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- From: mhirsch@dynastar.princeton.edu (Michael Hirsch)
- Subject: Re: -do, -ju(i)tsu and martial arts
- In-Reply-To: tk@dcs.ed.ac.uk's message of 20 Jan 93 21:10:33 GMT
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:05:54 GMT
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- >>>>> On 20 Jan 93 21:10:33 GMT, tk@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Tommy Kelly) said:
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- tk> Partly as a result of some recent email discussions, but also because of
- tk> my own on-going deliberations, my understanding of what martial arts are
- tk> has changed. In particular, I now look on my own study of karate (Shotokai)
- tk> in a different light.
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- tk> I'd like to give a summary of these, and would be grateful for any
- tk> comments. Agreement and criticism is sought equally.
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- [Lots of good, weighty material deleted]
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- Well put. I especially liked where you said:
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- tk> So the karate-ka who wants to study some throws, or the grappling exponent
- tk> who wants to learn kicks is not deviating from their art.
- tk> Because their 'art' is combat, the martial way in general.
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- As and aikidoka who recently started training in Karate as well, I
- know just what you mean. Not all my fellow students do, though.
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