"Do not move unless it is advantageous...

Do no execute unless it is effective...

Do not challenge unless it is critical..."

~ Sun Tzu

"Simplicity is the shortest distance between two points"

~ Bruce Lee

"Progress comes to those who train and train; reliance on secret techniques will get you nowhere."

~ Morihei Ueshiba

"Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend."

~ Bruce Lee

"To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the highest skill. To subdue the enemy with out fighting is the highest skill."

~ Gichin Funakoshi

"When two tigers fight, one is certain to be maimed, and one to die."

~ Gichin Funakoshi

"The teaching of one virtous person can influence many. That which has been learned well by one generation can be passed onto a hundred ."

~ Jigoro Kano

"1-2 out of every 100 students reach Black Belt and of those only 1 out of every 1,000 achieves his 2nd Dan."

~ Masutatsu Oyama

Ranks

Hachikyu (8th Kyu) Yellow Belt
Shichikyu (7th Kyu) Orange Belt
Rokkyu (6th Kyu) Purple Belt
Gokyu (5th Kyu) Blue Belt
Yonkyu (4th Kyu) Green Belt
Sankyu (3rd Kyu) Brown Belt (3rd Degree)
Nikyu (2nd Kyu) Brown Belt (2nd Degree)
Ikkyu (1st Kyu) Brown Belt (1st Degree)
Shodan Yudansha Black Belt (1st Degree)

Titles

Gakkusei Student
Ko Hai Junior Student
Sempai Senior Student
Sensei Teacher
Shihan Teacher of Teachers
Hanshi Root Master
Yudansha Black Belt
Mudansha Under Belt