4/12/2023 0 Comments Watashi no karate jutsu pdf![]() ![]() I think it is logical that Karate in general was so known on Okinawa (many festival demonstrations) that Karate and kata were likely synominous. ![]() In Itosu’s letter it seems remarkable he doesn’t mention kata at our distance on time. No one book tells a full story, they were really the first attempt to communicate with a larger Japanese martial public, but together they tell quite a story. So many of the discussions on the arts the past few decades could have been made easier and more productive if we had access to this wealth of information. The body of material we have today from the ongoing efforts of the translators of those early works is impressive, but there is much more yet to come and I believe we will find each new translation gives us something new to consider. When I began to consider what Itosu was describing in his 1908 letter, realizing how much of his dreams were being shared with his students efforts, especially in their initial attempts to describe Okinawan karate. ![]() It’s a funny thing how one research topic open so many others to consider. Notice you can read the title as “It is not BUNK….I say Watson!” or equally “It is not Bunk.i Say Watson!” It’s all on context and interpretation.
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