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PUBLISHER´S MESSAGE
By Henry Binerfa
Martial Science
Magazine Director
“...When Kokoro is missing,
people do not have much to
offer, they are selfish and
only work for themselves...”
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NOTES ABOUT BUDO
Shin Den shin- From heart to heart, from soul to soul.
I Shin Den Shin is a Japanese term used to explain a direct
transmission from teacher to student away from words. As
one candle ignites the other.
The true transmission in the martial arts happens when the
Sensei is able to transmit to the student the way of the cor-
rect way. The correct way is when a teacher puts the kokoro
(heart) in each teaching. The techniques alone are empty, they
must be filled with experience, attitude and the necessary con-
centration of experience to be made. Teach students to teach
themselves. This is a good way for students to progress. Mar-
tial arts must be understood from the inside to the outside,
sometimes the process is not perceived as such, or is inverted.
Unfortunately there are also those who lose themselves and
only perceive the external, they remain on the surface, they
can develop physically and in abilities, but they will not grow
spiritually. When kokoro is missing, people do not have much
to offer, they are selfish and only work for themselves.
The Sensei places all the trust in a student and gives him his
time, in the same way that a candle illuminates the dark path
of the traveler, although in giving light it consumes itself. The
student who is able to perceive this, will be able to establish