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Training session begins and ends with a ceremony. Instructions must be given by the oldest and high-ranked student. Students must be correctly aligned, if possible lined up in an even number of lines.
When line-up instruction is given (SHUGO), every student must line up correctly and fastly; this way students show their progress in karate.
BEGINNING OF TRAINING SESSION:
SHUGO To Line up
KI OTSUKE Attention
SEIZA Sitting on one's knees
SHINJE NI REI Bow to the front (if there is a shrine or a photography)
SHOMEN NI REI Bow to the front (if there is not a shrine)
SENSEI The instructor sensei turns towards the students
SENSEI NI REI Teacher, we bow
ONEGAISHIMASU said by all the students (please show/teach me).
END OF TRAINING SESSION
SHUGO To line up
KI OTSUKE Attention
SEIZA Sitting on one's knees
MOKUSO Meditation
MOKUSO YAME End of meditation
DOJO KUN Beginning of training session
SHINJE NI REI Bow to the front (if there is a shrine or a photography)
SHOMEN NI REI Bow to the front (if there is not a shrine)
SENSEI The instructor sensei turns towards the students
SENSEI NI REI Teacher, we bow
ARIGATO GOZAIMASHITA Said by all the students.
OTAGA NI Students turn round and look at themselves in pairs
OTAGA NI REI Students, we bow
SHOMEN NI Students turn ahead (forward)
KIRITSU Students stand up
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REMARKS: MOKUSO is the act of meditating we do at the beginning or end of the training session in order to, at the beginning, clear one's mind and concentrate on the work we are going to do and, at the end, relax and return to normal activity.
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Goju-Ryu Ceremony
