I’m just shaking my head! Everyone knows that young Funakoshi Teacher wasn’t…. To put it nicely wasn’t the pinnacle of Okinawans’ Masters. He was chosen on the basis of his Japanese language skill. By his own admission in his autobiography he confessed that he simplified and edited “ the karate he learned as a child on Okinawa in order to make it less violent and more to enhance the fitness of the weak sickly University students he changed everything he could If you want to know the real art of Okinawans old original karate you must go to Okinawa. Avoid the Japanese because they look down on Okinawans. Okinawans don’t like Japanese because they ruined Okinawa twice- Satsuma’s invasion and WW II. So humble yourself and get a new mind! Put on a white belt and go find an old Okinawan SHORIN RYU MATSUMURA ORTHODOX Master on the Island. Live there for a few years and train every day. Foolishly getting involved with Japanese karate organization politics will isolate you from the Old Art
I’m just shaking my head! Everyone knows that young Funakoshi Teacher wasn’t…. To put it nicely wasn’t the pinnacle of Okinawans’ Masters. He was chosen on the basis of his Japanese language skill. By his own admission in his autobiography he confessed that he simplified and edited “ the karate he learned as a child on Okinawa in order to make it less violent and more to enhance the fitness of the weak sickly University students he changed everything he could
If you want to know the real art of Okinawans old original karate you must go to Okinawa. Avoid the Japanese because they look down on Okinawans. Okinawans don’t like Japanese because they ruined Okinawa twice- Satsuma’s invasion and WW II.
So humble yourself and get a new mind! Put on a white belt and go find an old Okinawan SHORIN RYU MATSUMURA ORTHODOX Master on the Island. Live there for a few years and train every day. Foolishly getting involved with Japanese karate organization politics will isolate you from the Old Art