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Sho Chiku Bai - Pine Bamboo Plum


Sho (Matsuda)- Pine

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Evergreens live long, young, and healthy lives. The pine symbolizes faithful friendship which resists all trials. The pine represents the religion of Taoism. The Japanese people use pine needles for ornaments on Christmas and New Year.

Chiku (Take)- Bamboo

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Bamboo represents Honesty. When you cut into bamboo, you find emptiness inside. Nothing evil is hidden within. Also, Kosho Ryu practitioners remain ever empty, and open to additional knowledge, never becoming full of themselves and their accomplishments. The bamboo is the symbol of the application of discipline and the man who remains loyal in all events. Bamboo represents the Japanese religion of Buddhism.

Bai (Baika)- Plum

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The Japanese plum flower stands for beauty, nobility, and courage. This is because the plum flower puts forth blossoms while the snow is still on the ground. The plum tree flowers before all the others. The Japanese people love the plum fruit. They especially eat plums when they are sick. Plum represents the Japanese religion of Shintoism

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  • SKSKI Store
  • Kempo Arts
    • Introduction to Kosho Ryu
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    • Escaping Arts
    • Manipulatory Arts
    • Striking Arts
    • Throwing Arts
    • Weaponry
  • Dojos
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  • Contact Us
  • Kosho Ryu Studies
    • Integrated Studies
    • Healing Arts
    • Shodo
  • Concepts
    • Philosophy
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    • Mon Gaku
    • The Octagon
    • Pine Bamboo Plum
    • Hand Postures
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    • Kosho Ryu Timeline
    • Ancient History
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  • Warrior Scholar Library