Take some time to meditate on these words of wisdom
"Karate Ni Sente Nashi" -- There is No First Attack in Karate.
A calligraphy from the Nagamine honbu dojo.
"Mazu Sono Kokoro Wo Tadase" -- First purify your mind.
A calligraphy from the Nagamine honbu dojo.
Karate begins and ends with courtesy. Therefore, we must be courteous to seniors, juniors, friends, and even foes.
O'Sensei Shoshin Nagamine
Even after many years, kata practice is never finished, for there is always something new to be learned about executing a movement.
O'Sensei Shoshin Nagamine
Karate-do may be referred to as the conflict within yourself, or a life-long marathon which can be won only through self-discipline, hard training, and your own creative efforts.
O'Sensei Shoshin Nagamine
A karateman must always try to keep his body and mind clean and right.
O'Sensei Shoshin Nagamine
The dojo is the place where courage is fostered and superior human nature is bred through the ecstasy of sweating in hard work. It is the sacred place where the human spirit is polished.
O'Sensei Shoshin Nagamine
Karate ultimately produces in the individual a vital concentration of energy that expands to heroic proportions in times of crisis.
O'Sensei Shoshin Nagamine
Karate-Do is definitely a martial way, and its identity lies in Do or principles. Any martial art without proper training of the mind turns into beastly behavior.
O'Sensei Shoshin Nagamine
If he practices three times, I must practice six times.
O'Sensei Shoshin Nagamine
Once when asked for a brief definition of a good Karate person, Osensei Shoshin Nagamine replied: Kisshu fushin, Oni te hotoke kokoro. A demon's hand, a saint's heart.
O'Sensei Shoshin Nagamine
No matter how you may excel in the art of te, and in your scholastic endeavors, nothing is more important than your behavior and your humanity as observed in daily life.
Teijunsoku (Nago Oyakata)
True art has no goal and no purpose.
Master Awa, Kyudo master
Where there is speed, there is power.
Hanshi Frank Grant
Where there is movement, there is weakness.
Hanshi Frank Grant
I can't stress enough. Let your mind help you.
Hanshi Frank Grant
You have to change yourself, not the technique.
Hanshi Frank Grant
Kata does not make you. You make the kata.
Hanshi Frank Grant
In Kata, move like a fog across the floor.
Hanshi Frank Grant
Find your natural ability of being low.
Hanshi Frank Grant
Let the technique do its job.
Hanshi Frank Grant