What does a "way of life" mean?
Nowadays it is virtually a cliche to say "Karate-do is a way of life/a lifestyle", but very few really now what they are talking about and actually explain their words.
In Shotokai Karate Budo you obtain, through a rigorous training, a knowledge about yourself, that in our hedonistic present materialistic culture, is very hard to obtain.
This knowledge gives you the tools with which you can face any critical situation in your life. You can then confront them calmly, firmly and with an unusual success. But it not only expresses itself in crisis, furthermore in any activity, the spirit of excelling and the self-knowledge attained give you better tools to achieve a better life.
