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DOJO RULES AND ETIQUETTE
PRINCIPLES OF KARATE
KARATE STARTS WITH A BOW (REI) AND FINISHES WITH A BOW (THIS SHOWS THE MEANING OF COURTESY AND RESPECT).
THERE IS NO FIRST ATTACK IN KARATE.
KARATE SUPPORTS HONESTY AND LOYALTY.
TRY, FIRST, TO UNDERSTAND YOURSELF AND THEN YOU WILL UNDERSTAND OTHERS.
SPIRIT AND ATTITUDE FIRST: TECHNIQUES SECOND AND BELTS LAST.
FREE YOUR MIND, DON'T SAY 'I CAN'T DO IT', SAY 'I CAN'T DO IT YET'.
ACCIDENTS COME OUT OF STUPIDITY OR NEGLIGENCE. WORK HARD, EXERCISE YOUR EARS - NOT YOUR MOUTH.
THE TRAINING OF KARATE-DO REQUIRES A LIFETIME.
TRANSFORM EVERYTHING INTO KARATE; THERE LIES THE PERFECTION.
KARATE IS LIKE HOT WATER; IT COOLS DOWN IF YOU DO NOT KEEP HEATING IT.
DO NOT THINK YOU HAVE TO WIN. THINK RATHER, THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LOSE.
DOJO RULES.
THE FOLLOWING MUST BE OBSERVED:
BOW ON ENTERING AND LEAVING THE DOJO.
ADDRESS ANY SENIOR INSTRUCTOR 3RD DAN AND ABOVE AS 'SENSEI' AND ANY BLACK BELT 1ST DAN ABOVE AS 'SEMPAI' WHILST IN THE DOJO.
THE WORD 'OSS' IS THE SIGN OF RESPECT AND IS USED GENERALLY IN KARATE WHEN BOWING AT THE START AND FINISH OF THE CLASS, WHEN BOWING TO YOUR PARTNER DURING KUMITE.
NO ONE IS TO LEAVE THE CLASS WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING PERMISSION FROM THE INSTRUCTOR.
ANY MEMBER ARRIVING LATE MUST TAKE UP A KNEELING POSITION AT THE FRONT OF THE DOJO AND WAIT FOR PERMISSION FROM THE INSTRUCTOR BEFORE JOINING THE CLASS.
FINGER AND TOENAILS MUST BE KEPT CLEAN AND SHORT.
JEWELLERY MUST NOT BE WORN DURING TRAINING.
STUDENTS MUST NOT SMOKE, SWEAR, CHEW, SPIT OR COMMIT ANY OTHER ACT LIKELY TO OFFEND THE ETIQUETTE OF THE DOJO.
A CLEAN WHITE GI MUST BE WORN WITH BELT TIED CORRECTLY.
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