“In the end, you must clarify your goals. Once they have been clarified you must exercise your mental and physical energy in the most effective way in order to achieve them.” This quote, taken from Jigoro Kano’s essay “Judo and Intellectual Training”, introduces a third principle of Judo – Clarifying Your Goals.
Professor Kano, who founded Judo in 1882, extended his thinking about his martial art beyond the dojo and self-defense. He believed the practice and discipline of Judo leads to improved physical health, intellectual achievement, and improved moral character.
His beliefs in this regard were based on the two basic principles of Judo, Maximum Efficiency and Mutual Prosperity, and also on Clarifying Your Goals. He mentions this third principle numerous times in "Mind Over Muscle" essays directed at the external benefits of Judo.
In the essay, “The One True Path” Jigoro Kano writes, “… if our goal is not clear, the method cannot be determined. Once the goal has been clearly established, one can study how one’s energy can be put to use in order to achieve it – seiryoko zenyo (maximum efficiency).”
Maximum Efficiency means using your energy in the most effective manner to accomplish your goal. Professor Kano’s above quote makes it clear that to apply your energy most effectively, you must first fully understand your goal – you must clarify your goal.
In Judo and self-defense clarifying your goal means having a strategy for defeating your opponent. In physical, intellectual, and moral training it means knowing what you are trying to achieve. It means developing a plan to get you from where you are to where you want to be.
Clarify your goals.
Link to the Special Report: Mind Over Muscle - Jigoro Kano's Judo
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