Budo:
a) The Japanese character for Bu is made up of three ideograms, which mean “stop”, “two” and “spears”.
one's art should be used to quell violence and promote peace and harmony and even to deal with simple everyday interaction with ones peers..
b) The Japanese character Do means ‘way’
the meaning of a Life's Philosophy, a Spiritual Reference which includes a sub-set of trainings usually brought into play through Meditation, Fine Arts and Social Interaction with others promoting the Collective Historic Culture of the Asian Martial Philosophy.

[ The character for Way, dating to Miyamoto Mushashi, famous, undefeated two hand swordsman and author of  Go Rin No Shi: A Book Of Five Rings: the classic guide to strategy in the 15th Century Japan, is read "Michi" in Japanese or "Do" in Chinese-based reading. It is the equivalent to the Chinese "Tao" and means whole life of the warrior, his devotion to the sword or form, his place in the Social system. It is the road of the Cosmos, not just your ethic, but the Devine footprints of God pointing the way . ]

c) The Chinese form of Budo contains two Chinese characters. The character for Bu is composed of two symbols : One meaning "stop" another that represents two crossed halberds. Thus bu means stop a conflict. Do means a way or a life philosophy.

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