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Many of us are familiar with the quote, “Karate begins and ends with Respect,” by Gichin Funakoshi. This is included as the first in his 20 Precepts of Karate-Do. The Japanese for this is 「空手道は礼に始まり礼に終わる」or “Karare-Dō wa rei ni hajimari, rei ni owaru,” however this idea does not originate in karate nor is it exclusiveContinue reading “Rei Isn’t Respect…”