(Guest post by Alan Gochin)<\/p>\n
Generally credited to Gichin Funakoshi (but rumored to have been created by Kanga Sakukawa, an 18th-century Okinawan karate proponent), the Shotokan Karate “dojo kun” serves as a set of five guiding principles, recited at the start\/end of each training session in most Shotokan organizations. The\u00a0dojo kun<\/em> is intended to frame the practice within an ethical context.<\/p>\n The five rules are shown below. Note that “hitotsu” in Japanese means “one” or in a slang way, “firstly.” So when the dojo kun<\/em> is recited in Japanese, “hitotsu” said before each principle is meant to show that they are all of equal importance.<\/p>\n Also, note below that Shuto Karate Sellersville has added “myself” to the fourth principle in the dojo kun<\/em>, “Respect others.”<\/p>\n Seek perfection of character<\/strong> Be faithful Endeavor<\/strong> Respect (myself and) others<\/strong> Refrain from violent behavior<\/strong> (Guest post by Alan Gochin) Generally credited to Gichin Funakoshi (but rumored to have been created by Kanga Sakukawa, an 18th-century Okinawan karate proponent), the Shotokan Karate “dojo kun” serves as a set of five guiding principles, recited at the start\/end of each training session in most Shotokan organizations. The\u00a0dojo kun is intended to frame the practice within an ethical…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[88],"tags":[102,105,108,103,106,104,101,107],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shutokarate.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shutokarate.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shutokarate.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shutokarate.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shutokarate.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2643"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/shutokarate.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2735,"href":"https:\/\/shutokarate.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2643\/revisions\/2735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shutokarate.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shutokarate.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shutokarate.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shutokarate.us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u4e00\u3001\u4eba\u683c \u5b8c\u6210\u306b \u52aa\u3081\u308b \u3053\u3068
\nhitotsu, jinkaku kansei ni tsutomeru koto
\njinkaku = personality, kansei = complete (perfect), ni = to, tsutomeru = endeavour<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>\u4e00\u3001\u8aa0\u306e\u9053\u3092\u5b88\u308b\u3053\u3068
\nhitotsu, makoto no michi wo mamoru koto
\nmakoto = truth, no = ‘s, michi = path, wo = with respect to that, mamoru = defend<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u4e00\u3001\u52aa\u529b\u306e\u7cbe\u795e\u3092\u990a\u3046\u3053\u3068
\nhitotsu, doryoku no seishin wo yashinau koto
\ndoryoku = effort, no = \u2019s, seishin = spirit, wo = with respect to that, yashinau = cultivate<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u4e00\u3001\u793c\u5100\u3092\u91cd\u3093\u305a\u308b\u3053\u3068
\nhitotsu, reigi wo omonzuru koto
\nreigi = courtesy, wo = with respect to that, omonzuru = honor<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u4e00\u3001\u8840\u6c17\u306e\u52c7\u3092\u6212\u3080\u308b\u3053\u3068
\nhitotsu, kekki no y\u016b wo imashimuru koto
\nkekki = vigor (impetuousness), no = of, yu = courage, wo = with respect to that, imashimuru = refrain<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"