Kata Requirements for Promotion
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Karate Creed & Dojo Oath
Karate Creed I come to you with only karate — empty hands !I carry no weapon and mean you no harm.But should it be an affair of honor, or possible physical harm,or a matter of principlesThen here I stand, with my weapons — my empty hands. Dojo Oath (Dojo Kun) We will train our hearts
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Dojo Procedures During Class
The Bow In Japanese culture places great emphasis on respect for one’s senior. When the class commences, all students line up in order of seniority, facing the front (shomen). Students line up in one row (space permitting), from right to left, in order of rank. Within each rank, students also line up from right to
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Dojo Etiquette
“Karate Begins & Ends with Respect”–One of Kancho Giordano’s favorite sayings Dojo or training hall literally means “way (tao) place”. The dojo is a special place due to the shared respect and goals of the students. The dojo fosters a sense of belonging, family and community. Students come to train & meditate as a group
11 Mottos Of Mas Oyama
The Kyokushin Way begins with courtesy. Therefore, be properly and genuinely courteous at all times. Following the Kyokushin Way, is like scaling a cliff. You continue upwards without rest. It demands absolute and unfaltering devotion to the task at hand. Strive to seize the initiative in all things. All the time guarding against actions stemming
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Masutatsu Oyama
Masutatsu Oyama was born in Ryong-Ri Yong-chi-Myo’n Chul Na Do Korea in 1923, and completed middle school in Seoul. In 1938, when he was 12 years old, he came to Japan to live, where in 1941, he entered the Tokyo Takushoku University. Oyama had mastered the Eighteen Techniques of Chinese Kempo while he was still
Master Funakoshi
Master Gichin Funakoshi is widely considered the primary “father” of modern karate due to his efforts to introduce the Okinawan art to mainland Japan, from where it spread to the rest of the world. Born in 1868, he began to study karate at the age of 11, and was a student of the two greatest
History of Karate
Bodhidharma to Okinawa Most Western students of Asian martial arts, if they have done any research on the subject at all, will surely have come across references to Bodhidharma. He is known as “Daruma” in Japan and as often as not, this Indian Buddhist monk is cited as the prime source for all martial arts