This won’t be a popular thought. I’d love to read honest, thoughtful responses, as I am in no way trying to offend anyone. 1. Karate does not teach 4:16 discipline, determination or excellence any more than anyone else who is serious about their own sport. Think Simone Biles doesn’t have that kind of discipline? 2. Karate does not teach a warrior mentality. The only true warriors are in the military. Any karate person who thinks otherwise is playing pretend. In fairness, Karate may be better at teaching a peace mentality, if taught right. 3. Karate is a way of life…perhaps. There is another word for that: religion. Both have their codes, tenets, founders, traditions, heroes, rituals, etc. No judgment if you like to live that way, just acknowledge that it is religious like in nature. 4. Does karate really teach self-betterment? Or does it merely teach the delusion that the practitioner is somehow better than others? There are many ways to self betterment, and the karate practitioner must know that his/her path is just one that may or may not work for him/her.
Karate isn't a martial art, it's a lifestyle... OSS
This won’t be a popular thought. I’d love to read honest, thoughtful responses, as I am in no way trying to offend anyone.
1. Karate does not teach 4:16 discipline, determination or excellence any more than anyone else who is serious about their own sport. Think Simone Biles doesn’t have that kind of discipline?
2. Karate does not teach a warrior mentality. The only true warriors are in the military. Any karate person who thinks otherwise is playing pretend. In fairness, Karate may be better at teaching a peace mentality, if taught right.
3. Karate is a way of life…perhaps. There is another word for that: religion. Both have their codes, tenets, founders, traditions, heroes, rituals, etc. No judgment if you like to live that way, just acknowledge that it is religious like in nature.
4. Does karate really teach self-betterment? Or does it merely teach the delusion that the practitioner is somehow better than others? There are many ways to self betterment, and the karate practitioner must know that his/her path is just one that may or may not work for him/her.