SaiFightsMS Posted December 21, 2001 Posted December 21, 2001 Do you enjoy marital arts lore? Do you enjoy stories about "the old masters"? Do you enjoy learning about the history of your katas and your style?
ronryu Posted December 21, 2001 Posted December 21, 2001 Without a doubt i love stories about the old masters . Since i study motobu ha shi-to ryu i like the stories about choki motobu he was a very impresive and awsome martial artist. I also love exploring the history of the kata they are a story in themselves. So much history is writen in each movement . Karate is not a sport , it is a way of life .Sandan Motobu ha Shi-to ryu karate Katsu ryu kempo Ryukyu kobudo
Jiggy9 Posted December 21, 2001 Posted December 21, 2001 hell yea! Does that answer youre question? Shotokan Karate Black Belt ==Defend the path of Truth==
SaiFightsMS Posted December 21, 2001 Author Posted December 21, 2001 LOL Jiggy. I was reading something about the tekki katas earlier and it was talking about when Itosu was Funakoshi's teacher. He worked on one kata for 3 years. Can you imagine?
Karateka Posted December 22, 2001 Posted December 22, 2001 I love reading the history and the lore. It really gets me going on where everything came from. "Never hit a man while he's down; kick him, its easier"Sensei Ron Bagley (My Sensei)
SaiFightsMS Posted December 22, 2001 Author Posted December 22, 2001 It is interesting that some of the masters originally started training because of physical frailty or poor health. Nagimine was one such example. So was Kyan.
DarkMonkey Posted December 24, 2001 Posted December 24, 2001 Not paticularly. Only things that are really relivent to modern scenario's. Mainly I prefer to spend my time reading practical things if I read anything at all. On an unrelated note. 1000th post for the shotokan forum. Hooray! ~The things you own - they end up owning you.
Raminhos Posted September 28, 2003 Posted September 28, 2003 I love to know the history of the Martial arts that I do... because it helps me to understand the reasons of its being. And I also like to learn the history of the country where the martial art borned to understand the context and the nature of the art. We must have the contact with the history and the old masters because they are the reason of a martial art Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water...
karatekid1975 Posted September 28, 2003 Posted September 28, 2003 I like to know the history to an extent. Most of it is political (and I hate politics). But knowing a rough history is good enough for me. But I do love finding out about kata's/forms. The history, the bunkai, ect. My instructor always talks about training with the grandmaster, and it does interest me. Laurie F
Nick117 Posted September 28, 2003 Posted September 28, 2003 hell yea! Does that answer youre question? Ditto! "It is interesting that some of the masters originally started training because of physical frailty or poor health." Two of the reasons I am training. Don't get me wrong, I kick * but, I am 15 years old and people that have seen me shirt-less have called me "old man" because I stopped eating almost everything besides liquids for 2 years or so.
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