Budo

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Characters of Budō

Budō ( Jap. 武道 , German "military road, military road") is the generic term for all Japanese martial arts , so Jiu Jitsu , Judo , Karate , Suijutsu , aikido , Shorinji Kempo , sumo , kendo , Bujinkan , Iaido , Kyūdō u. a, -. unlike the traditional Bujutsu -Kriegskünsten - except for the fighting technique still an "internal" Dō contain -Teaching or philosophy.

The sino- Japanese Kanji Bu ( 武 ) corresponds to the old Japanese Takeshi and means " military " or " warlike ". The Kanji Dō ( 道 ) has the semantics of the word "way".

Overview of the most important Budo styles
Budo belt (Japanese Obi ) in the colors of the five student grades (Japanese Gokyū).

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While Bujutsu is the generic term for pure martial arts theory, which has external efficiency as a priority, Budō is an activity aimed at the inner workings of the practitioner. As in many Japanese arts, in Budō (as a synonym for martial arts) the sense is more in "doing" than in the result (such as in martial arts ). Rather, it is about a process whose result is open and often irrelevant. In this respect, the wrong use of the term "Budo sport" is a paradox and linguistic lapse.

The terms Budō and Bushidō ("way of the warrior") also have a figurative meaning: as a method for self-realization and self-control. The first Budo systems arose in the comparatively peaceful Edo period (1600-1868) and then, like many Do / Dao arts, also under the growing influence of Zen , when the samurai no longer had to wage war and they had time for practicing the martial “arts” in the sense of self-training.

See also

Portal: Budo  - Overview of Wikipedia content on Budo
Wiktionary: Budo  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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