Please help me clear my mind OH WISE ONE of barf stew fame!

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--- , james wilson <johntwo8> wrote:

> Hello and how r u? the best thing is traditional karate. the very

>basics. these simple princepals will take u a far as u will ever

>need.

 

Really?

 

Maybe you can help me out a bit.

 

I'm a bit confused here to which of the hundred or so of traditional

karate's you mean. I mean, there are hundreds of them, all claiming

to be the best.

 

Do you mean the traditional karate taught in Okinawa BEFORE 1912

when Itosu " adapted " his martial arts system for the grade school

children in a " special " way so they could use it for a physical

exercise?

 

....to use it in a way that would not endanger all the other children?

 

Or are you refering to the " deluted " methods after that event?

 

Are you refering to the karate that was changed in 1938 by a

Master's board consisting of top Okinawan and Japanes YuDanCha to

point out the philosophical differences of that " new " karate to the

older more self-defense orientated karate?

 

....as, according to them, such drastic and vulgar self-defense was

no longer necessary in the world then.

 

(This was just one year before the Japanese allied themselves with

the Germans in their efforts to conquer the world;-)

 

Are you refering to the " brand " karate that went to Japan in 1922

and was taught by that " little fellow " to the upper class of Japan?

 

Are you refering to the Motobu system, a system that was very

effective, but since Choki Motobu was not a " nice " person, the port

authorities refused to let him get off the boat in Hawaii...is that

the traditional system you are refering to?

 

Are you refering to the Kano system of jiu-jitsu that actually had

18 death matches in 1912 to decide which system was the best

system...and 17 of the matches were won by people that had

previously studied Aikijutsu?

 

If so, then which version of the many are you refering to of that

system...

 

....his original book, had a couple of neat chapters in it, chapters

that were removed from the later editions...

 

Those chapters were, " The Serious and Fatal Blows " ...and " Kuatsu, or

The Restoration of Life " ...

 

Seems to me those are important chapters...

 

....but the publisher stated, " ...these sections have been dropped

because their value to the public is questionable and they do not

contribute to the over-all values of the book... "

 

What do you think?

 

Please help me learn.

 

Then, when I know which is THE BEST, I can ask you about which

specific " simple principles " you are refering to.;-)

 

I am so confused.

 

 

I'm a bit confused here to which of the hundred or so of traditional

karate's you are refering to???