5 Animal Kung-Fu / Karate
Belt Mottos
Adapting this maxim as a guide to one's conduct, students are instructed to follow these expressions
as guiding principles for their said rank.
White Belt Motto:
"Practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect."
~Vince Lombardi
Yellow Belt Motto:
"It is wrong for one to fight another, but worse to fight and lose."
~Sensei David Walters
Orange Belt Motto:
"It is good to have an end to journey towards, but it is the journey that matters in the end."
~Ursula K. LeGuin, The Left Hand of Darkness 1969
Purple Belt Motto:
"Man is the only animal that has a choice to make about the truth."
~David Fouch
Blue Belt Motto:
"Do what you believe in and believe in what you do."
~Rio Rico Rotary Club
Green Belt Motto:
"Respect from others, can only be achieved by first respecting ones' self."
~Sensei David Walters
Brown Belt Motto:
"Effort before advancement, Etiquette before acceptance, Character before achievement, Sincerity before trust and Self-Control before, during and always."
~Sensei David Walters
Black Belt Motto:
"Build rather than destroy; avoid rather than check; check rather than hurt; hurt rather than maim; maim rather than kill; for all life is precious and can never be replaced."
~Shaolin Monastery Credo