TSDTexan
Master of Arts
TSDTexan, you would be better off writing articles. As seems to be the pattern with the long twisting histories you write, you obviously know the answer to the question you ask but are waiting to contradict it with something questionable.
The thing is I'm not that into the history except as a guide to applying the art. So continuing a historical debate in a thread whose point you refuse to give is a non starter. Suffice to say that I disagree about Funakoshi's beliefs on sparring, about the relevance of the jutsu/do distinction in GF's teaching and that there is ever a useful conclusion to be drawn from a challenge match. And please don't put words in my mouth. I never once suggested that Funakoshi was any sort of Saint.
Please forgive me, if thats what you think I did. I don't think I put words into your mouth.
But if your perception is that I did, I apologize.
Many do not realize that their perception is not reality, but their opinion about reality. And for them it IS reality.
If you think I put words in your mouth, I am truly sorry. And I deeply mean that.
This is actually a pet peeve of my own.