Eager To Learn Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Osu,I saw the below posted on another forum and thought it seemed quite a bold challenge. I assume its genuine !? but wondered if anyone had seen this before or had any views and or comments ???http://www.nettisivu.org/lelu/International+Karate+Challenge.htmlOsu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throwdown0850 Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 in my honest opinion, its sounds ridiculous.. Trying to prove a "superior" style of Karate? once again, its not the style, its how its taught. You must become more than just a man in the mind of your opponent. -Henri Ducard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eager To Learn Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 "Trying to prove a "superior" style of Karate? once again, its not the style, its how its taught."Totally agreed, I think its quite disrespectful to Karate in general to be honest as from the little I know I assumed "we" were all part of the same "family" and should therefore be respectful to one another .As opposed to challenging each others styles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Throwdown0850 Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 "Trying to prove a "superior" style of Karate? once again, its not the style, its how its taught."Totally agreed, I think its quite disrespectful to Karate in general to be honest as from the little I know I assumed "we" were all part of the same "family" and should therefore be respectful to one another .As opposed to challenging each others styles.exactly.. You must become more than just a man in the mind of your opponent. -Henri Ducard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lachrymosa Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 I think the challenge is meant to be disrespectful to hit the ego of the grand masters so they will fight against him.If he want to test his "superior" fighting skill he can just go into any competitions.As Throwdown0850 and Eager To Learn said, I do not think one style is better than other, its either better teacher or better practitioner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanshin Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Big alarm bells are ringing in my head here!Don't like the approach or the content. It goes against everything that karate/budo stands for.Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough?I think it is a Finnish website as far s I can see, that perhaps does not translate too well.I guess we give them the benefit of the doubt, but to be honest, I can save everybody's time really as I know who the best Karate-ka in the world is...? "The difference between the possible and impossible is one's will""saya no uchi de katsu" - Victory in the scabbbard of the sword. (One must obtain victory while the sword is undrawn).https://www.art-of-budo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ps1 Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Ok. I'm in! Unfortunately, there's no way for me to contact them. It just issues the challenge and lets it stand. No info on date, time, place or how to register. I also couldn't find the rules. Also, how are the 5 representatives selected...solely on the basis of being Japanese? Interesting. It actually seems pretty dumb in my opinion. A publicity stunt that can never be verified or disproved. "It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenius." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lachrymosa Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Ok. I'm in! Unfortunately, there's no way for me to contact them. It just issues the challenge and lets it stand. No info on date, time, place or how to register. I also couldn't find the rules. Also, how are the 5 representatives selected...solely on the basis of being Japanese? Interesting. It actually seems pretty dumb in my opinion. A publicity stunt that can never be verified or disproved.In the last paragraph he explain how to contact him by selecting the "yhteydenotto" link at the bottom and the page and he tells you what to put in which box.I agree that there is not much information on the challenge itself but the "*" next to the rules without any explanation anywhere is strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shotokan-kez Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 What a joke! I agree its probably a publicity stunt, i also agree that no style is better than the other...even if this Sensei does defeat another master in fighting, that wouldn't deter me from a certain style. Walk away and your always a winner. https://www.shikata-shotokan.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushido_man96 Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 I thought that it was a nice touch that the challenger had to foot the bill. Nice touch.Maybe we could get GSP to take up the challenge?? https://www.haysgym.comhttp://www.sunyis.com/https://www.aikidoofnorthwestkansas.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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