Only you are concerned with that issue, no one else is, I asked if Wado people can defend themselves because that's what the thread is about therefore the only pertinent question to ask.
Why Traditional Karate Is Not Effective for Self-Defense
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Only you are concerned with that issue, no one else is, I asked if Wado people can defend themselves because that's what the thread is about therefore the only pertinent question to ask.
Whether you read it or made it up, I like that. Now I need to go find some Wado videos to see what it looks like.I've read somewhere that Otsuka likened Wado to Aikido with Teeth (or maybe I just made that up).
Either way - I think he recognised that Motobu was perhaps a practical martial artist over a scholastic one (that perhaps he came to realise that Funakoshi was)!
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I'm very confused by this thread. A suggestion that you guys are free to ignore. I think it's probably more constructive to ask someone what they meant than to tell them what they meant. Friendlier, too.
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Tt?Tt's cool, but of course I'm biased!
I think she meant "It's" rather than "Tt's".
You really can't resist can you? As I said anything I post up you have to make an adverse comment on or try to be smart? it was a typo, fairly obvious.
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No, genuinely I thought Tt was a term I wasn't aware of.You really can't resist can you? As I said anything I post up you have to make an adverse comment on or try to be smart? it was a typo, fairly obvious.
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Yes - I see that now.
View from the outside ...
Sojobo, you come across as an arrogant know-it-all with a very large chip on your shoulder. We get that you feel that Wado ryu is different form other karate styles. We get that you liken it more to koryu training and feel that it's not just for self defense. However, this thread was a very general discussion about whether traditional karate is actually effective for self-defense. Your ranting, while almost entertaining enough to be worth the irritation factor, has nothing to do with the original discussion.
You've made abundantly clear that you don't care what us underlings on Martial Talk think of you, but I thought it was worth the attempt to get you to stop and take a look around before diving back into your pointless ranting.
Perhaps you could start a new thread discussing Wado ryu in particular. That might actually be informative.
Sojobo, you come across as an arrogant know-it-all with a very large chip on your shoulder. We get that you feel that Wado ryu is different form other karate styles. We get that you liken it more to koryu training and feel that it's not just for self defense. However, this thread was a very general discussion about whether traditional karate is actually effective for self-defense. Your ranting, while almost entertaining enough to be worth the irritation factor, has nothing to do with the original discussion.
You've made abundantly clear that you don't care what us underlings on Martial Talk think of you, but I thought it was worth the attempt to get you to stop and take a look around before diving back into your pointless ranting.
Perhaps you could start a new thread discussing Wado ryu in particular. That might actually be informative.
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Some underlings...not all.
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I'd love to, but unfortunately I think it would degenerate into why Wado is lacking something and that can be replaced by the likes of Mr Abernethy and co.
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pgsmith.. I have always respected your posts here and other forums - can you specify what post I came over as arrogant? I'm an engineer by trade and dislike generalisations.
You do not HAVE any underlings here. This, in part, might be why pgsmith characterized your posts as arrogant.
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"Underlings" was pgsmith's term. Sojobo's use in his response was, I think, a little tongue in cheek. I notice you're not taking pgsmith to task for the three paragraph long ad hominem. Is it possible you are taking sides, and maybe even making things worse?
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Really...? Life is too short not to get it.
