REGULATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUDO RYU ACADEMY Issue 2017 LEXICON PREMISE In order to ease communication within the Academy, readers are recommended to spot standard words presenting uppercase first letters, which are hereby adopted as per the meanings settled by this Regulation. Article 1 - ACADEMY STATUS AND OFFICES International Budo Ryu Academy (hereinafter also as “IBA” or “Academy”) is a no-profit Organization operating on international scale in promoting Japanese Martial Arts research and widespreading. IBA is primarily focused on supporting RYU-HA schools (recognized by ancient Japanese KO- RYU schools) and other valuable organizations concurring to IBA goals. Martial artists committed to teaching and research in Japanese styles, who are respectful towards Budo values and tradition, can join the IBA on a cooptation scheme. Thus, enrollment requires prior introduction, reference and endorsement by an Active Member. Article 2 - GOALS AND VALUES The International Budo Ryu Academy is primarily focused on supporting RYU-HA schools (recognized by ancient Japanese KO-RYU schools) and other valuable organizations concurring to IBA goals.
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REGULATION OF THE
INTERNATIONAL
BUDO RYU ACADEMY
Issue 2017
LEXICON PREMISE
In order to ease communication within the Academy, readers are recommended to spot standard
words presenting uppercase first letters, which are hereby adopted as per the meanings settled
by this Regulation.
Article 1 - ACADEMY STATUS AND OFFICES
International Budo Ryu Academy (hereinafter also as “IBA” or “Academy”) is a no-profit
Organization operating on international scale in promoting Japanese Martial Arts research and
widespreading.
IBA is primarily focused on supporting RYU-HA schools (recognized by ancient Japanese KO-
RYU schools) and other valuable organizations concurring to IBA goals.
Martial artists committed to teaching and research in Japanese styles, who are respectful towards
Budo values and tradition, can join the IBA on a cooptation scheme. Thus, enrollment requires
prior introduction, reference and endorsement by an Active Member.
Article 2 - GOALS AND VALUES
The International Budo Ryu Academy is primarily focused on supporting RYU-HA schools
(recognized by ancient Japanese KO-RYU schools) and other valuable organizations concurring
to IBA goals.
IBA is engaged in raising awareness on Budo by organizing events related to traditional Japanese
Martial Arts for members, amateurs and sympathizers, such as training sessions, seminars,
summits, conferences and any kind of suitable cultural activities.
Martial artists committed to teaching and research in Japanese styles, who are respectful towards
Budo values and tradition, can join the IBA on a cooptation scheme. Thus, enrollment requires prior
introduction, reference and endorsement by an Active Member.
The Academy promotes and ensures the compliance with the ethical principles of Budo,
antagonizing all forms of violence and discrimination. IBA recognizes the Statute of Budo,
approved in 1987 on April 23rd by the Nippon Budo Kyugikai, as its binding charta, which,
besides standing as a settled body of rules, was also meant to provide the Western world with a
genuine, coherent and explanatory manifesto upon the spirit of Budo.
The six core values from the Statute of Budo inspiring IBA activities can be outlined as follows.
“Purpose”: Primarily, Budo aims to build valuable individuals by perfecting their personality and
enhancing their awareness, through the tenacious training and deep commitment arising from
Martial Arts practice, which involves spirit, technique and body. Therefore, Budo’s significant
contribution in ameliorating society, through sage individuals, arises as an equally important
side-role.
“Practice”: Meaningful practice is the relentless and consistent training of spirit, technique and
body considered holistically as a whole. Proper practice must comply with etiquette and
fundamental principles of Budo. While raising the spirit, refining the technique and strengthening
the body, genuine practitioners never seek for mere fighting skills, they rather keep sensitive
minds and open hearts towards Martial Arts’ deep significance.
“Competition”: On competition occasions and during public performances, keeping the best
endeavors in the spirit of Budo is essential. Emotional balance, ethical restraint and self-control are
the keys to prevent arrogance and self-conceit in case of victory, as well as regret and self-blame in
case of defeat. In this line of mindset, rationality must be observed by practitioners through daily-
life confrontations as well, for adequate and proportionate responses to be ensured towards
personal accidents and life hardships.
“Dojo”: The dojo must be regarded beyond its nature of physical environment, inasmuch as it is a
social gathering grounded on virtues, which is of great importance in practitioners’ lives. Hence,
the Dojo hereby arises as a Budo core value. Since the Dojo is place for growing spirit, technique
and body, its solemnity must be preserved through silence, cleanliness, safety, etiquette, well-
hearted attitude and, generally, through wise behavior.
“Teaching”: Masters must sincerely commit to martial quality-education taking care of students’
development in ethics and personality, asides from all cultural and technical aspects not to be
neglected. Masters are responsible for the technical improvement of every student, thus they must
pay attention to individuals’ features and needs regardless of competition logics. In this respect,
masters must avoid treating students differently, as well as they must refrain themselves and
prevent students from unduly acts of grandstanding. In order to consistently measure up with the
sensei traditional role model, masters must be devoted to loyalty and manners, be objective in
judgement and, moreover, mind wording.
“Spreading”: Conveying traditional principles and emphasizing ethical values have prominent
importance in promoting Budo, since morals, for the sake of legacy, are inherently addressed to
future generations. Given this fundamental premise, Martial Arts spreading must, furthermore,
be inspired and driven by accurate research and life-long learning. At IBA, martial research is
conceived as rediscovery, preservation and consolidation of traditional techniques, to be
pursued from the pivotal perspective of situational adaptability.