The Basics

[Jafar]

I'm a big fan of his second principle as well (the above quote is the first)

"Train with heart and soul without worrying about theory. Very often the individual who lacks that essential quality of deadly seriousness will take refuge in theory."

Hell, I may just look up and post all of them. They were a big part of my youth.

Karate-do Kyohan is on the book shelf. I'm not a stickler for Shotokan, especially the kata that was adapted for "competitive" use. But most people don't realize that up until the 1920's Japan had no idea of Karate-do and only practiced Judo, and that it was Funakoshi that brought it to the mainland from Okinawa.

There's another quote from a different time on theory; "doctrine is the haven of the unimaginative."

[Downrange]

Karate-do Kyohan is on the book shelf. I'm not a stickler for Shotokan, especially the kata that was adapted for "competitive" use. But most people don't realize that up until the 1920's Japan had no idea of Karate-do and only practiced Judo, and that it was Funakoshi that brought it to the mainland from Okinawa.

There's another quote from a different time on theory; "doctrine is the haven of the unimaginative."

Like my dad used to say, "There's more than one way to kill a cat". Of course he also said, "The only good cat is a stir-fried cat". But I chalked that up to excessive time in the bush.