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Monthly Message: September 2001
Fellow Karate-ka:
Learn
how to stand properly, throw good punches, kicks and strikes, and above
all be a great blocker. Apply what you’ve learned in
many different fighting situations and then you will be an expert karate
master.
Bologna!
You might be pretty good if you practice 3 times a week for
a minimum of 3 hours each time. You won’t however be a master. Masters
of the past spend between 6 and 8 hours of practice everyday. This is
how they became so good. If you do research you will see that most of
the masters that we know were either independently wealthy or had little
to know responsibilities except their training. Chojun Miyagi for
example, was wealthy. His family owned an import/export shipping
business. He was able to learn his karate without other
responsibilities as well as travel the world to seek out other sources
of instruction and to spread the art. He even took care of Kanryo
Higaonna in his later years by providing for him because he was broke.
The same goes for other masters that you may have heard or read about.
So how does one get to be that good? Well you must first
realize that there is no such thing as a young master. If you happen to
see, hear, or read about a young master than it is not a traditional
karate master. Most masters are in their late 40’s and usually older.
That tells us that it takes many years of training to become so good
that you are well respected and people seek you out for training. It
has nothing to do with a belt system. There is no quick way. There is
in reality only training.
Train because you want to be physically fit. Train because
you like the idea of traditional karate. Train because you want to be a
better person. Train because you want to learn a traditional system of
martial arts. Do not however train to make rank. Train to be a better
total person. Mind, body, and spirit are what to develop. You or I may
never be masters of our art but our training makes us better people for
each other and ourselves. Now isn’t that what it’s truly all about?
This is the way.
Sensei Dave
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