The Kokoro (heart) lessons are designed to develop your mind and spirit. To become a winner, you need to think like a winner. Study each PDF to learn how to take responsibility, help others, and release your full potential.
Along with the martial arts curriculum, you are required to know the Kokoro (heart) lessons before you can test for your next belt.
White – Yellow
Empty Your Cup
Dojo Etiquette
Shoshin Ryu is…
Choices
Safety
Yellow
Repetition is the mother of all knowledge
You are given one body…
Rank
Take Responsibility
Learn from your mistakes
Blue
Martial arts begins and ends with sincerity
The time is NOW
The mind leads the body
Pushing buttons
Obstacles
Green
Argue for your limitations and they are yours
IF (by Rudyard Kiplilng)
Support Classmates
Brown III
7 times down 8 times up
Fearlessness
Good luck / Bad luck
Brown II
Mizu no kokoro (mind like still water)
Fudoshin (immovable spirit)
Happiness
Brown I
Review all philosophy for the mudansha – understand it and internalize it
Shodan
The world is your mirror
Do or do not, there is No Try
Truthful Heart
Humility
The bugeisha, when missing the target, looks for the answer within
Rank
Nidan
The mind and the body are one
Don’t wobble
Nothing Special
Mushin
