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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.

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