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~ Karate is...


Karate is dynamic form.
Karate is technical.

Karate is reflection and intuition.
Karate is concentration.

Karate is tension and relaxation.
Karate is coordination.

Karate is energy and power.
Karate is intelligence.

Karate is rate and action.
Karate is meditation.

Karate is discipline and rigor.
Karate is military air.

Karate is time and patience.
Karate is experience.

Karate is certainty and evolution.
Karate is overcoming.

Karate is modesty and humility.
Karate is sensitivity.

Karate is security and confidence.
Karate is temperance.

Karate is dominion and serenity.
Karate is inmutability.

Karate is to relieve and to sublimate.
Karate is to support.

Karate is spirituality and renunciation.
Karate is improvement.

Karate is to begin and to arrive.
Karate is to journey.

Karate is to know and to extend.
Karate is to understand.

Karate is art and purity.
Karate is beauty.

Karate is to give and to tolerate.
Karate is to love.

Karate is to want and to feel.
KARATE IS TO LIVE.




- by Hanshi, Oscar Higa
World Technical Director
Okinawa Shorin-Ryu Karate-do Kyudokan Association