Posted by Fumio Demura on Mar 5th 2017
KARATE WISDOM: "On Kobudo & Karate"
by Fumio Demura
I believe that the more a
practitioner knows about other styles, the more prepared he will be in case he
faces someone who practices another method. Today, students have the
opportunity to learn and get information about many different fighting arts to
increase their knowledge. Magazines and videos allow this to happen. When I was
learning we didn’t have these luxuries. The way we were taught was under
pressure and we had to learn to make the techniques work against any kind of
opponent. We had no time to study or analyze much. Everything had to be direct
and to the point because our lives were on the line. The good thing is that
today, practitioners can learn how to adapt their techniques against other new
methods of attack. For instance, in kobudo
you use your weapon differently against a bo
or a sai. Your attacker’s weapon
determines the way you’ll use your own weapon. It’s simple common sense. This
is where the real understanding of the art and one’s own self comes in. But
this is not always something easy thing to do, let alone accept.
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