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Wado-ryu karatedo is characterized by evasion instead of meeting force with force, and by light, fast, and fluid body movement. The Wado-ryu stylist defends with parries and deflections with simultaneous counterattacks.

The following are the Wado-ryu rules for practice; a listing of behaviors, by the way, that should be followed wherever one practices martial arts in Japan.

1. No idle chatter, smoking, alcohol, eating, chewing gum, etc. in the dojo.

2. All karateka must bow before entering and upon leaving the dojo. To those who practice karate the dojo is a sacred place. We bow when entering the dojo to affirm our intention to train and seriously and we bow when leaving to show thanks for a good training session.

3. All karateka must bow to instructors or visiting instructors. We emphasis politeness at all times in the dojo and seek to cultivate a spirit based on gentleness and respect.

4. When the instructors or visiting instructors enter/exit the dojo, all karateka must stop whatever they are doing and face the sensei at the door and bow. Each person should seek to develop as full a state of attentiveness as possible. Karate requires and promotes a high degree of training of the mind as it does of the body.