TSDTexan
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Given Korean Tang Soo Do is partly derived from Okinawan Karate... And that bunkai for the Katas are relatively recently released to the rest of the world...
How do I ask this question without offending anyone?
OK. With greatest respect, how can we ascertain authenticity to the bunkai for the Okinawan Kata's of GM Itosu and others?
Given the amount of counterfeiting that goes on, (I know there are sacred cows here, and I am treading as lightly as I know how)... My skeptical side wants to "trust with/and verify", but how do we know for sure that the bunkai is the real McCoy and not spinning of silkworms?
Its is true because "master told me so", is a logical fallacy called appeal to authority, (this of course doesn't really apply to first hand written testimony of the Kata's author, or testability of assertions made)
I am wanting real answers, because I am considering dropping old katas from my class curriculum, and phasing in new Katas/Hyungs, from the last 80 years to present.
How do I ask this question without offending anyone?
OK. With greatest respect, how can we ascertain authenticity to the bunkai for the Okinawan Kata's of GM Itosu and others?
Given the amount of counterfeiting that goes on, (I know there are sacred cows here, and I am treading as lightly as I know how)... My skeptical side wants to "trust with/and verify", but how do we know for sure that the bunkai is the real McCoy and not spinning of silkworms?
Its is true because "master told me so", is a logical fallacy called appeal to authority, (this of course doesn't really apply to first hand written testimony of the Kata's author, or testability of assertions made)
I am wanting real answers, because I am considering dropping old katas from my class curriculum, and phasing in new Katas/Hyungs, from the last 80 years to present.