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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Monday, June 15th, 2009 at
4:57 am
by Al Case
Trying to eat something that has bigger teeth than you is foolish. I know that when it comes to words of wisdom, this may seem weak, but there is a certain undeniable truth here. Such as when a young student is heard complaining that he is tired.
“Al, I’m awfully tired.” I looked at the student and knew that it wasn’t that he was tired, he was just being foolish. The problem was that he had chosen to be foolish right in the middle of my karate class.
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