CHI BUDO KWON
WHAT IS "CHI BUDO KWON"? DOES IT HAVE A MEANING OR IS IT JUST A NAME OF A KARATE SCHOOL?
LETS BREAK DOWN THE WORDS AND SEE!
CHI - IS A CHINESE WORD FOR MIND. LATER IN YOUR MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING IT WILL HAVE A SECOND MEANING. INTERNAL POWER OR ENERGY FLOW.
BUDO - FROM JAPANESE MARTIAL ARTS. FROM BUSHIDO LAW; A CODE OF HONOR. BUDO MEANS THE MARTIAL ARTS (FROM BU = WARRIOR AND DO = THE WAY), MEANS THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR - SELF-DEFENSE, IN THE CHIVALROUS SENSE. IN OTHER WORDS, BUDO GIVE A HUMANIST SIGNIFICANCE TO THE MARTIAL ARTS. BUSHIDO. "THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR" A CODE OF HONOR OF THE WARRIOR. INTEGRITY, JUSTICE, COURAGE, CONTEMPT OF DEATH, GOODWILL, POLITENESS, SINCERITY, HONOR, LOYALTY AND SELF-CONTROL ARE THE PRINCIPAL RULES OF BUSHIDO.
KWON - KOREAN FOR: A FIST - CHIEFLY TO PUNCH, DESTROY, BLOCK, WITH THE HAND OR FIST.
SO, WHAT DO WE HAVE? WITH USING MY MIND (AND INTERNAL STRENGTH), I WILL CHANGE MY DESTINY (OR DEFEND MYSELF WHEN ATTACKED), USING MY HANDS TO BLOCK, PUNCH OR DESTROY, USING A SENSE OF HONOR IN THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR, AND STRIVING TO BE IN HARMONY WITH EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING.
WHAT IS "CHI BUDO KWON"? DOES IT HAVE A MEANING OR IS IT JUST A NAME OF A KARATE SCHOOL?
LETS BREAK DOWN THE WORDS AND SEE!
CHI - IS A CHINESE WORD FOR MIND. LATER IN YOUR MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING IT WILL HAVE A SECOND MEANING. INTERNAL POWER OR ENERGY FLOW.
BUDO - FROM JAPANESE MARTIAL ARTS. FROM BUSHIDO LAW; A CODE OF HONOR. BUDO MEANS THE MARTIAL ARTS (FROM BU = WARRIOR AND DO = THE WAY), MEANS THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR - SELF-DEFENSE, IN THE CHIVALROUS SENSE. IN OTHER WORDS, BUDO GIVE A HUMANIST SIGNIFICANCE TO THE MARTIAL ARTS. BUSHIDO. "THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR" A CODE OF HONOR OF THE WARRIOR. INTEGRITY, JUSTICE, COURAGE, CONTEMPT OF DEATH, GOODWILL, POLITENESS, SINCERITY, HONOR, LOYALTY AND SELF-CONTROL ARE THE PRINCIPAL RULES OF BUSHIDO.
KWON - KOREAN FOR: A FIST - CHIEFLY TO PUNCH, DESTROY, BLOCK, WITH THE HAND OR FIST.
SO, WHAT DO WE HAVE? WITH USING MY MIND (AND INTERNAL STRENGTH), I WILL CHANGE MY DESTINY (OR DEFEND MYSELF WHEN ATTACKED), USING MY HANDS TO BLOCK, PUNCH OR DESTROY, USING A SENSE OF HONOR IN THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR, AND STRIVING TO BE IN HARMONY WITH EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING.