The Karate Code
Principles for training
Principles for training
and everyday life.
Read Master Shimabuku’s Code of Karate and the values that guide Isshin-Ryu practitioners.
- A person's heart is the same as Heaven and Earth.
- The blood circulating is similar to the Moon and Sun.
- A manner of Drinking and Spitting is either hard or soft.
- A person's Unbalance is the same as a Weight.
- The body should be able to change Direction at any time.
- The time to strike is when opportunity presents itself.
- The eye must see all sides.
- The ear must listen in all Directions.