Editing Dojo (section)

== History ==
[[File:Rokkaku-dou Ikenobou doujou.jpg|thumb|The ''[[Ikenobō]] dōjō'' (right) next to [[Rokkaku-dō]], Kyoto]]

The word ''dōjō'' originates from [[bodhimaṇḍa|Buddhism]]. Initially, ''dōjō'' were adjunct to [[Buddhist temple|temple]]s and were formal training places for any of the Japanese arts ending in "''-dō''", from the Chinese ''[[Dao]]'', meaning "way" or "path". Sometimes meditation halls where [[Zen]] Buddhists practice ''[[zazen]]'' meditation were called ''dōjō''.<ref name=Suzuki>{{Cite book |author=Daisetz Teitarō Suzuki |author-link=D.T. Suzuki |year=2007 |title=An Introduction to Zen Buddhism |publisher=Grove Press |chapter=Chapter 9: The Meditation Hall and the Monk's Life |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uqvjhah6BPYC&pg=PA118 |isbn=9780802130556 |oclc=1074773870 |pages=118–132|title-link=An Introduction to Zen Buddhism }}</ref> The alternative term ''[[zendo|zen-do]]'' is more specific, and more widely used. European ''[[Sōtō]] [[Zen]]'' groups affiliated with the International Zen Association prefer to use ''dōjō'' instead of ''zendo'' to describe their meditation halls as did their founding master, [[Taisen Deshimaru]].

In [[Japan]], any facility for physical training, including [[List of professional wrestling terms#S|professional wrestling]], may be called a ''dōjō''.<ref name="Kendo for Life">{{cite web|title=Meaning of Dojo|url=http://www.kendo-guide.com/meaning_of_dojo.html|work=Kendo Basics|publisher=Kendo for Life|access-date=30 November 2013}}</ref> In the [[Western world]], the term ''dōjō'' (when related to physical activity) is used exclusively for [[Japanese martial arts]] such as ''[[Aikido|aikidō]]'', ''[[Judo|jūdō]]'', ''[[Karate|karate-dō]]'', etc.<ref>{{cite web|title=Martial Arts|url=http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e634.html|work=Japan Experience|access-date=13 November 2012}}</ref>