THE DOVE SYMBOLIZES – LOVE, PEACE, HAPPINESS AND HARMONY. IN WADO-RYU KARATE THE DOVE REPRESENTS A “LOVE” FOR FELLOW MAN, “PEACE” OF MIND THAT WE ARE SETTING A GOOD EXAMPLE AND “HAPPINESS AND HARMONY” FOR THE KARATEKA WHO TAKES WADO-RYU INTO THEIR HEART AND LIVES A GOOD AND MEANINGFUL LIFE.

WA = TO HARMONIZE, CALM, SOFTNESS, PEACEFULLNESS DO = THE WAY

THEREFORE WADO MEANS
THE WAY OF PEACE AND HARMONY

IF YOU ADOPT THE DOVE AS YOUR SYMBOL OF INNER PEACE, YOU CAN USE IT AS A SOURCE OF STRENGTH IN TIMES OF DIFFICULTY. NURTURE THESE QUALITIES IN YOURSELF BY MEDITATING ON THE DOVE THAT RESIDES WITHIN.
A PEACEFUL HEART IS ESSENTIAL FOR WELLBEING

IN WADO-RYU THE KARATEKA’S TRUE WORTH IS IN THE GOOD THEY DO AS THEY TRAVEL THEIR PATH