Message from the Chief Instructor

Our dojo puts special effort into teaching young children. As in the saying, "Strike while the iron is hot," children should be trained while their minds and bodies are still open and flexible. In order to bring out the best in a child, we teach to each individual's needs, striving to make a good sincere person rather than a champion. The most important thing we emphasize in educating these kids through martial arts is for them to "Just Go Forward." This seems quite simple, but I think in actuality it is extremely difficult and tremendously essential. It is my hope that these children can become a person who can go forward in a positive, spirited, and fair way, no matter what obstacles they face in their future lives.

The name of our Dojo [Yugei-kan] comes from the discourse of Confucius's "Gei ni asobu" which is a part of a well-known passage. Gei is made up of the six skills; Rei = etiquette, Gaku = music, I = archery, Go = horsemanship, Sho = calligraphy, and Su = arithmetic. "Gei ni asobu" means to learn as well as enjoy oneself while studying things and doing martial arts.

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