ninjanurse Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 Having read all the posts up to this point, I have to say that I am impressed with the depth of thought here. My feelings on the matter parallel most-kirves and martial girl in particular. "A Black Belt is only the beginning."Heidi-A student of the artsTae Kwon Do,Shotokan,Ju Jitsu,Modern Arnishttp://the100info.tumblr.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 Martial_Girl: That is a good response. Perhaps you should sell it to the JKA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mArTiAl_GiRl Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 Thanks smr. Sell it to the JKA? What is JKA? Kill is love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EstKarateka Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 That girl is wise indeed [i have only one side] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mArTiAl_GiRl Posted June 9, 2003 Share Posted June 9, 2003 EstKarateka?! That's unusual, I almost never hear any good words from you. Kill is love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorin Ryuu Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 It takes two zen masters. One to change the bulb, and one not to change it. Okay, only funny if you are into zen proverbs. Heh, I thought the answer would be "Only after touching the moon in the lake" I did some interesting reading for a project in school about how zen buddhism influenced Japanese society, specifically the samurai...good stuff... Q: What is Buddha? A: This flax weighs three chin... gotta love it... Martial Arts Blog:http://bujutsublogger.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteBelt Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 After reading the article that Kirves posted I realize how much harder they used to train. Now I have a guide for training on my own time, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobz Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 First off what I wanna say is everyone is forgetting one thing: Wasn't karate practically invented to be used dishonorably if you think about it? Hiding in the shadows and hitting the samurai from behind when they wern't paying attention? I can understand why they would do this, but it is not the "honour" everyone is talking about. I believe you need to understand this is how it was originally. before it was tought by masters. Rule #1: Play the game to the limit. Damn the consequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirves Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 It's a myth that karate was designed for fighting against the samurai. Basically karate is a mixture of Okinawan uchinadi and Chinese kung-fu (kempo or whatever you want to call it) and was studied just for self defence like we do. These "Samurai-legends" are only told in some very modern organizations and books written by the modern instructors. Read books by the older generation and you get a different view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorin Ryuu Posted June 15, 2003 Share Posted June 15, 2003 Yeah, Kirves brings up a good point. Most peasants and such had to spend their time farming and such. It was the nobility, the shizoku, who had time to dedicate themselves to its study (think Sokon Matsumura, he was the king's bodyguard and a bushi, which is pretty much a samurai in effect). Most peasants did not have the inclination nor the ability to do this. Martial Arts Blog:http://bujutsublogger.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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