Dojo Virtues

[KarateKen]

We have several but I can't remember them right now. 

[Nidan Melbourne]

On 4/20/2025 at 3:42 AM, KarateKen said:

We have several but I can't remember them right now. 

Don't worry i had to look ours up when it came to typing up my original post for this thread.

[moaksi33]

On 2/1/2025 at 7:09 PM, sensei8 said:

Excellent thread, Nidan Melbourne; thank you for starting this thread.

The virtues that our SKKA held very high were those of the 7 Virtues of Bushido:

1) Righteousness 

2) Loyalty 

3) Honor 

4) Respect 

5) Honesty 

6) Courage 

7) Consistency 

Even though the SKKA, the Governing Body that I was part of for over 6 decades, has been dissolved for cause, those 7 virtues of Bushido still remain with me, and will always remain with me for the rest of my lifetime because I hold those virtues to be true.

Those virtues aren’t just idle words to me because they mean everything to me. And not only because our founders and my sensei sincerely believed in them as well as living them everyday, but because that’s how I was raised. 

In the threshold of the ending days of the SKKA, the then current hierarchy had severely weakened and had adopted anything other than those 7 virtues of Bushido.

Oftentimes, MAists forget to show tolerances for those they disagree with. Whether it be an ideology and/or methodology with the throwing down of insults, and when the style is attacked, so is its practitioners. This isn’t Bushido, imho!!

Through the practice of any MA, we’re supposed to inherit confidence, mental strength, courage, tenacity, work ethic, humility, compassion, integrity, kindness, respect, honor, discipline, and much more. Friendships born in training are often more real than anything else in life.

Virtues are supposed to mean more than just words.

Sorry for my misplaced words but the acts of the SKKA that lead to its demise has made me quite sarcastic about many certain things, Bushido isn’t one of them.

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Thank you for sharing this—it’s heartfelt and powerful. The way you honor those virtues, even after the SKKA’s dissolution, really shows deep integrity. Bushido as a lived principle, not just a concept, shines through in your words. What you said about friendships through training being some of the most real ones hits home. Appreciate your honesty and spirit.