mission statement
A Peace Dojo is a martial art school in which martial practice is
explicitly oriented towards teaching skills of non-violence, conflict
resolution and peacemaking.
Martial practice is uniquely valuable for practicing peace because
attack/defense drills offer the opportunity to train oneself to receive
an opponent in an empathic and harmonious way.
A Peace Dojo incorporates non-martial art practices which teach
physical and verbal skills; and/or outreach peacemaking projects in the
greater community; and/or
intellectual studies of conflict and conflict resolution.
A Peace Dojo engages in rigorous and deliberate training practices to
develop the capacity for skillful, healing action and the courage of
heart needed to face the fear and violence in oneself and in the world.
