5 thoughts on “Letting off steam”

1. Having also spent the morning at karate training, but at a different dojo, your posting – brief though it is – set me thinking. I noticed that your Sensei was once a Kyokushinkai adherent, the style I’m learning, but that he appears to have split with the IKO. The politics of karate is one of the least appealing aspects of the sport. In Brisbane alone there must be twenty competing styles, many of which look down on or mock the other styles. Around the world there are literally hundreds of styles, each holding itself out as somehow superior. What is sorely needed for the sport is a greater degree of cooperation and cohesion. Imagine a world tournament for all styles – it would be incredible. As it is there are so many styles, each with a different world tournament, that almost everyone can claim to be a world champion.

   Unfortunately it’s probably impossible to unify every offshoot, but surely it would be possible to unify some…

   JC

2. I got rained on cycling home from work on Friday. It hasn’t happened in a long time and, aside from noticing that my brakes need adjusting, it was FUN!

3. “As it is there are so many styles, each with a different world tournament, that almost everyone can claim to be a world champion.”

   I think it’s safe to say that as long as our style has at least two long-term students, I won’t be able to make this claim. But I guess I can always go for a biathlon in karate and blogging.

4. PrQ,
   How would you score the blogging for a biathlon? Judges awarding one point for witty reparte, two points for a well developed post and three for a devastating comeback?

5. JQ, what your son tells you should be interpreted in the light of the concept that you don’t get no respect.