The founding principles of traditional Karate, and this is particularly so for all students of Tetsute Do Karate, is the development of self-knowledge, self-discipline, humility and an indomitable spirit. We must develop self-knowledge to understand what our strengths and weaknesses are, the self-discipline to practise those things that need improvement, the humility to understand that we are not perfect and an indomitable spirit to keep us going when everything seems just too hard.