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SHO CHIKU BAI

SHO CHIKU BAI CREST OF KOSHO RYU
The Sho Chiku Bai Mon (Pine, Bamboo, Plum Crest) is the basic foundation of study for all Kosho Ryu practitioners, and for that matter, all traditional martial artists. The study of the mon is known as Mon Gaku. The Sho Chiku Bai crest of Kosho Ryu has elements that are over 750 years old. Crests that are developed in modern times do not have the roots and historical significance represented in the Sho Chiku Bai.


	PINE, BAMBOO & PLUM

	Sho (Matsuda): Pine Evergreens live long, young, and healthy lives. The pine symbolizes faithful friendship which resists all trials. The Japanese people use pines needles for ornaments on Christmas and New Year.

	Chiku (Take): Bamboo Bamboo represents honesty. When you cut into Bamboo, you find emptiness inside nothing evil is hidden within. Also Kosho Ryu practitioners remain very empty, and open to additional knowledge, never becoming full of themselves and their accomplishments. The bamboo is the symbol of the application of discipline and the man who remains loyal in all events.

	Bai (Baika): Plum Flower The Japanese plum flower stands for beauty, nobility, and courage. This is because the plum flower puts forth blossoms while the snow is still on the ground. The plum tree flowers before all the others.




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