Philosophy in the dojo

[greenbelt_girl15]

I was just wondering,

In your dojo, or style do you study philosophy at all? Is it part of you training? And if so what is some of the philosophy that you enjoy.

I'll start in Cuong Nhu we have a lot of philosophy that is studied, we also have a code of ethics with 8 sections. One of my favorite pieces of the code of ethics is: The goal of Cuong Nhu student is to maintain a pure,simple, sincere, and noble life.

[bushido_man96]

Our instructor is not real big on teaching philosophy. Discipline is strong in our school, though. In the past, a school that I attended and taught at focused more on integrity, respect, and the like. We learned history of the organization, and of the art of TKD in general, as well.

[lordtariel]

We cover philosophy from time to time, but it's more in context to life lessons. Usually Sensei takes about 5-10 minutes every class to talk about things ranging from responsibility to behavior.

[granmasterchen]

i incorporate many philosophical debates and issues with my students to constantly keep them aware of the responsibility of the skills they possess. I usually don't teach this in the actual class room, but "outside" of class, because to me everyday life and everywhere we go should be considered a dojo and learning experience. I tend to only teach a few select people at a time, at least high ranking individuals and we do intense training everyday due to our limited size and gain more time to train and talk in this way.

[cathal]

Our dojo kun and niju kun ( http://www.iskf.com/nijukun.html ) are taught in our system.

[shogeri]

The philosphy of the 'way' of the style and how it applies to everyday life and many (if any) of the Martial or Non-Martial conflicts a person may come across.

Generally speaking, the MA can be applied, with some modification to most situations that may not even include physical conflict.

Conflict resolution. Isn't that what we are working toward in the end?

Anyhow...I do not include deep long talks into actual philosophy. The 'way' of a style is no more than 'what a person puts and then gets out of applying the lessons they learned while practicing their art'.

I learn alot about myself while practicing, and on the flip side, I learn alot about other people as well.

There are many things in my life that operate in the same manner. My family, my job(s), my faith, and all that jazz.

Later!

[Jiffy]

Philosophy is not really part of our school per-se, but I do try to use philisophical comments and connotations from time to time.

[ninjanurse]

Philosophy envelops our entire curriculum...and integral part of the system. In fact every art I have studied has been the same way...hmm, could there be a pattern emerging here???

[Jiffy]

Apparently, you seek that kind of training...

[ggg214]

my teacher has never said it,directly.

all things are about taichi, but you can find out that it's the same way doing taichi and living a life.