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Post by dhodge on Apr 18, 2013 14:09:42 GMT
Ok lets set out by asking everyone who wants to post in this topic to do so no matter how ridiculas you may think it will look.
Karate what is it really? we all have read of the great Funakoshi Sensei but most of us wont really know enough of him. Some more enlightened members will have studied the man, his theories and teachings but those mere mortals like me will have a less than zilch knowledge. So here it is please everyone try and respond if only to get something new to read.
1, What do you perceive Karate to be. i.e a sport, martial art, an effective self defence mechanism, an inefective self defence programme, something you do to get away from the wife for the night, any other description?
2, Why choose Karate and not boxing, TKD ect?
3, Why Shotokan is better than the other styles?
4, Why choose the karate club you are in, why pick your clubs of the past?
The topics aboe are not conlusive so please feel free to add more. Thanks Derek
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2013 15:33:38 GMT
Good questions.
1 Personally karate is a recreational activity that I do for the fun of it. It gets me out of the house and with other people. Apart from a bit of cycling to work and some running I am not interested in other sports, either watching or doing. I do not like normal fitness classes or going to the gym - always been a strange guy. I do not believe that it is character building. It can help you with self defence if you have the right mentality and train in a pragmatic way. Always been a fan of Iain Abernethy and his approach.
2 I have done a little of aikido and jujitsu but find karate to be more straight forward and more readily applied under pressure.
3 I chose shotokan because in the past that was what was on the doorstep so to speak and also because it seems most popular around and about. Did an off shoot of Wado ryu once and had a go a kickboxing but never really felt the same as shotokan. That is a bit subjective and can't think of anything specific.
4 I have trained in four shotokan clubs over my lifetime. currently with skc England a group that split from jka England. I chose this group after a major relocation because of that old tie and its closeness to home. I know it's a bit lazy but too busy, old and grumpy to travel further afield to go anywhere else.
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Post by dhodge on Apr 18, 2013 18:54:39 GMT
Thanks Allan a good read
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Post by jimlukelkc on Apr 19, 2013 9:31:21 GMT
I originally began training to I guess confront some fears over physical lconfrontation but then it grew to an appreciation of the friendship, camaradery,social aspects etc. We were originally part of a mainstream JKA organisation but left several years ago and now have greater autonomy and freedom to pursue our own ideas. Over the years I have boxed, trained in judo, aikido, jujutsu, lau gar and kobudo but all of this is to supplement my karate. I choose Shotokan because of its immediacy and emphasis on gross motor skills. I am not a historian but do like delving into the history of Karate as I think it often illuminates the present. Through these studies I have come to believe karate is an effective civilian system of self-protection and my training these days reflects this. Although my focus is on pragmatic approaches to self-defence I do enjoy some aspects of training just because...well, I enjoy them! Outside of formal training I enjoy hitting inanimate objects and flinging heavy things around and I suspect that if someone brings up the subject of martia larts in the pub I become a crashing bore!
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Post by elmar on Apr 19, 2013 11:42:22 GMT
1) Karate is a training method. It can be applied to prepare one for sport, some forms of unarmed self defense or simply for martial yoga, by the practitioner's choice and desire. 2) Weirdness, mystique, and an interesting blend of mental as well as physical exercises for the individual, rather than a team thing. Other Japanese budo also fit into this category, some with greater or lesser emphasis on tournament sparring. 3) In the end it isn't better than any style (the person makes the art), but it has the clearest path through the early phases that I have found. 4) Sheer chance to start with, luck to find similar clubs thereafter.
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