TRADITIONS

TRADITIONAL DOJO RULES

• One must learn patience
within the time it takes a cigarette to burn.
• One must learn that
the way of man is righteousness.
• Forget desire;
forget easiness;
forget stubbornness.
• Think of sadness and grudges as destiny.
One must comprehend the immovable heart (Fudoshin).
• Do not distance one's loyalty from one's parents and rulers.
Try deeply to master culture and martial arts.

Toda Shinryuken Masamitsu
32nd Grandmaster of Togakure Ryu
New Years message of 1892 (Meiji 25)