"The various forms of karate, such as katas, drills, etc., are the means by which all that I have just described occurs.
There are no fixed goals in karate that are ever achievable, because the practise of karate would then be limited and perhaps finite.
So the last thing I look for is the practitioner’s relationship to karate as a student.
I’ve met many a practitioner who would change or re-arrange the forms to suit their own personal needs, desires or dislikes, not recognizing that to do so effectively deprives them of the inherent understanding that can spontaneously come alive in the practise of these physical movements.
Katas have been practised by many for centuries, and as the student aligns and attunes to them in right relationship, then the understanding of karate can fill each one as the movement is occurring.
From this depth of foundation, each person can evolve via karate, which is the very means by which karate evolves."
David Mott
"When you express gentleness and precision in your environment, then real brilliance and power can descend onto that situation.
If you try to manufacture that presence out of your own ego, it will never happen.
You cannot own the power and the magic of this world.
It is always available, but it does not belong to anyone."
Chogyam Trungpa