Kizuna — Community 絆
Kizuna represents the community that is our dojo, and the bonds that we form and nurture with our fellow karateka. But it also represents the greater communities we inhabit outside the dojo.
Hana Yori Dango — Dumplings over Flowers 花より団子
Substance over style, necessities over luxuries. Karatedō teaches us to deeply consider true value and to prefer it to empty cosmetics and shallow things and people. A karateka is a man or woman of substance, as well as style — but substance first.
Fudoshin — The Ready Mind 不動心
Fudoshin is the ready mind that makes you mentally, physically, and emotionally immovable. With fudoshin, the karateka is implacable, unmoved by the forces around him.
Karo Tosen — Summer Furnace, Winter Fan 夏炉冬扇
Doing the right things at the right time is one of the most important concepts necessary to understanding success.
Umi Sen Yama Sen — A Thousand Years in the Ocean, A Thousand Years in the Mountains 海千山千
We seek to become better, stronger, and wiser. However, this only comes with experience and hard work, and it takes a long time to acquire these skills and wisdom. Those who have invested this time and effort truly become formidable.