The Mind Must Be Set Free (kokoro wa hanatan koto wo yousu)

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Here we offer 6 different hand-brushed Japanese The Mind Must Be Set Free tattoo designs by Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase. For these The Mind Must Be Set Free tattoo designs the fonts are different, but the characters and the meaning are the same. So order the style you like - the meaning is the same for each design.

The Mind Must Be Set Free in Japanese is 心は放たん事を要す which is read kokoro wa hanatan koto wo yousu. The Japanese saying kokoro wa hanatan koto wo yousu (sometimes written kokoro wa hanatan koto o yosu) meaning "The mind must be set free" was coined by Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of Shotokan Karate, and is one of the twenty rules (nijuu kun) which all Shotokan students are encouraged to follow. To do one's best, one must be in the moment. One cannot let the baggage of the past or the worry of the future bind one - to free the mind of such thoughts is to open the mind to the now. See the Wikipedia article Niju Kun and also Funakoshi’s 20 Principles by Rob Redmond for more information.

With your order, you will receive everything you need for the perfect The Mind Must Be Set Free in Japanese Tattoo. Your design comes as an Adobe PDF file which means it will print exactly as Master Takase brushed the design and, of course, it includes the line art (also called a stencil) which your tattoo artist must have to properly ink the design.

As soon as your order is placed, you can download your Japanese tattoo design. We also send you an email with instructions should you want to download the design in the future. The Adobe PDF file completely documents the design and contains everything your tattoo artist needs to properly ink the design. Your tattoo artist does not need to know Japanese.