As someone who recently started training in Karate and Kobudo, and really likes learning history. I find the real history of the nobility and guards developing the martial arts to be much more interesting to learn about. I'm pretty confused on why this myth is so prevalent, even by organizers and teachers, even ones from Okinawa. I have two teachers who both believed in the "commoner" myth, and one of them is from Okinawa. Also their teacher who's the head of the group at Okinawa, also believes in the myth as well. Fortunately, I've watched your videos when I was starting out, so I was very skeptical when they told me that story, albeit I didn't correct them at the time. I'll talk to them about this next time the topic comes up. I really enjoy reading your articles and I'm looking forward to reading more in the future. I'm also reading McCarthy's Bubishi. I'm currently around a quarter the way through and I'm already learning a lot of great information, it's a very interesting and enjoyable read.
