REISHIKI – Etiquette.
COURTESY – Certainty of action.
KYO – Opening or gap.
WHAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH REFLECTS YOUR ATTITUDE.
SENSITIVITY IS IMPERATIVE.
STRIVE FOR A GREATER AWARENESS OF OTHERS.
IN YOUR RLEATIONSHIPS SEEK GREATER FORMALITY AS TIME PASSES.
CONTROL THE SMALL THINGS IN YOUR LIFE.
TAKE CARE OF YOUR OBLIGATIONS.
IT IS HOW YOU DO THINGS THAT DIFFERENTIATES YOU FROM OTHERS.
Etiquette is the preventin of diharmony. There is a correct way of doing everything. It is also social self defence and the quintessense of the martial arts. Remember always Gichin Funkoshi’s precept, “misfortune always occure in negligence.”
Begin things sharply. End things sharply. In the interim control yourself. Apply this to all aspects of existance. Kata is perfect rehersasl.
Fourth Lecture of Gaviols Sensei, Tejo’s Dojo, March, 1984.