Virtue in Karate

[benzocaine]

Tony.

Let's quote me entirely

I bet most agree that we should train hard and kindle a flame to unleash with great fury should we be attacked physically. It is my belief that we should never confuse pacafism with virtue. On the other hand we should not be trouble makers out looking for a fight.

I guess I believe violence has a time and place but it's far from me to be the type who initiates it. I feel it makes me the bad guy.

To each his own I guess,

By the way, I've seen your video of you doing Seisan Bunkai.. loved it! Very good show of intent. No doubt you could use this stuff and really hurt someone if you needed to. The breathing reminds me of a boxer. I liked it.

[Guest]

Thanks. I learned that Bankai *should* be realisitic. Some did not agree with me however... e.g. I would move my head when doing the bankai for the rolling bushikens because I would get punched all the time. Why? Because the bankai is stupid, not because I ******. To compensate for the stupidity of the bankai, I simply moved my head and blocked the punch. But that's not uechi... so.... you know the rest...