Japan

Give as much time as you can to those relationships in which you are able to experience the feeling of merging. Practise the profound art of haragei — the dialogue between friends that unfolds as much through silence as words.

Given the task at hand and the high quality of the result, Jigoro seems to have achieved wonders. Judo remains one of the more effective martial arts and is a great foundation for aspiring fighters. But its flaws were inherent in Jigoro’s method. By choosing what to keep or discard, he acted as the authority. We might say his doctrine acted as a

Respect is not something that comes about with words. And whenever an adult tries to cozy up to them in such a way, the children quickly detect the lie or calculation. The moment they think, “This person is lying,” respect isn’t possible anymore.

in the Japanese language the name of the nation is Nippon or Nihon, two alternative pronunciations for the nomenclature expressing “the origin of the sun.” The national flag of Japan, hinomaru (“circle of the sun”), is a visualization of the idea of the land of the rising sun. The sun has been the object of worship, as something that symbolizes

That’s right, one neither praises nor rebukes. This kind of assistance, which is based on horizontal relationships, is referred to in Adlerian psychology as “encouragement.”

The human senses have powers that cannot always be explained by logic.