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One often sees Karate and Zen Japanese calligraphy hanging in traditional dojo in Japan and the West. Shodo (Japanese calligraphy) has performed some of most famous martial artists who have lived and is an art to be appreciated and seen. Many books refer budo (martial arts) for Shodo art and one example of first class includes "The Sword of No-Sword", which documents the life of the sword and Zen Master Tesshu (book by John Stevens, ISBN 0-87773-284-1). This book Tesshu documented study of martial arts, Zen and calligraphy of his journey to enlightenment. Miyamoto Musashi is another famous martial artist also practiced calligraphy.

Japanese Calligraphy is more than simply how to write Chinese characters are derived from the pictographs of what they represent (the images for this Article rel = "nofollow" href = "http://www.DownloadKarate.com"> http://www.DownloadKarate.com). In Japanese, these characters are called "kanji". Many of the requirements of the mirrors to produce a "Zena", as expressed in the struggle against: for example, fluid movement, empty mind, the creation of force in establishing and movements are often linked to a sword in motion.

The 4 main tools Shodo used for the creation of works of Japanese art:

Shikishi: Environment traditional rice paper or thicker sheets of rice called (Shikishi).

Fude: Brush.

Suzuri: a black stone bowl is Sumi-rub mixed with water.

Sumi: Inka Instead of using "modern" The SUMI is a solid black material is rubbed into the water to produce black ink Suzuri, which is then used to write.

Article by Mayuko Simiada (shodo artist) & Sensei Jason Armstrong who has a 5th degree black, and has been trained karate in Japan with a master. Sensei Jason has a Ph.D. from KSU & in 1995. While in Japan he worked in the corporate environment & studied karate. He ultimately became the CEO of a company in Tokyo. More info on the topic of Shodo and Kanji (+ kanji images for download) is at: http://www.downloadkarate.com/index.asp?Sec_ID=287

Vintage Japanese Shikishi Art – Red Mt Fuji Nihonga

String of Beads: Complete Poems of Princess Shikishi (Shaps Library of Translations) $24.24 …

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