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Tom Yum · 05-25-2004, 01:36 PM

http://www.geoffthompson.com/guest_w...ethy_page1.htm

"Karate was designed specifically for use in a civilian environment against untrained attackers. It was never intended for use on a battlefield or in a sporting arena against a trained fighter. The methods in karate were designed by monks, sailors, scholars and other civilians. The type of attacks such people were likely to encounter would be the attacks of the violent and untrained, e.g. wild swings, tackles, head butts etc. as opposed to the skilled combinations of a trained fighter."

Mr. Abernathy's article hits the nail on the head, but reaffirms his commitment to reality based self-defense using refined modern methods to make traditional karate work.

Cool.

05-25-2004, 01:36 PM	#14 (permalink)
Tom Yum Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Here and there. Posts: 11,220	Quote from Mr Abernathy's article http://www.geoffthompson.com/guest_w...ethy_page1.htm "Karate was designed specifically for use in a civilian environment against untrained attackers. It was never intended for use on a battlefield or in a sporting arena against a trained fighter. The methods in karate were designed by monks, sailors, scholars and other civilians. The type of attacks such people were likely to encounter would be the attacks of the violent and untrained, e.g. wild swings, tackles, head butts etc. as opposed to the skilled combinations of a trained fighter." Mr. Abernathy's article hits the nail on the head, but reaffirms his commitment to reality based self-defense using refined modern methods to make traditional karate work. Cool. __________________ The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know. Slow is fast; fast is slow. Love it, leave it or fix it.