Kisshu fushin actual meaning


Okay,first off:I am not really someone who studies japanese or is a native
speaker but I am doing karate1 for some years and I hear some words or phrases
here and there.There is one common saying from Shoshin Nagamine:

> Once when asked for a brief definition of a good Karate person, Osensei
> Shoshin Nagamine replied: **Kisshu fushin, Oni te hotoke kokoro.** A demon's
> hand, a saint's heart.

This is mostly abbreviated with Kisshu fushin.As per online tools,there are no
translations available that would explain this. As far as I can see, "Oni te
hotoke kokoro" would pretty much mean "Demon with the spirit of a saint"(as I
know that Onis are some sort of japanese demons and the rest of it got
translated to somewhat related things).But what does Kisshu fushin stand for?

Plus:explaining the whole sentence would be very nice ;)

1) I hope that you are not tired of explaining language to some ordinary
karateguy :D




"Kishu busshin" and "Oni te hotoke kokoro" mean the same thing. The first uses
Sino-Japanese pronunciations which might be hard to understand if you're
hearing the word for the first time. The second uses native Japanese
pronunciations, which would be easier to understand for a Japanese speaker. It
would be like saying some complicated word formed from Latin roots and then
explaining its etymology in everyday English.




"Kishu busshin" and "Oni te hotoke kokoro" mean the same thing. The first uses
Sino-Japanese pronunciations which might be hard to understand if you're
hearing the word for the first time. The second uses native Japanese
pronunciations, which would be easier to understand for a Japanese speaker. It
would be like saying some complicated word formed from Latin roots and then
explaining its etymology in everyday English.

