Karate is Aloha, Aloha is Karate

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1. Shitsu I Towa:
“Shitsu I” means that you feel disappointed when your wishes aren't
met.

2. Tai Zen Towa:
“Tai Zen” means being able to keep a good attitude and positive
frame of mind.

3. Shitsu I Tai Zen Towa:
“Shitsu I Tai Zen” means that even though you are disappointed,
you should not go around with a bad attitude.
It's important not to be controlled by negative attitudes.
This is what we are practicing when we follow the Dojo Precepts:

Uphold the Principles of Propriety and Courtes
Cultivate the Spirit of Effort.
Perfect a Mind of Patience.
Live the Way of Truth.
Do Not Loose Self-Control or Act in a Violent Manner.

4. Toku I Towa:
“Toku I” means that you feel good when things turn out the way that
you like them to be.
This “Toku I” is the same as in “Toku I Kata” (your favorite kata).
“Toku I” is the opposite of “Shitsu I”.

5. Tan Zen Towa:
“Tan Zen” means to be unwavering, level-headed, highly disciplined,
able to see things the way
that they actually are in reality.
You are not swayed by surface elements of the situation.

6. Toku I Tan Zen Towa:
“Toku I Tan Zen” means that even though things are looking good
and are just the way you like it,
you don't become over-confident, too satisfied or complacent.
You are not positive. You are not negative. You function by and are
“Only the Truth”.
You are able to come to a true assessment of the person and the
situation.
This is very difficult to achieve because you have nothing you can
depend on as your gauge.
It can get to the point where you don't know what is what.
In the West, they say that when you approach something
scientifically you get down to the way the
elements or atoms of a situation are actually functioning.
But even in this scientific approach or point of view, it is not
necessarily the Truth.

7. Facts about: Shitsu I Tai Zen, Toku I Tan Zen:
In Karate as in Life, it is essential to maintain the balance between
Shitsu I Tai Zen and Toku I Tan Zen in order to find Harmony and
Success.
Shitsu I Tai Zen and Toku I Tan Zen are concepts which probably
originated from China and would be more familiar to older Japanese
than to younger generations.
Hei Jo Shin:

8. Hei Jo Towa:
“Hei Jo” means to always be level.

9. Shin Towa:
“Shin” is the Mind.

10. He Jo Shin Towa:
“He Jo Shin” is the level or steady Mind. It is sometimes called
the Unshakable Mind.
It is the Mind that is “Just As It Is”.
In Zen this is the Mind of Thus-ness. Tathagatta. Just This!!!
This “Shin” is so important in a Karate Match and in Life, especially
when you have to make a decision.

This is what Dojo Precept #5 is based on and talking about.
“Do not loose self control or act in a violent manner.” This is the
Unshakable Mind.

Hare Te Yoshi Kumori Te Mo Yoshi Fuji No Yama Moto No Sugata
Wa Kawa Ri Nari Keri
A poem written by Yamaoka, Tesshu (1836-1888CE)


11. Literal Translation of the Poem:
“Hare Te Yoshi” - Clear Day is Good.
“Kumori Te Mo Yoshi” - Cloudy Day is also Good.
“Fuji No Yama” - Mt. Fuji.
“Moto No Sugata Wa” - The way that it is.
“Kawa Ri Nari Keri” - Doesn't change.


12. Meaning of the Poem:
When it's sunny and clear at Mt. Fuji, it is wonderful.
When it's cloudy at Mt. Fuji, it is still wonderful.
Most people only look at the surface. They do not look at what is
really there.
Some may want to be able to see Mt. Fuji, so on a cloudy day they
might say that Mt. Fuji wasn't that nice.
But whether people like Mt. Fuji when it is clear and sunny or when
the clouds hide Fuji-san is just　a matter of their preferences and
their perceptions.
This doesn't change the Reality of Mt. Fuji.
In fact this has nothing to do with the Reality of Mt. Fuji.
Mt. Fuji is always the way that it is.
Mt. Fuji is always Mt. Fuji.
So no matter what people say about Mt. Fuji or the situation or
about anything, don't be swayed or changed by what they say.

In the same way, no matter what people say about you, don't be
swayed by their words & opinions.

Never loose sight of who you are.
Have faith and confidence in yourself that is tempered with
humbleness.

You are always You!!!
Always!!!



By Souke Kiyohisa Hirano.

*Translator;　Mark M..Shigeoka.
Assistant Teacher & Fully Ordained Priest.

*Translator; Thomas Muraoka
Karate 3dan Since1982

Translation of talk no. 2

The following are definitions of Japanese martial arts words used in
technical discussions.

1.Hon-Mi is when the upper body faces forward (when it is 90
degrees to the direction it faces).

2.Han-Mi is when the upper body is at an angle to forward
(45 degrees to what it faces).

3.Ma-Han-Mi is when the upper body is exactly side ways to forward
(parallel to the intended direction of travel like in Nai-Hanchi stance).

4. Yori-Ashi is to step (not slide) in order to move up or back.

5. Suri-Ashi is to slide the feet in order to move forward or back.

6. To-Bi Komi-Ashi is to take a big step to move forward or
backwards.

7. Towa is the Japanese word for “meaning”.

8. Ten-Tai Towa is “meaning of body movement by turning”.

9. Ten is to turn or move.

10. “I” is position.

11.Ten-I Towa is “meaning of changing the body position”. It can
refer to either defensive or offensive movement when shifting the
position of the body.

12. Ten-Gi Towa is the “meaning of changing from one techniques
to another”.

13. San-Mi-lttai is the concept that one movement consists of
three actions.

14. Hiranori Otsuka , the founder of Wado-ryu Karate-do, utilized
Ten-Tai, Ten-I
and Ten-Gi to explain all martial art techniques.
They are the three actios with in one technique, an example of
San-Mi-Ittai. They are the inseparable components for the
execution of any technique, subject to the situation.

15. People generally react by thoughts and emotions. Ideally,
the proper application of Ten-Tai, Ten-I and Ten-Gi, is from the
state of consciousness beyond thinking and emotions. This is
referred to “being” in the moment.

16. Practice is the way to self-improvement. The more we practice,
the more we
are able to achieve consciousness beyond thinking and emotions in
Karate or anything else in Life.

Hiranori Otsuka was born on June 1, 1892 in Ibaragi, Japan. He was
an important Showa Karate Master, the founder of Wado-ryu
Juijitsu Kempo Karate. He died on January 29, 1982.

By Souke Kiyohisa Hirano.

*Translator;　Mark M..Shigeoka.
Assistant Teacher & Fully Ordained Priest.

*Translator; Weslay Yoshikawa
Karate 5dan Since1963

Kawaguchi Sensei is 81 years old.. He says, “Karate is Aloha.
Aloha is Karate. Aloha is Love.”


Souke Hirano extrapolates on this and says, "Aloha is courtesy.
Aloha is manners. Aloha is to honor."

Traditionally in Japanese history, when you honor someone or
something, everything about that person, the attitude, the good parts,
the whole being is embraced. This is what it means to treat someone
with Aloha.. It is not just a friendly welcome to Hawaii.

The Karate Attitude is exactly the same.

Basically courtesy or manners is the oil or lubricant between people.

We also have the same attitude of honor, acceptance and courtesy
towards Nature (trees, fish, birds, etc.)

The Japanese (or Zen) Way is like this. When you eat you say thank
you to that which you are eating (the fish or vegetable, etc.) You
accept their gift of themselves (their lives) to nourish yourself and
sustain your Life. Then you do the the best you can to use your
life to help others. This way you transform the life of that which
you ate into a positive force to help others. This is how you
honor your food.

Nowadays in Japan they don’t have this kind of attitude of caring,
honoring and embracing as much as they did in the past. It has
become more and more about serving oneself.

Like before in Japan when you caught fish, you let go the babies.
This was not being greedy for themselves to keep their stocks of
food high, but it was like this because the they respected and honored
the fish that gave itself to feed them.

This is true Aloha. This is Karate.


By Souke Kiyohisa Hirano.

Translator;　Mark M..Shigeoka.
Assistant Teacher & Fully Ordained Priest.