Saturday, December 5th, 2009 at
7:41 pm
It is commonly held that Gichin Funakoshi brought karate to the modern world. Well, he could be considered to have done so, except that something happened a century ago, that presents a different version of karate history. We’ve got to give Funakoshi credit for what he did, but was his karate the true art?
I know what I write here is not going to be what a lot of people want to hear, there will be a few people who are going to argue and oppose me. However, the history that I am about to relay did occur, it is the real story. That said, please know that I do respect Gichin Funakoshi, one cannot underestimate his importance.
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 at
12:25 pm
Whap, bam and ka-zowie! We watch the silver screen, and we see kung fu flips in the Matrix movies and sword standing and eye gouging in Kill Bill and we know we have seen the real masters! Wake up, dude, that’s a a bunch of actors, and what the real masters have done would put those cinema heroes to shame.
Gichin Funakoshi is considered a pivotal karate master. He brought karate to Japan, and thence to the world. If that isn’t considered feat enough, why don’t you go stand on a rooftop during a hurricane and hold a sheet of plywood?
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Friday, October 30th, 2009 at
4:20 pm
While MMA is one of the most popular sports in the world, there are problems with it. Let’s be honest, while some fellow is using that Gracie Jujitsu to apply a lock or hold, he is rolling around and vulnerable to an attack from his opponents friends. Not to mention that it is not always the most intelligent thing to roll around on the ground while some fellow is trying to penetrate your body with a knife or broken bottle.
I know I have offended some MMA stylists out there, but these are questions that people should not hide from. After all, the ring looks like the final statement on fighting, but biting is a problem in a real fight. And getting your fingers broken or your eyes gouged is always a possibility when you fall on the ground and wrestle around.
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Saturday, September 26th, 2009 at
4:19 pm
by Al Case
There are a lot of teachers out there teaching the martial arts these days, and a lot of them call themselves Master, or give themselves other presumptuous titles. Of course, there is a big difference between the fantasy and the reality. Many of these so called masters are, quite simply, not masters of much.
Master is a word that has come to signify that one has power and authority over a particular field. It is a term that has come to mean something in the English culture, and it has such meaning in other and ancient cultures. Heck, seems like somebody is always trying to be a master and have power and authority over something…somebody…whatever.
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Thursday, September 17th, 2009 at
10:47 am
The martial arts, if you want to be really honest, were developed in third world countries. Of course, a few centuries ago, let alone a millennia or two, every country was a third world country. The unfortunate truth this fact of reasoning leads to, however, is that the martial arts are taught using old, ancient and outdated methods.
A fellow is told to practice the horse stance. He is given horse stance forms to do. And, after a few years, sure enough, he becomes able to grip the ground pert good.
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