" Not Onyiee (only) Tae Kwon Do"




He also taught Hapkido, but it was separate classes

[Doneal7]

"I want to hear some spines cracking"

"Semi Contact. Wait, Who are you sparring with? Oh him... KICK HIS ASS!"

Student: "Teacher when i kicked my opponent i hurt my foot"
Teacher: "Then you kicked him wrong"

"Everyone must go at their own paste"

TEACHER:"KILL HIM!"

"Insteps kicks are for people you don't want to hurt... use those for drunks, to take out their air. Use Dollyo for when you are facing that man who is screaming "ALLA WHOACHBAR! And stabbing at you with a knife"

[super ninja]

Originally Posted by 47MartialMan

One of my Korean Instructors:

(To me while sparring - I had cross trained in other arts)


1.) " No, Top (Stop)!" "No Judo" (Threw a fellow student with Tsuri Goshi-hip throw)

"Dis Tae Kwon Do" "No Judo Here- No Use"


WEEKS LATER;


2.) " No, Top (Stop)!" "No Kung Fu" (Trap and seized a fellow student into submission)

"Dis Tae Kwon Do" "No Kung Fu Here- No Use" "Who you think you are-Bruce Lee?"


WEEKS LATER;



3.) " No, Top (Stop)!" "No Bosing" (Boxing) (Bobbed, weaved, and jabbed a fellow student)

"Dis Tae Kwon Do" "No Bosing Here- No Use" "Who you think you are-Mumad Ali?"

(Muhammad Ali-was on the rise at that time/era)


WEEKS LATER;


Upon looking at a beaten student whom had a fight outside of class over the weekend;

3.) " What happen you?"

After a brief explanation by said student;

"No shame - practice more"

"Use anything" Not Onyiee (only) Tae Kwon Do"




He also taught Hapkido, but it was separate classes

thats great.

[47MartialMan]

Originally Posted by super ninja

thats great.

Yeah, because of his broken english...we made fun of him and got him to speak english slang...which sounds funny in his tongue