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Dear Fabrizio, the fist on the logos shows for "power" the power for the peace. It means you must have power to able keep the peace.

I have all meaning of my logo on the site. Unfortunately it is Farsi.
I will try to translated to English, then you will have it.

Salam dear Ostad!
Please tell me its true or false meaning of *TO'A*.

TO’A as a Concept:

The word TOA is composed of two parts, i.e., named TO (in Persian meaning You) an A' a (in Persian as a commanding form of the verb Come); such a term means inviting and summoning the human being to seven chief principles of Olympic with a new approach and in the form of an Iranian martial art. Toa is also used as a respect term in this sport activity.

Thank you so much my dear Ostad Jalilzadeh for you answer!

Dear Farid you are mostly right.
There are other meaning for To'a also, like the way of wisdom.

Dear Ostad Jalilzadeh and dear Farid, thank you!
If you allow me I wish to say something about some thoughts that came to my mind.

What we know is that To'a is an invitation to the developement as person and as kung fu ka, correct?
We know that there are 7 steps (and thanks to our dear Ostad Jalilzadeh I get to know there are 8 forms, and the last one is the sash).

I have read something about Farid Ud-Din-Attar about the legendary Simorgh, and the birds must pass through the 7 valley to reach the simorgh (that at the end they find out that theirselves together are the si-morgh). "alab (Yearning), Eshq (Love), Marifat (Gnosis), Istighnah (Detachment), Tawheed (Unity of God), Hayrat (Bewilderment) and, finally, Fuqur and Fana (Selflessness and Oblivion in God).

In our culture (I mean european), we have the 7 deadly sins.
luxuria (lechery/lust),gula (gluttony), avaritia (avarice/greed), acedia (sloth/discouragement), ira (wrath), invidia (envy), superbia (pride).

So the number 7 comes back in different ways, but all of them are very alike.

So this at the end is what I thought. To'a is an invitation to go through our weakness to become complete as individual. Of course, if we succeed, we realize a path the leads to wisdom. And this could be a possible reason to define To'a the way of wisdom.

It comes natural to link all of this, the 7 valleys, the 7 sins, the 7 forms to become "complete" ( "whole" I would say) as individual and kung fu ka.
I would be more than happy if Ostad Jalilzadeh could tell me if my thoughts are correct.

Merci and Bravo dear Patrizia