L-Jo Japans shotokan karate club

1.Karate begins and ends with courtesy

2.There is no first attack in karate

3.Karate supports righteousness

4.First understand yourself, then understand others

5.The art of developing the mind is more important than the art of applying technique

6.The mind needs to be freed

7.Trouble is born of negligence

8.Do not think karate belongs only in the dojo

9.Karate training requires a lifetime

10.Transform everything into karate; therein lies its exquisiteness

11.Genuine karate is like hot water; it cools down if you do not keep on heating it

12.Do not think of winning; you must think of not losing

14.Transform yourself according to the opponent

15.The outcome of the fight depends on one’s control

16.Imagine one’s arms and legs as swords

17.Once you leave the shelter of home, there are a million enemies

18.Postures are for the beginner; later they are natural positions

19.Do the kata correctly; the real fight is a different matter

20.Do not forget control of the dynamics of power, the elasticity of the body and the speed of the technique

Always be good at the application of everything you have learned

ስንፍና_ማሸነፊያ_8ቱ_የጃፓን_ዘዴዎች
1- ኢኪጋይ፦ በጠዋት ከአልጋህ በደስታ የምትነሳበትን የሕይወትህን ዓላማ ፈልግ።

2- ካይዘን፦ ትልቅ ውጤትን ከመጠበቅ በየቀኑ ትንንሽ መሻሻሎች ላይ አተኩር።

3-ሾሺን፦ ሁልጊዜ የትኛውንም ስራ የጀማሪነት አስተሳሰብ ይዘህ ቅረብ።

4-ሃራ ሃቺ ቡ፦ ሆድህ 80% ሲሞላ መብላትህን አቁም።

5-ሽንሪን ዮኩ፦ የተፈጥሮ ሻወር ማለት ነው። ተፈጥሮ ውስጥ ጊዜ ማሳለፍን ልመድ።

6- ዋቢ ሳቢ፦ ሁሉም ነገር ፍጹም አይሆንም። ፍጹም ያልሆነው ነገር ውስጥም
ውበትን እይ።

7-ጋንባሩ፦ በየትኛውም ትግዳሮት ውስጥ የምትችለውን ያህል ጥረት በማድረግ ስራ።

8-ጋማን፦ ነገሮች ሲከብዱና ሲከፉ ትዕግስትና ጽናት ይኑርህ።