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Dōjō kun. Dōjō kun (道場訓) is a Japanese martial arts term literally meaning "training hall rules." [1][2][3][4] They are generally posted at the entrance to a dōjō or at the "front" of the dōjō (shomen) and outline behaviour expected and disallowed. In some styles of martial arts they are recited at the end of a class.
Shotokan was the name of the first official dojo built by Gichin Funakoshi, in 1936 [3] at Mejiro, and destroyed in 1945 as a result of the Tokyo air raids. [4] Shoto ( 松涛 , Shōtō ) , meaning "pine-waves" (the movement of pine needles when the wind blows through them), was Funakoshi's pen-name, [ 5 ] which he used in his poetic and ...
Dōjō kun is a Japanese martial arts term literally meaning (training hall) rules. They are generally posted at the entrance to a dōjō or at the "front" of the dojo (shomen) and outline behaviour expected and disallowed. The dojo kun of kudo is the following:
A kendō dōjō, Tokyo. Traditional Dojo – Shurei no yakata, Karate Kaikan – in Tomigusuku near Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. A proper Japanese martial arts dōjō is considered special and is well cared for by its users. Shoes are not worn in a dōjō. In many styles it is traditional to conduct a ritual cleaning (sōji; 掃除) of the ...
Japanese names traditionally follow the Eastern name order. An honorific is generally used when referring to the person one is talking to (one's interlocutor), or when referring to an unrelated third party in speech. However, it is dropped by some superiors when referring to one's in-group or informal writing.
Yoshukai (養秀会, Yōshūkai) is a Japanese style of Karate – dō. Karate-do. Karate-do translates as "Way of the Empty Hand." The three kanji (Japanese symbols) that make up the word Yoshukai literally translate as "Training Hall of Continued Improvement." However, the standardized English translation is "Striving for Excellence."
Around 1905, when karate began to be taught in public schools in Okinawa, tōde was read kun’yomi and called karate (唐手, lit. ' Tang hand ') in the Japanese style. Both tōde and karate are written in the same Chinese characters meaning "Tang/China hand," but the former is on'yomi (Chinese reading) and the latter is kun'yomi (Japanese ...
Students are required to learn and live by a basic moral code, expressed in five "Dojo Kun" and ten "Guiding Principles." Similar Dojo Kun are used in many Japanese martial arts; the English translation used for the Ryu-te Dojo Kun [29] is: To strive for good moral character. To keep an honest and sincere way.