Gi - Honesty & Justice
    Be honest in your dealing with everyone.  There is right and wrong, no shades of gray. Be utterly honest with yourself first. Belive in justice.

Rei - Polite Courtesy
    Do not be cruel. There is no need to prove your strength.  Be courteous even to your enemies.  This outward display of respect distinguishes us from animals. Your strength should be apparent in your dealings with others not just on the battlefield.  True strength is evident in difficult times.

Yu - Heroic Courage
    Act when it is necessary.  Take the risk to act even when others do not or will not; even when it is dangerous to do so.  Act completely, fully, with courage and intelligence.  Live life wonderfully.

Meiyo - Honor
   There is only one judge of honor, that is yourself. Your decisions and how you carry out the implications of your decisions reveal who you truly are.  It is impossible to hide from yourself.

Jin - Compassion
    By means of intense training you become quick and strong.  Develop power that is rare in others.  Use that power for good. Have compassion and therefore help others at every turn.  Make opportunities to do good works.

Makoto - Complete Sincerity
    If you say you will do something there is no need to promise to do it. The saying of something is the same as doing it.  Nothing should stop you from completing your chosen action; the speaking and the doing are the same.

Chu - Duty & Loyalty

    For a samurai " Having said some thing or done some thing he knows he (she) owns that thing." He is responsible for that "thing" and all the consequences that follow.  Unswerving loyalty to those in his care is the hallmark of the samurai.
                                                                                     Posted here at McNally Sensei's request