Karate-Do the way of Heiho

The actual Karate-Do is this: that in the life of all days, the mind and body of a man are trained and developed in a spirit of humility, and that at critical moments, the man is totally voted to the cause of justice.
Funakoshi Gichin

The training path of martial arts (in general) can go beyond sport and become the rule of life, what can be taught in practice belongs to human nature, the transmission of the art to develop the concept of report of the I in you to us, everything can be done simply by applying the rule universal respect, defined by some, golden rule (click to the others what you wish done to you) transforming the Spirit, the study of art change.
Make a work using moral concepts of reference for a future of a practice in respect of the dignity, certainly will be able to grasp the essence deeper of disciplines that contain within its spirit of life.

In summary, the concept of report:
The development of Ego: give the best of itself as positive even when it is difficult, to encourage the growth of its own estimate in IF and confidence in the other.
From Ego to You: honesty and respect with themselves and the other.
US: Enjoy the success of the other, each person is important and many times only together we can achieve goals...

By a genuine proposal may be a positive behaviour, rich of expressions ripe useful to reduce conflicts in our society certainly find a place of concrete action. A recent search (promoting the social values and behaviour positive) have emerged these results, in summary:

give an example, have a positive attitude
can motivate other
participate with determination and joy
share the joy and success others
Collaborate with other together and find solutions to problems
tighten friendship with all also with an opponent
comply with sincerity to the rules
be less aggressive
listen and pay attention
know relate with those who are different and less pleasant
know projecting another and share your feelings also
enjoy the other
offer aid to the other with the word for consular, encourage...
to give aid to help with the facts
comply with the companions less able
have patience with themselves and with the other
Bad loser, not keep up the pressure...
I would add respect its body because vehicle of life...

All these findings are applicable to our studies and perhaps may serve as an agent leavening Agent for a less superficial analysis of our work.

A theme of reflection:

The Master Egami said: there is a method of advancing each other opponents and to live better, is one that the other? This would be a method that goes beyond the budo.non is perhaps necessary go in search of this method? The Way of Karate is proposing a research topic: how to live our life, That is only an instant compared to eternity.
Each insignificant moment of our life is linked to eternal life through the street. The way of Karate teaches us the real life... the heiho, method of peace is part of Japanese tradition.
This is a method to support men and not to kill. I think it is raising the quality of Karate in heiho that it will become a true karate do (History of Karate by Kenji Tokitsu).
Said who was considered the most expert of the martial arts of Japan also appointed Chief instructor of the armed forces Japanese, assumes a meaning that may be a call for a reflection that if rightly interpreted can greatly help to define a path of study...
If we analyse with more attention some martial arts submitted as from personal protection is very simple view as the study stray from this definition, the size of work pass by a phase of combat where even if it uses a protection of course many times is not sufficient to avoid trauma derived from factors arising during such a practice, for example, the desire for revenge, or to try on another the effectiveness of a technical...
But if it is self-defence why not begin even during the study of it while safeguarding their integrity and another with a different way to propose?
In doing so could be taught to respect ourselves and more the next, foster the growth of the communication which are already included in the study as practical knowledge of time to respect for his integrity and targeted in the first instance to the safeguarding of the Body as a means of life, "of course" everyone is free to interpret the study as they please, certainly the results are a testimony of a path, but for those who have a minimum of knowledge of acupuncture or Shiatsu will place in the right importance this clarification and assess how we study and thought legacy of a dimension of a tradition for many respects, is completed (for example in Japan in the XVII century...)

It is not true that there may propose a method as they say many "real" in other ways that are not those of practical tests that can reach up to clash and that with other modes is reduced the value of the study...
An exemple:

The Karate-Do strategy aimed at fighting action:

is possible to maintain high level of an art that in his spirit is also to the study of the combat and of the strategy.

shortly:

karate–do the uses of experiences from an ancient tradition, to understand the sense we must go and open a study in depth transmitted and amended by many to understand that the only real thing that remains is the Spirit for example in kata and who it is expressed with it...
Once recognized this dimension is possible projecting its sensitivity in the "exercises" that can compose a method for the study of the "Combat." To raise this mode of "work" everything can be expressed in a dimension called Heiho (method of peace).
In this area has sense divide the various aspects of the study to develop the various needs. The perception, the rate, the technique, the concentration etc.... Take roles of primary importance but is the Spirit that determines the outcome of the study.
Karate is an art that one cannot teach many words, it belongs to the arts for the transmission of the Spirit Kokoro no Sekai, so the technique is only through the rest...

Some schools are able to make studies that belong to the strategy working with concepts that for many to a superficial examination of counterculture seem, for example, the concept of force, no matter load a technique of force because the movement becomes "crude" The important thing is the point, the time, and the grounds with an action, precise and deep, this is the real strength... This is to reiterate that the truth is not by a single part.
break down a study that developments all these factors "and insert it in the dimension heiho certainly is not insignificant, but once inside the rest is alone...
With due experience is possible to study the "fight" and therefore the strategy with more opponents, this part of movement is the expression of a study projected that certainly reaches its maximum going beyond the technical, to develop a sense of improvisation as creativity harmony and more...
The karate is an instrument to improve its spirit, its a moral nature, to develop its own personality and to balance the feeling ethics, for this entire training must be based on the improvement of the Spirit rather than acquisition of the art, says that the one that is devoid of moral character may not reach high levels art of Karate-Do...

Giuliano Delle Monache
Education Department Director
WTKA International