Budo Shishō IV

武道 詩抄 

BUDO SHISHŌ

karada kitai

body conditioning; 

make your body like steel - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

observe and orient

decide and act;

be faster than him - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

disable his loop 

win the battle;

be smoothly fast - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

darkness complete

as the scathe swings;

the reaper knocks - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

testing in karate

is meaningless; 

reality is the true test - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

learning lots of forms

is useless;

master one or two kata - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

training in dojo 

trains mind to fake it;

find reality-based sources - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

kata not defense

but tool to discover fense;

reality is creative - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

quality of training

quality of sessions;

encode procedural memory - Chujo 

BUDO SHISHŌ

avoidance then  

running then deescalate; 

fighting is a last resort - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

knowledge is

just a slight edge;

understanding is critical - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

karate does

not build character;

you build your character - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

karate does 

not improve behavior;

character changes behavior - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

karate is

not a martial art;

don't ignore reality - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

karate is

a commercial endeavor; 

don't be fooled by it - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

to be validated

feeds one's low esteem; 

only you can validate self - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

articulation is 

based on character;

beware of personalities - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

fighting is

a way out of a situation; 

stop winning to win - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

perceptions effect 

one's perspectives; 

be wary of others - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

technique is easy 

power generation hard;

focus on principles - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

knowledge is  

a path to understanding; 

teach through experience - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

technique based  

training is concrete;

methodology is creative - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

understanding is  

about our achievements; 

accumulation is a waste - Chujo 

BUDO SHISHŌ

principles known 

and demonstratable; 

feel their sensations - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

technique based 

is all academic;

give methods a chance - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

reality based

is all about experience; 

make reality your friend - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

self defense requires

immediate threat concept;

do not act - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

immediate threat

means imminent; 

look for impending harm - Chujo 

BUDO SHISHŌ

real danger of 

imminent grave harm or death; 

beware the grim reaper - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

sense of 

urgency severity; 

look for certainty too - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

dynamic tension

only for an instant; 

learn chinkuchi  - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

chinkuchi is

also smooth and fast;

Tao of muscle breath control - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

chinkuchi is

a fundamental principle; 

focus principled methods - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

boyd's loop

is the golden key;

unlock that gateway - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

there is self-defense

then there is legal self-defense;

know your defense - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

force factors

can cross the line;

don't cross that line - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

one's true nature 

forged on dojo floor;

sweat and blood equity - Chujo

BUDO SHISHŌ

sportsmanship 

is for competition; 

not field of battle - Chujo