Japanese > The Way of the warrior
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Followed by samurai.
- (Bu-Shi-Do) – Japanese: 武士道 “The Way of the warrior“
(Budo)
- Bushido – (1924 book), by Minoru Tanaka
- Budo = “Martial way.” The Japanese character for “bu” (martial) is derived from characters meaning “stop” and (a weapon like a) “halberd.” In conjunction, then, “bu” may have the connotation “to stop the halberd.” In aikido, there is an assumption that the best way to prevent violent conflict is to emphasize the cultivation of individual character. The way (do) of aiki is thus equivalent to the way of bu, taken in this sense of preventing or avoiding violence so far as possible.
- ‘budokas’
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In the martial arts, it is said that the seven pleats of a Hakama represent the seven virtues of bushido.
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