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Budo, when broken down to its parts, may seem to be a collection of martial techniques whose continuous practice ultimately prepares its student for an eventual physical conflict.

However, seen by its originators as well as by us, Budo is a spiritual path that requires the active and full participation of our body, mind and heart. Its aim is simply to make the student a better human being. The goal or destiny are unclear but the path and the aim are clear to us: A better human being is one who can control his body, mind and heart and create an inner harmony of these in himself, as well as an harmonious existence with the world outside, of fellow humans and nature.

"Row, row, row until you reach the safe shore" - so they say. But the shore is already here: practice and insight are one and the same (Shu sho ichi nyo).

This is our cairn.