About Us
The aim of the association is to promote the art of Wado-Ryu karate as taught to me and from the research that I have been carrying out. This involves the technical, spiritual, and pragmatic aspect of our art. If we at Mushin Karate produce good people/citizens, we feel that we will have fulfilled our role. We also pride ourselves in teaching the pragmatic side of kata with bunkai that is applicable to the realities of combat in the modern world. This coupled with the ability to successfully defend ourselves using proven techniques and methodologies to do this are also a part of our philosophy. This, hopefully, will manifest itself in our syllabus.
The term Mushin is shortened from mushin no shin a Zen expression meaning "mind of no mind". That is “a mind not fixed or occupied by thought or emotion and thus open to everything”.
Mushin is achieved when a fighter feels no anger, fear or ego during combat. At this point, a person relies not on what they think should be the next move, but what is felt intuitively.
However, Mushin is not just a state of mind that can be achieved during combat. Many Martial Artists, train to achieve this state of mind during Kata and Kihon Waza so that a flawless execution of moves is accomplished - that they may be achieved during combat or at any other time. Once Mushin is attained through the practicing or studying of Martial Arts (although it can be accomplished through other arts or practices that refine the mind and body), the objective is to then attain this same level of complete awareness in other aspects of the practitioners life.
Our Motto
“To produce excellence without arrogance”
Eric Forsythe
Mushin Karate
May 2006
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