The Japanese character ‘Kokoro’ 心 can be translated as ‘Heart’, ‘Mind’ & ‘Core’
The Kanji below is written in Japanese calligraphy ‘新極真会’ pronounced as ‘Shin-Kyoku-Shin-Kai’. This symbol is worn on the front of all ShinKyokushin Karatekas’ dogi (kimono uniform) right on our left chest. It translates as ‘The Society of the New Ultimate Truth’.