{"id":5,"date":"2011-08-23T07:20:39","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T07:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.4dragons.co.nz\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2024-01-09T09:26:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T20:26:03","slug":"dales-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.4dragons.co.nz\/?page_id=5","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Four Dragons Martial Arts was founded on 20th Aug 2007 \u201cThe dragon concept relates to the history of Kobun &amp; Dau Draig Dojo\u2019s both having 2 dragons within it\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>The Dragon represents fighting spirit &amp; wisdom. From the Dragon we learn to &#8221; ride the wind &#8221; meaning the Dragon is especially noted for its flexibility, it uses simple, basic techniques with a challenging strategy of movement complementary to the opponent&#8217;s ( when he advances, I retreat; when he retreats, I advance ).Prefers zigzagging motions. The Dragon has a lot of floating motion and a lot of rising and falling,swinging around, whipping as well as twisting and turning movements to overcome its adversaries. The Dragon helps develop inner strength.<\/li>\n<li>A white circle surrounds the fours coloured Dragons \u201cwhite a symbol of purity\u201d &amp; the circle is a reflection of what goes around comes around.<\/li>\n<li>Within the centre of our logo features the &#8220;Zennin pendant&#8221; which is made up in 3 parts &#8211; symbols for male &amp; female &amp; kanji for zennin (Good People).<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>The Four Dragons Dojo\u2019s colours \u2013 Each dragon represents one of the four founding members\u2026 YELLOW, BLUE, WHITE &amp; RED<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-804 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.4dragons.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/4DragsNewBadgeTransV2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"321\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Yellow\/Gold Dragon, represented by Shihan Greg Nesbitt \u2013 Hatamoto (most trusted one) \u2013 this person and represented by the colour yellow. People who follow this path are revered as the loyal and trustworthy;<\/li>\n<li>Blue Dragon, represented by Sensei Reg Davies \u2013 Yamabushi (spiritual \u2013 Mountain warrior) The meaning of the color blue is peace, calm and spirituality. Blue soothes us, body mind and spirit.<\/li>\n<li>White Dragon, represented by Shihan Kane Freemantle \u2013 This person has a spiritual representation of a higher understanding, reflecting a purest attitude &amp; is represented by the colour white.<\/li>\n<li>Red Dragon, represented by Shihan Billy Ellery \u2013 Yakuza (Fighting warrior) \u2013 person with the most aggressive personality and fighting skill represented by the colour red<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Dragons Martial Arts was founded on 20th Aug 2007 \u201cThe dragon concept relates to the history of Kobun &amp; Dau Draig Dojo\u2019s both having 2 dragons within it\u201d. The Dragon represents fighting spirit &amp; wisdom. From the Dragon we<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1690,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4dragons.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4dragons.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4dragons.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4dragons.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1690"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.4dragons.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/www.4dragons.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1157,"href":"https:\/\/www.4dragons.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/1157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.4dragons.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}