1. "Kiai wa hyaku"
2. "Kokoro wa Shizuka" 
3. "Mi wa karuku"
4. "Me wa akiratani"
5. "Waza wa hagesiku"

1. Kiai sharply
2. Heart should be peaceful
3. Body must be fit and agile
4. Eyes must discern good from bad
5. Techniques must be powerful

Eight Poems of the Fist
Kempo Hakku

A Chinese Kempo poem found in the BubiShi of which Gojuryu was named from the third line

1. Jin shin wa ten chi ni onaji
2. Ketsumyaku wa nichigetsu ni nitari
3. Ho wa Goju wo tondo su
4. Mi wa toki ni shitagai hen ni ozu
5. Te wa ku ni ai sunawa chi hairu
6. Shin tai wa hakarite riho su
7. Me wa shiho wo miru wo yosu
8. Mimi wa yoku happo wo kiku

1. The mind is one with Heaven and Earth.
2. The circulatory rhythm of the body is similar in rythm to the cycle of the Sun and the Moon.
3. The way of breathing is hard and soft.
4. Act in inevitable accordance with time and change.
5. Techniques will occur in the absence of conscious thought [a clear mind].
6. The feet advance and retreat, separate and meet.
7. The eyes do not miss even the slightest change.
8. The ears listen well in all eight directions.

....
Chojun Miyagi

"Do not be struck by others - Do not strike others. The principle is the peace without incident."

Niju Kun - The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate
by Gichin Funakoshi

1. Don't forget that Karate begins with a bow and ends with a bow.
2. In Karate, never attack first.
3. One who practices Karate must follow the way of justice
4. First you must know yourself. Then you can know others.
5. Spiritual development is paramount; technical skills are merely means to the end.
6. You must release your mind
7. Misfortune comes out of laziness.
8. Karate is not only dojo training.
9. Karate is a lifelong training.
10. Put Karate into everything you do.
11. Karate is like hot water. If you do not give heat constantly it will again become cold.
12. Do not think you have to win. Think that you do not have to lose.
13. Victory depends on your ability to tell vulnerable points from invulnerable ones.
14. Move according to your opponent.
15. Consider your opponent's hands and legs as you would sharp swords.
16. When you leave home, think that millions of opponents are waiting for you.
17. Ready position for beginners and natural position for advanced students.
18. Kata is one thing. Engaging in a real fight is another.
19. Do not forget
    (1) strength and weakness of power,
    (2) expansion and contraction of the body,
    (3) slowness and speed of techniques.
20. Devise at all times.

富名腰義珍翁空手道二十条

一、空手は礼に初まり礼に終ることを忘るな。
二、空手に先手なし。
三、空手は義の補け。
四、先づ自己を知れ而して他を知れ。
五、技術より心術。
六、心は放たん事を要す。
七、禍は懈怠に生ず。
八、道場のみの空手と思うな。
九、空手の修行は一生である。
十、凡ゆるものを空手化せ其処に妙味あり。
十一、空手は湯の如く絶えず熱を与えざれば元の水に返る。
十二、勝つ考えは持つな、負けぬ考えは必要。
十三、敵に因って転化せよ。
十四、戦は虚実の操縦如何にあり。
十五、人の手足を劔と思え。
十六、男子門を出づれば百万の敵あり。
十七、構えは初心者に、あとは自然体。
十八、型は正しく、実戦は別もの。
十九、力の強弱、体の伸縮、技の緩急を忘るな。
二十、常に思念工夫せよ。

Showa (Code / Motto)
Tsuyoshi Chitose

Showa
Ware ware Karate-Do o shugyo surumono wa,
tsuneni, Bushido seishin o wasurezu,
wa to nin o motte nashi,
soshite tsutomereba kanarazu tasu.