Dojo Haiku II

DOJO LIFE 

sitting seiza 

mokuso awakening; 

gliding to stillness  ⌨️ 🖊🗡

DOJO LIFE

gliding to stillness

lake-like stillness of mokuso;

limits to actions ⌨️ 🖊🗡

DOJO LIFE 

embusen is

a guide to kata;

let go embusen ⌨️ 🖊🗡

DOJO LIFE

karate is no kobudo 

yet karatehas it; 

rely on the mind ⌨️ 🖊🗡

DOJO LIFE

is karate based on

technique or principles;

what about practical ⌨️ 🖊🗡 

DOJO LIFE

karate as budo

or evena martial art; 

it depends on perspective ⌨️ 🖊🗡 

DOJO LIFE

rank certificates 

what do they prove; 

let's say nothing ⌨️ 🖊🗡 

DOJO LIFE

art of chinkuchi

is about methodology; 

know the principles ⌨️ 🖊🗡 

DOJO LIFE

hundreds of kata

when one will do nicely; 

focus grasshopper ⌨️ 🖊🗡  

DOJO LIFE

styles or systems 

only the person knows; 

in the end it depends ⌨️ 🖊🗡 

DOJO LIFE

perfection or character

or being of good character; 

sole purpose of karate  ⌨️ 🖊🗡

DOJO LIFE

Okinawan karate 

or Japanese karate;  

no real difference ⌨️ 🖊🗡

DOJO LIFE

hit makiwara hard

pounding one's fist; 

one strike able ⌨️ 🖊🗡

DOJO LIFE

know force levels

is critical protection; 

legal self defense ⌨️ 🖊🗡

DOJO LIFE 

snap goes karate

sleeve of gi resounding; 

score that point ⌨️ 🖊🗡

DOJO LIFE

art of bunkai

the way in kata practice; 

know reality ⌨️ 🖊🗡

DOJO LIFE

koryu is old school

ancient martial ways; 

karate is not ⌨️ 🖊🗡

DOJO LIFE

karate creed

on karate as self defense; 

not appropriate ⌨️ 🖊🗡