RockenWesley (October 11, 2008 at 3:08 pm)

Karate Do is an art form that we all need to help preserve reguardless of your sub-style. It dose not matter if you Kenpo,Kyokushin,or Shotokan, corruption of Karate Do in the West is something we must all correct. I strongly believe that we should do away with the point sparring system and make Karate Do a restricted label based on a list of requirements. 90% of the "Karate" dojos in the U.S. have at least 85% Olympic TKD in their corriculm. That's just how extensive the damage is.

cheynemcmahonkarate (October 10, 2008 at 9:28 pm)

Where do you train in Korea? I trained in karate in Baekseokdong about 2 years ago.

NatassiaAoki (October 10, 2008 at 2:44 pm)

Hm...l will take note. l will tell my coach tomorrow. Thank for your message..Aoki.

cheynemcmahonkarate (October 10, 2008 at 6:01 am)

Yes that is correct, but also a little wrong. Karate was the term for the program introduced into Okinawan schools. Te or ti was the original term for karate.

NatassiaAoki (October 5, 2008 at 2:15 pm)

공수도란 일본을 대표하는 타격계 격투술로써 일반적으로 가라데 로 불리고, 세계적으로는 karate 라고 표기한다. 공수의 연혁과 역사에 관해선 뒤에 설명하겠지만 원래 일본 본토에서 발생한 무술이 아니었고, 가라데는 중국남권과 일본에...

NatassiaAoki (October 5, 2008 at 2:14 pm)

Shotokan Karatedo (b. 1868)? 1964 - E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet born...1994 - Masutatsu Oyama, Founder of Japanese Kyokushin Karate (b. 1927)? 1996 - Stirling Silliphant, American has lost the bat...Aoki

NatassiaAoki (October 5, 2008 at 2:12 pm)

l was in Shotokan class of Karate, since they were developed from Mas Oyama s training under Gichin Funakoshi.l got a good Coach too.

NatassiaAoki (October 5, 2008 at 2:08 pm)

Hey so you know the Master Gichin Funakoshi..l long hear he name. He was one of a great master Karate in Jepan..l hope one day will meet him..Class of Karate Aoki

feher75 (October 3, 2008 at 12:59 pm)

gichin funakoshi was the father of the modern karate he born in okinawa in shuri their master was Azato sensei and Itosu, the nick name funakoshi sensei was Shotokan and mean "the wind through the trees" that mean but in japanes is mean house of shoto, and was a match the firs Dojo the name is the same to the nick name funakoshi sensei. Karate do, my wayGichin Funakoshi

sakusuhorumu (September 30, 2008 at 2:19 pm)

Japanese invaded Okinawa around 1600 AD, so Funakoshi most definetely wasn't alive back then. And as for purposefully changing his style when teaching japanese, well, it is a nice story, but that's about all there is to it. How come the other teachers who were on mainland Japan, some of them even before him if my memory serves me correctly, didn't change their teachings if the japanese were considered enemy?