Thursday, 15 January 2026

Webpages Updates: Etiquette, Terminologies, Principles

 I've made large updates with improvements to three main pages:

  1. 礼法/礼儀/礼式/行儀 Etiquette (formerly: '礼式 Reishiki (Etiquette)')
  2. Terminologies
  3. 則 Principles

The main updates are:

  1. Materials: There has been many big updates to the materials and contents found in the pages, especially for '礼法/礼儀/礼式/行儀 Etiquette' page, duplicating the latest Edition ot the 'A Brief Introduction to Karate-do Training' booklet. 'A Brief Introduction to Karate-do Training' booklet is part of the items that is provided upon registration of new members. The Etiquette, Terminologies and Principle pages in this webste are from the contents of the booklet. The latest edition, Eddition 4 dated 10 October 2025 has a number of corrections and large amount of added information.
  2. Moved or combined pages: There were several pages that falls under a main section were previously displayd in its own page. (E.g. There were several pages that falls under one main subection but were separated to its own pages.)
    1. '気合い Kiai' section that was formerly as its own page is now placed under '礼法/礼儀/礼式/行儀 Etiquette' page.
    2. '道場 Dōjō' section that was formerly as its own page is now placed under '礼法/礼儀/礼式/行儀 Etiquette' page.
    3. 'Bowing Ceremonies' section that was formerly as its own page is now placed under '礼法/礼儀/礼式/行儀 Etiquette' page.
    4. '道着Dōgi / 空手着Karategi / 稽古着 Keikōgi' section that was formerly as its own page is now placed under '礼法/礼儀/礼式/行儀 Etiquette' page.
    5. '段位 Dani / Ranking System' section that was formerly as its own page is now placed under '礼法/礼儀/礼式/行儀 Etiquette' page.
    6. 転身八方 Tenshin Happo' section (formerly: 'Eight Directional Movements') moved from 'Terminologies' page to '則 Principles' page » 'Shitō-ryū Technical Principles' section.
    7. 'Shitō-ryū Philosophies' section that was formerly as its own page is now placed under 則 Principles' page.
    8. 'Shitō-ryū Technical Principles' section that was formerly as its own page is now placed under 則 Principles' page.
  3. Numbered reference: Previous editions of the 'A Brief Introduction to Karate-do Training' booklet did not provide references or citations of where the information is derived from. This new reference section combines all references from 礼法/礼儀/礼式/行儀 Etiquette, Terminologies and 原則 Gensoku (Principles) and are duplicated across these pages.