"The idea to keep BattlARTS can be contributed entirely to my friend and mentor Satoru Sayama. Since the anniversary show myself and Satoru have talked numerous times discussing what is next for BattlARTS? Well the new incarnation of BattlARTS was obviously different from what it once was, it had an entirely different feel, it just wasn't BattlARTS. That is what we are going to change, things are going to go back to what they should be, BattlARTS will once be exactly what it once was, shin assisted shattering of teeth, brutal stretching of limbs and vicious strikes that leave bruises so black you couldn't tell that we are Asian. We are BattlARTS!"
— Yuki Ishikawa, on what Battlarts is all about.
"Because we are not hitting each other, we are hitting the fucking stupid people in the world who think that pro-wrestling is fake like a trained monkey show. They say that pro wrestling kicks are fake so it is not painful. etc. Once they see our fight, they have nothing to say. They watch our fight like a fool with their mouth open with surprise. So our violent fight is not only for our opponents but for the fucking people that make light of BattlARTS. Our fight is anger towards people who make light of us."
— Yuki Ishikawa, on why he and Ikeda hit each other harder than any other wrestlers.
