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Funakoshi on Fighting

4/13/2016

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It was that "true spirit of karate" that Funakoshi spent his entire life trying to achieve. Mas Oyama, who later created kyoku shinkai karate, once trained under Funakoshi, but quit because Funakoshi's karate was "too slow" and seemed more like a lesson in etiquette and discipline. But this was how Funakoshi wanted it. He taught that karate should not be used for self defense-even as a last resort-because once karate was used, the conflict became a matter of life or death, and somebody was going to get injured. Funakoshi always remembered the proverb Soken Matsumura taught him: "When two tigers fight, one is bound to be hurt. The other will be dead." 
​ - http://www.fightingmaster.com/Masters/funakoshi/index.html 

  • The correct understanding of Karate and its proper use is Karate-do. One who truly trains in this do [way] and actually understands Karate-do is never easily drawn into a fight.
  • To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the highest skill. To subdue the enemy with out fighting is the highest skill.
 - ​http://web.utah.edu/ska/funakosh.html
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