Tao Tao or Dao (/daʊ/; Chinese: 道; pinyin: 
Dào (help·info)) is a Chinese word
signifying 'way', 'path', 'route', 'key' or sometimes more loosely 'doctrine'
or 'principle'. Within the context of traditional Chinese philosophy and
religion, the Tao is the intuitive knowing of "life" that cannot be
grasped full-heartedly as just a concept but is known nonetheless through actual
living experience of one's everyday being. The Tao differs from conventional
(Western) ontology in
that it is an active and holistic practice of the natural order of Nature and
its universal awakening, rather than a static, atomistic one.[citation needed]
Dào (help·info)) is a Chinese word
signifying 'way', 'path', 'route', 'key' or sometimes more loosely 'doctrine'
or 'principle'. Within the context of traditional Chinese philosophy and
religion, the Tao is the intuitive knowing of "life" that cannot be
grasped full-heartedly as just a concept but is known nonetheless through actual
living experience of one's everyday being. The Tao differs from conventional
(Western) ontology in
that it is an active and holistic practice of the natural order of Nature and
its universal awakening, rather than a static, atomistic one.[citation needed]
Laozi in
the Tao Te Ching explains that the Tao is not a
'name' for a 'thing' but the underlying natural order of the Universe whose
ultimate essence is difficult to circumscribe due to it being non conceptual
yet evident' in one's being of aliveness.[citation needed] The Tao is
"eternally nameless” (Tao Te Ching-32. Laozi) and to be
distinguished from the countless 'named' things which are considered to be its
manifestations, the reality of life before its descriptions . (COURTESY
Wikipedia).
JUDO;Dr Kano
believed that "jūjutsu" was insufficient to describe his art:
although Jutsu (術?) means
"art" or "means", it implies a method consisting of a
collection of physical techniques. Accordingly, he changed the second character
to dō (道?), meaning way, road or
path, which implies a more philosophical context than jutsu and has a
common origin with the Chinese concept of tao. Thus Kano
renamed it Jūdō (柔道?, judo).[19]((Courtesy Wikipedia)
Dr Jigoro Kano was the founder of Judo---good reading. He was caught in a snow storm on his way back fromChina and
went into a cave to shelter. He observed a cherry tree branches snap under the weight
of the snow and force of wind, while a willow tree branches bent and returned hence the ‘Gentle
Way’ not the monstrosity and barbaric modern Olympic games Judo. Giving way to defeat an opponent,
avoiding. Refer to SHACK 178 AND
179.
Dr Jigoro Kano was the founder of Judo---good reading. He was caught in a snow storm on his way back from
Neither
of these two explanations above satisfied what Sensei and Sifu had explained
and taught me. They both called it the
‘Way less Way’. It was the way of the Universe, Sensei described Ju as an implementing Do the way of the Universe. Sifu said
the Tao was the same as Do and that the Universe worked as an intelligence that
was beyond logic and understanding, that we had to be quiet and still even in
action to ‘feel it’. Both would say that
explanations were useless and that if pressed would just say ‘this is the way it
goes ---this is the way of things ---this is the mystery--- there is no logic
it is as it is until it isn't'. If pressed again for an answer they would walk away or say things like ‘ stick
your head in the fridge’, ‘go play with the traffic’.
Again here we see the development
of all the senses combined into one Radar type focused alertness a super fine
awareness, which is dynamic, moving yet still and honed to ‘feeling’ as a quote
from the famous Bruce Lee ‘Feel don’t think’
From another film the first
Karate Kid with the famous Mr Miyagi ‘Mr Miyagi how you do that?’ ‘ Don’t know
first time’
When
is the way not the Way only when it is the Way. So what then is it?.
Be
still quieten the raging storm in the mind, do not strangle thought or block
it, neither let it take over--------the stateless state.
SHACK
When I spoke to Mr Koizumi he was very despondent and he said that Olympic Judo was a monstrosity, weight, groups grappling, muri ni waza (unreasonable use of physical strength were not his way of Judo. (SHACK)
Gunji Koizumi (小泉 軍治 Koizumi Gunji?, 8 July 1885 – 15 April 1965), known affectionately by colleagues as G.K.,[1][2] was a Japanese master of judo who introduced this martial art to the United Kingdom,[3] and came to be known as the 'Father of British Judo.'[4][5] He was the founder of the Budokwai, a pioneering Japanese martial arts society in England.[2][6][7] Koizumi helped establish the British Judo Association,[8] and founded the European Judo Union.[2] He held the rank of 8th dan in judo.[1] Koizumi's apparent suicide in 1965 shocked the worldwide judo community.[2]
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