It is important that karate can be practiced by the young and old, men and women alike.

Students of any art, including Karate-do must never forget the cultivation of the mind and the body.

Only through training will a person learn his own weaknesses... He who is aware of his weaknesses will remain master of himself in any situation.

Only a true weakling is capable of true courage.

Karate-do strives internally to train the mind to develop a clear conscience, enabling one to face the world honestly, while externally developing strength to the point where one may overcome even ferocious wild animals. Mind and technique become one in true karate.

One of the most striking features of karate is that it may be engaged in by anybody, young or old, strong or weak, male or female.

There is no first strike in Karate.