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Dojo Quotes

Until the day I die, I never want to be separated from my dogi; I never want to cease my training efforts in the dojo.

Until the day I die, I never want to be separated from my dogi; I never want to cease my training efforts in the dojo.

Mas Oyama
Effort, Training, Dojo

Well, dojo is a traditional Japanese word for training hall.

Joseph Jarman
Training, Dojo, Wells

I have been given many teachings by Sarutahiko-no-O-Kami. OKami told me, 'By the work of Takehaya Susanowo no Mikoto, you will worship the Ame no Murakumo KuKamisamuhara Ryu O (Kami of Takemusu) and build an Aiki shrine and dojo.' Then I built the Aiki shrine and dojo in Iwama, Ibaragi prefecture in 1940.

Morihei Ueshiba
Teaching, Dojo, Shrines

They speak of "This Dojo" and "That Dojo". They are looking for profit.

Miyamoto Musashi
Art, Dojo, Speak
Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.10, Bottom of the Hill

A dojo [pracice hall] is a miniature cosmos where we make contact with ourselves - our fears, anxieties, reactions, and habits. It is an arena of confined conflict where we confront an opponent who is not an opponent but rather a partner engaged in helping us understand ourselves more fully.

Joe Hyams
Anxiety, Cosmos, Dojo
Joe Hyams (2010). “Zen in the Martial Arts”, p.4, Bantam

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