The virtue of the sword will rectify the world.
Kentoku Seisei 剣徳正世, The virtue of the sword will rectify the world.
This was Moriji Mochida (kendo 10 dan) Sensei’s favorite saying. According to Chutaro Ogawa Sensei, the meaning can be rendered as follows: “The virtue of the sword rectifies the world. Not only does it rectify oneself, it rectifies society. If everyone is correct, then there will be no strife. Wars will be eliminated and the world will be at peace. Mochida Sensei was a living example of this principle. Kendo in the twenty-first century should make achieving this its goal.
Noma Dojo, Tokyo Japan June 2007
Robert Stroud Sensei and John Paul Stroud
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