Dō (martial arts)


is the go-on vocalization of the Japanese kanji , corresponding to Mandarin Chinese dào, meaning "way", with connotations of "philosophy, doctrine".
In Asian martial arts, the word has been widely adopted as the term for a "school" or "discipline", especially in "Old School" lineages of Japanese martial arts, such as the Kashima Shin-ryū, although its use in the greater martial arts community has become much more widespread as a synonym of 術 "technique, method".

Japanese martial arts

The word "道" is used in quite the same way in Korean language and culture, and is pronounced identically with its Japanese cognate as Dō.