Tokubukan

The meaning behind Toku Bu Kan

True winning is not by power, trickery nor anger, because winning using these things will create feeling of revenge or feeling of unhappiness, however wining by true virtue (Toku) is true winning, even your opponent will thank you when defeated by you and respect your quality.

Therefore we are using this Virtue (Toku 徳)for the Dojo’s first kanji, and for the second kanji we use Bu ( 武) as in Budo. And the last kanji is Kan ( 館) as in group.

(徳武館) Tokubukan has a deep meaning and is giving us a goal to strive for.


Dojo Motto

“Ken to wa kokoro nari. Kokoro tadashi kereba, sono ken tadashi. Kokoro tadashi karazareba, sono ken mata tadashi karazu. Ken o manaban to suru mono wa subekaraku sono kokoro wo manabe”.

“The sword is the mind (soul). If the mind is right, the sword is right. If the mind is not right, the sword also cannot be right. The person who wishes to study the sword must first study their mind”.

- Shimada Toranosuke