Shotokan Karate
Generally accredited to Gichin Funakoshi (but rumoured 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 end of each Shotokan training session, intended to frame the practice within an ethical context.
The five rules are:
- 一、人格完成に努むること
- 一、誠の道を守ること
- 一、努力の精神を養うこと
- 一、礼儀を重んずること
- 一、血気の勇を戒むること
The word Hitotsu means "one" or "first" and is prepended to each rule to place it at the same level of importance as the others. The word koto which ends each rule means "thing" and is used as a conjunction between rules.
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