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For the choke, there are no tough guys.

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What the Samurai did with their swords, we do with our hands.

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Usually, a well thought answer makes an aggressor think twice.

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Everyone who works for which he is paid does not deserve a penny of which receives.

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I couldn't do most of the moves but I strive hard to find ways to adapt them to my abilities.

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The Jiu-Jitsu I created was designed to give the weak ones a chance to face the heavier and stronger.

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Every aggression no matter what, whatever it is, between it's beginning and it's end, has a space where it is weaker. I get everybody in that space.

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Always assume that your opponent is going to be bigger, stronger and faster than you. Then you'll learn to rely on technique, timing and leverage rather than brute strength.

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Jiu-Jitsu is for the protection of the individual, the older man, the weak, the child, the lady and the young woman. Anyone who doesn't have the attributes to defend themselves.

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