Monthly Archives: June 2012

Styles, Systems and Perception 2

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A very interesting discussion started on one of Theodore Kruczek’s posts on the OKI website regarding people’s perception of traditional martial arts and how to change it.  One of the things that I found interesting, and which ties into my previous post about people’s personal systems not needing to have names, was the idea of calling karate something else that […]

Styles, Systems and Purity

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This will be a long post, so I apologize in advance, and let me preface this by saying that I do not think I am qualified to “create a style” or anything like that.  This is just a collection of thoughts and observations regarding styles and systems. Anko Itosu, Shuri-Te Instructor Lately I have been thinking a great deal about […]