I was looking at various karate web-sites and most of them place much emphasis on the traditional dojo kun.
What I want to know is how does this practice of acting Japanese benefit the western person? Surely this is a practice that suited the samurai era but isn't it out-dated now? We are there to learn to defend ourselves aren't we? But it seems that there is more emphasis on bowing and scraping about instead of realistic modern combative self defence.
Your comments would be interesting.
What I want to know is how does this practice of acting Japanese benefit the western person? Surely this is a practice that suited the samurai era but isn't it out-dated now? We are there to learn to defend ourselves aren't we? But it seems that there is more emphasis on bowing and scraping about instead of realistic modern combative self defence.
Your comments would be interesting.