Most people that believe that they are practicing real shotokan are not!! Shotokan is not hard. Funakoshi's shotokan was a softer than lets say, "JK...

Most people that believe that they are practicing real shotokan are not!! Shotokan is not hard. Funakoshi’s shotokan was a softer than lets say, “JKA” shotokan or the shotokans that have spurred from the JKA. Goju means hard and soft and this is not the only style that should be hard and soft. All martial arts need to be hard and soft and different times.

The fact is most shotokan practitioners look the same as they did 20 years ago. This is not karate. Karate should be evolving and changing. Funakoshi said this himself. If he came back now and saw that shotokan looks the same now as it did 20-30 years ago, then he would be extremely disappointed.

Look at old tapes, original shotokan (a style which he never named by the way) incorporated striking, joint locks, throws…. a mixed martial art so to speak. How many shotokan dojos practice all these things in a practical manner…. almost none!!

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