THE EIGHTFOLD PATH
SUMMARY
The Eightfold path
to black belt (shodan)
#1 SANCHIN
THE PERSON’S HEART IS SAME
AS HEAVEN AND EARTH
(White)
RIGHT UNDERSTANDING
Study of:
1. Karma, the law of cause and effect
2. Etiquette and hygiene in the dojo, home, school, and life
3. The importance of respect, especially to parents
4. Walking and stepping
5. Chart one (exercises), Chart two (blocks, punches, kicks)
6. Earth, Sun, Moon, Tides, Gravity, Season, Ecosystem
7. Right Understanding, the first step
8. Sanchin kata, form, breathing, with no rigidity
#2 SEISAN
THE BLOOD CIRCULATING IS
ALMOST SAME AS THE MOON AND THE SUN
(White)
RIGHT THOUGHT
Study of:
1. Anger, cruelty, and sense desire
2. Yin and Yang, forces of creation
3. Importance of physical health
4. Complete mechanics of training and instruction tips
5. Okinawan, Japanese language, (Hogen dialect)
6. Taoism, Confucianism, the Tokugawa
7. Zazen (sitting meditation)
8. Yo-Ibuki, the stalking breath as it pertains to
9. Seisan kata
#3 SEIUCHIN
THE MANNER OF DRINKING AND
SPITTING IS EITHER HARD OR SOFT
(White)
RIGHT ACTION
Study of:
1. Compassion, fairness, and gentleness
2. Consequences of our actions
3. Diet and physical health
4. Progressive resistance training, prepubescent and adults
5. Language and Zazen
6. Soft Seiuchin kata, breathe with each combination
7. Hard Seiuchin kata, breathe in four sequences
#4 NAIHANCHI
THE PERSON’S UNBALANCE IS
THE SAME AS A WEIGHT
(White)
RIGHT SPEECH
Study of:
1. Importance of acting in an honest manner to
others
2. Importance of being honest with ourselves
3. Mental health, a person’s unbalance
4. Environment
5. Introduction to pressure points and nerve meridians
6. The mechanics of balance
7. Languages and Zazen
8. Naihanchi kata
9. Completion of Yo-Ibuki, the stalking breath
#5 WANSU
THE BODY SHOULD BE ABLE TO
CHANGE MOTION AT ANY TIME
(Green)
RIGHT LIVELIHOOD
Study of:
1. Occupational skills and employment
2. Opportunity, and the pursuit of it
3. Any occupation causing suffering to others
4. Self-hypnosis
5. Language and Zazen
6. Kumite, with emphasis on Yo-Ibuki
7. Wansu kata
#6 CHINTO
ACTION TO HIT IS WHEN THE
OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS
ITSELF
(Green)
RIGHT EFFORT
Study of:
1. Positive thinking and using our mental powers
2. Balance of our mental energy
3. Herbal medicine
4. Emergency response procedure including CPR
5. Advanced meditation
6. Language, Zazen, self-hypnosis
7. Chinto kata, breathing disappears
#7 KUSANKU
THE EYE MUST SEE EVERY WAY
(Brown)
RIGHT MINDFULNESS
Study of:
1. The Minds Eye
2. Pose, equilibrium and balance of the mind
3. Night vision and exercise
4. Our eyes and their care
5. How our eyes function
6. Language, Zazen, self-hypnosis
7. Self realization (ring)
8. Right meditation
9. Kusanku kata
10. Zen, the art of being aware
#8 SANCHIN
THE EAR MUST LISTEN IN ALL
DIRECTIONS
(Brown)
RIGHT CONCENTRATION
Study of:
1. The care of the ears, and their function
2. Listening skills as they pertain to combat
3. Listening skills as they pertain to communication
4. Talking in the dark
5. Dynamic tension
6. Self-hypnosis as caused by oxygen narcosis
7. Trance inducing to others
8. Sanchin kata with dynamic tension and Yo-Ibuki
SUANSU
THE KATA OF TATSUO SHIMABUKURO, NOT OF THE
EIGHTFOLD PATH
(Black)
Study of:
1. The science of kumite
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