equaninimus Posted January 4, 2004 Posted January 4, 2004 Drunken Monkey has pretty well summed it up. If given a choice, I would prefer not to fight at all. If I have to fight, a firearm or a long stick would be nice. If I am unarmed, I accept that I am going to get injured in the course of the encounter. Onaga Yoshimitsu (Shorin Ryu) has a saying that I find particularly appropriate: "Ti (karate) is not about winning (tournaments), but about not losing (in self defence encounters)." There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm!
Ripper Posted January 4, 2004 Posted January 4, 2004 Onaga Yoshimitsu (Shorin Ryu) has a saying that I find particularly appropriate: "Ti (karate) is not about winning (tournaments), but about not losing (in self defence encounters)." Hmmmm..... sounds pretty familiar. Didn't Funakoshi say the same? René
equaninimus Posted January 4, 2004 Posted January 4, 2004 Don't know. I'm, going to have to re-read his autobio now. There have always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm!
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