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By Gichin Funakoshi
Founder of Shotokan Karate Do
1. Never forget: Karate begins and ends with respect.
2. There is no first attack in karate.
3. Karate supports righteousness.
4. First understand yourself, then understand others.
5. The art of mind is more important than the art of
technique.
6. The mind needs to be freed.
7. Trouble is born of negligence.
8. Do not think karate is only in the dojo.
9. The training of karate requires a lifetime.
10. Transform everything into karate, therein lies the
exquisiteness.
11. Genuine karate is like hot water; it cools down if
you do not keep heating it.
12. Do not have an idea of winning, while the idea of
not losing is necessary.
13. Transform yourself according to your opponent.
14. The outcome of the fight all depends on the
maneuver.
15. Imagine one's arms and legs as swords.
16. Once you leave the shelter of home, there are a
million enemies.
17. Postures are for the beginner, later they are
natural positions.
18. Do the kata correctly, the real fight is a
different manner.
19. Do not forget the control of the dynamics of
power, the elasticity of body, and the speed of
technique.
20. Always be good at the application of everything
you have learned.
-Gichin Funakoshi (1867-1957)
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