黙想 "Mokuso"
The
first kanji 黙 "moku" means 'to be quiet/close one's mouth' and the
second kanji 想 "sou" means 'to think'. "Mokuso" is 'meditation'
. It's the act that you close your eyes and breath slowly through your nose to calm
yourself down. At the beginning of the training in karate, you do
"seiza"(proper sitting) and do "mokuso" to disconnect
yourself from outside world of the dojo and concentrate on what you are going
to do. At the end of the training, you do the same to calm down and
contemplate(recall what you have learned).
You
do "mokuso" also before "kata" for concentration.
"Mokuso
yame" - "yame" means
'end'. So "mokuso yame" means
'end meditation'. "Yame" also means 'stop' as you hear it in the
fight when the judge tries to stop the fighting.
I will explain "sensei" and "senpai" next time.
Osu
I will explain "sensei" and "senpai" next time.
Osu
