Читать книгу Ultimate Kempo. The Spirit and Technique of Kosho Ryu (Downloadable Media Included) онлайн

18 страница из 48

CHAPTER 3

What is the Martial Way? Why Study It?

The Way of the Warrior

In my limited 28 years of martial arts experience, I won’t even begin to claim that I understand the concept of Budo. How Budo is explained and defined differs from person to person. The best I can do is relate to what my teachers have tried to instill in me, and what the concept of Budo has come to mean to me.

To me, Budo is using the martial arts as a vehicle to train the mind and the body. It’s about character building and forging the spirit through the challenges put before us in our martial arts training, much like that of the forging of the Japanese katana—building strength layer after layer. It’s about giving just a little more, when our mind and body is telling us there is no more.

It’s about training and mastering your mind so that you are no longer governed by or reacting to environmental influences or circumstances, yet always being aware of them and allowing you to see things for what they really are.

Budo is about having the attitude of a warrior and living with a sense of honor in everything that you do.