William Kwai Sun Chow quotes

“Kempo is for the street first; everything else is secondary.”
-- William Kwai Sun Chow

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“While other creators make a big show of their art Mani Sir makes it look as though anyone can do what he does.”

“The obedient in art are always the forgotten . . . The country is glorious but its beauties are unknown, and but waiting for a real live artist to splash them onto canvas . . . Chop your own path. Get off the car track.”

“This is not the first time in my life where you know going into a job that you're going to hear in stereo what was wrong with what you did.”

“The man who pauses on the paths of treason, Halts on a quicksand, the first step engulfs him.”

“Beginning with the first bite, and for every bite after, that try to chew ten times.”

Source : Aaron Hoopes (2010). “Zen Anti-Diet: Mindful Eating for Health, Vitality and Weight Loss”, p.14, Aaron Hoopes

“That's already been tried before only means the first attempt got it wrong.”

Source : Twitter post from Apr 25, 2013

“Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile.”

“Boards don't hit back.”

“Wanting to become stronger than everybody else has no meaning.”

Source : "Interview with Christian Tissier Shihan: Aikido as an education system". Interview with Guillaume Erard and Ivan Bel, www.guillaumeerard.com. February 2, 2008.

“I would like to be in a superhero movie where I do martial arts.”