32 Quotes by Ed Parker

  • Author Ed Parker
  • Quote

    If you don't ask the right questions, I can't give you the answers, and if you don't know the right question to ask, you're not ready for the answers

  • Tags
  • Share


  • Author Ed Parker
  • Quote

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

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Ed Parker
  • Quote

    It is not the aim of Kenpo to merely produce a skillful as well as powerful practitioner, but to create a well integrated student respectful of all.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Ed Parker
  • Quote

    The true Martial Artist is not the one who fears change, but the one who causes it to happen.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Ed Parker
  • Quote

    I come to you with only Karate, Empty Hands. I have no weapons, but should I be forced to defend myself, my principles or my honor, should it be a matter of life or death, of right or wrong, then here are my weapons, Karate, my Empty Hands.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Ed Parker
  • Quote

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

  • Tags
  • Share


  • Author Ed Parker
  • Quote

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

  • Tags
  • Share