The Basics

[Evil_McNasty]

I have read Musashi, a couple times actually. It, along with Japanese martial arts, shaped me as a child and young man. The discipline it gave me was like no other activity I have ever tried growing up. Most kids probably have the same experience if they were doing it for the right reasons. The search for greatness without ego.

I haven't heard of the 2nd book you mention. I will check it out.

[FLT]

Note to self, don't scrap with EM. He knows that sneaky oriental fighting stuff!

[Jafar]

Note to self, don't scrap with EM. He knows that sneaky oriental fighting stuff!

On the street it's often referred to as Hoo Flung Dung.

[0utlaw]

<------Black belt in ClickPow

[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.