自他共栄 Jita Kyoei has always been the foundation for my Budo. We learn and grow with each other. By teaching, we learn from our students. By opening our minds to other martial arts we also learn. Certainly there are things that are hard to incorporate into your core art, but that does not mean that the concepts cannot be studied to improve your own martial art. That is why I encourage my students to learn from other martial arts.
自他共栄は常に自分の武道の土台である。お互いに学び成長する。教えながら生徒からまなぶ。他の武道に心と開け又学べる。実際自分の武道のコアー「基礎」には導入辛いものもあるだろうが、けしてそれらを自分の武道の上達に学べないものではない。だから生徒達には他の武道から学べと指導する。
The trick here is not to become a jack of all trades master of none. It is imperative that you must be solid in your chosen art. I, myself, studied Judo for over 20 years before I came upon karate, military and LE self defense. This background, in my case, allowed me to be open to the "new" concepts while also being able to adopt the concepts from a Judo perspective. It also allowed me to understand the principles in the bunkai of Karate Kata which involved throws and grappling. Perhaps the "light bulb" switches on faster than a person with no Judo background.
だが気ををつけなければならないのは色々「知って」は居るが何一つ使えないようになってはいけない。自分自身、空手と法律執行機関、軍隊の護身術と出会うまえに２０年以上柔道をやっていた。その基礎があったからこそ柔道の視線から新しいコンセップトを受け入れることが出来た。空手の型の分解で投げや寝技をも理解できた。多分柔道無経験者よりは早く理解出来たとおもう。
As for my students, who are no experts by any means, I hope that by exposing them to other martial arts they do not wear blinders. There are too many folks out there that put on blinders when it comes to appreciating arts other than their own. In the worst case almost a cult like attitude of delusional supremacy. That, for me, is not what Budo is about.
経験の浅い生徒達には他の武道と触れ合って視野を広げてもらいたい。それでなくっても世の中には視野の狭いひとがおおい。自分達の武道だけを考えない、酷いのにはカルト的な優位感をも持つ。自分としては武道はそんな物ではないはず。
"One for All and All for One"
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