MEDITATION – The art of total concentration.
DOJO – A place of spiritual training.
BODY DYNAMICS
- 1st principle – The tanden.
- 2nd principle – The kiya, which relieves anxiety and is the catalyst to tal commitment.
- 3rd principle – Contractions; for kicking, kicking, vertical and for puching, horizontal.
- 4th principle – Expansions
HARA – The center of the Eastern woman’s world. (The tanden.)
PINON – Also Heian, means peace.
TIME IN GRADE IS PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE.
TEACHERS HAVE COMPASSION, STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THIS.
TO BE DIFFERENT IS FINE, BUT DO NOT IMPRESS IT UPON OTHERS.
The martial artist is an artisan of life. The world is his canvass; he paints with everything he touches.
Third Lecture of Gaviola Sensei, Tejo’s Dojo, February, 1984.