This is what they say down at the dojo:
礼に始まり礼に終る
Not that I have ever set foot in one. But if you watch the judo or sumo on TV you get it.
Bow;
Kick arse;
Bow.
My student said he was keen for his son to learn karate because it would teach him these things about life, as well as kicking [...]
義を見てせざるは勇なきなり
ぎをみてせざるはゆうなきなり
which means:
道義を知る者が、正しいことと知りつつ、それをしないのは、ほんとうの勇気がないからだ。孔子の言葉。君子として恥ずべき事として挙げたことの一つ。語：義物事の理に叶った正しい筋道。道義。
If a person who knows moral principles, while knowing the right course of action, does not follow it, they are not truly brave. These are the words of Confucius （孔子・こうし）. As a man of virtue (君子・くんし）…. [I get stuck here...]
This bit 理に叶った is an idiom — means “be reasonable”. The rest of it stumps [...]
I came upon the Kanji Clinic via their regular, but not so frequent, column in the Japan Times today. I have added a link in the side bar under (oddly enough) the heading, “Kanji”. Yes. Quite useful for some extra vocab, and so on.