There are a lot of sayings from Japanese and Chinese culture in the martial arts. One of my favorites is an old Japanese proverb use to represent tamashii – the indomitable spirit: "Nanakarobi yaoki, jinsei wa, kore kara da!” Which translates as “seven times fall down, eight times get up, life begins from here!"
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Anyone that has seen the movie Rush Hour probably remembers the early scene where Chris Tucker’s character – Detective James Carter – saying the following to Jack Chan, "Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?"
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