Martial arts should go together with another arts as music, poetry, calligraphy. Art appeases! Ancient warriors and samourais practiced poetry. It was very important for real bushido.
This is the poem of sensei Kenwa Mabuni
"The Joy of Dedicated Training"
The following is a 31-syllable abstract Japanese poem (commonly called a "TANKA") composed by Mabuni Kenwa sensei, (the founder of the Shito-Ryu Karate-Do) to earnestly express his view of Life and Karate-Do.
Nanigotomo Uchiwasuretari
Hisasurani Bunoshima Sashite
Koguga Tanoshiki
It can be expressed as:
"Forgetting mundane things When striving for the martial isle
Paddling is joy"
"The Joy of Dedicated Training"
The following is a 31-syllable abstract Japanese poem (commonly called a "TANKA") composed by Mabuni Kenwa sensei, (the founder of the Shito-Ryu Karate-Do) to earnestly express his view of Life and Karate-Do.
Nanigotomo Uchiwasuretari
Hisasurani Bunoshima Sashite
Koguga Tanoshiki
It can be expressed as:
"Forgetting mundane things
When striving for the martial isle
Paddling is joy"
(World Shito-Ryu Karate-Do Federation - 1993 Inaugural Program Booklet.)
It can also be expressed as:
"With a single heart
Devoting myself to nothing else
It gives me bliss to pull on the oars
For the Island of Karate-do"
"When striving for the martial isle
Paddling is joy"
(World Shito-Ryu Karate-Do Federation - 1993 Inaugural Program Booklet.)
It can also be expressed as:
"With a single heart
Devoting myself to nothing else
It gives me bliss to pull on the oars
For the Island of Karate-do"
Also Sensei Demura makes for us beautiful calligraphies with sentences and pays attention to the beauty and aesthetics. See below.
KARATE KATA IS PURE AND BEAUTIFUL
LIKE IMAGES OR
WHITE CRANE DANCING
THIS IS GENBU-KAI KARATE-DO
Source: www.shito-ryu.org.pl/english2.html Shito Ryu Poland
Tags: Tanaka Warrior Martial Shito Ryu Demura Mabuni
