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What Does Bu Mean? In karate and budo, the word bu is often translated simply as “martial.”But the deeper meaning of bu reveals something very different about the true purpose of training. The kanji 武 is traditionally understood as being made up of two parts. One part means to stop.The other represents a spear or […]
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