Always remember that the true meaning of Budo is that soft overcomes hard, small overcomes large.

The heart of our karate is real fighting.There can be no proof without real fighting. Without proof there is no trust. Without trust there is no respect. This is a definition in the world of martial arts.

In the martial arts, introspection begets wisdom. Always see contemplation on your actions as an opportunity to improve.

My Way is the Way of Karate, which is also the Way of humanity, and which is consequently related to the Way of Heaven.

Reading good books implants good ideas in the mind, develops good aspirations, and leads to the cultivation of good friends.

If you have confidence in your own words, aspirations, thoughts, and actions and do your very best, you will have no need to regret the outcome of what you do. Fear and trembling are lot of the person who, while stinting effort, hopes that everything will come out precisely as he wants.

Courtesy should be apparent in all our actions and words and in all aspects of daily life. But be courtesy, I do not mean rigid, cold formality. Courtesy in the truest sense is selfless concern for the welfare and physical and mental comfort of the other person.