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Martial arts Kanji

Submitted by wwickizer on Sat, 2018-11-03 21:24

We believe that the attached means MIND BODY SPIRIT but we are not certain. This has to do with both of our swords and Karate training in Hachioji Japan from Master Tomosaburo Okano in the 1950s.

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#1Submitted by saipan59 on Thu, 2018-11-08 23:13.

nope

It reads "SHINGI E NO MICHI".
Note that the upper row is read right-to-left.
SHINGI means "consummate skill" (per Nelson's).
E NO MICHI can be translated as "the road/path to".

So, it becomes "the path to consummate skill".
Nothing about "mind body spirit".
Whoever wrote it was not very fluent (probably not native Japanese) (speaking of the calligraphy).

Comment on SHINGI:
The SHIN, by itself, means things like god, mind, soul.
The GI (would be read as WAZA by itself), means roughly technique.

Pete
#2Submitted by wwickizer on Fri, 2018-11-09 21:36.

Thank you!

Thank you Pete! You made a couple of old guys happy.