The badge that we use has different meanings for different people within our organization. But all meanings of the badge have one common denominator, O’Sensei Richard Kim.
The Kanji is Japanese for “Patience”. O’Sensei Richard Kim originally drew this particular kanji. One of O’Sensei Richard Kim favorite quotes was, “Patience is the ballast of the soul”. We use this philosophy as a corner stone of our organization.
The fifty-four rays represent one half of one hundred and eight, which is the number of vices or impurities in the Buddhist world. O'Sensei Richard Kim embraced the Buddhist philosophy and was a practicing Shingon Buddhist priest. Traditionally the number of kata's within a system of karate was often 54. An example of the importance placed on the number can be found in the kata Gojushiho, or "fifty four” which is still practiced within the Shorinji Ryu Karate style and other Okinawa styles of karate.
We of the Kokusai Budokukai embrace O'Sensei Richard Kim's philosophy that learning many traditional kata expands the martial artist's ability to speak and understand the language of the martial arts.
source: Kokusai Butokukai intl.
The fifty-four rays represent one half of one hundred and eight, which is the number of vices or impurities in the Buddhist world. O'Sensei Richard Kim embraced the Buddhist philosophy and was a practicing Shingon Buddhist priest. Traditionally the number of kata's within a system of karate was often 54. An example of the importance placed on the number can be found in the kata Gojushiho, or "fifty four” which is still practiced within the Shorinji Ryu Karate style and other Okinawa styles of karate.
We of the Kokusai Budokukai embrace O'Sensei Richard Kim's philosophy that learning many traditional kata expands the martial artist's ability to speak and understand the language of the martial arts.
source: Kokusai Butokukai intl.