¶ … Shorin Ryu Karate and Tae Kwon Do
Shorin-ryu karate and tae kwon do have much in common with each other, and much in common with several other Asian martial arts practices. They all -- karate, tae kwon do, judo, jujitsu and aikido -- emphasize two things. Those two things are that:
It is better to solve problems without fighting, by seeking peace.
A practitioner of martial arts must develop not only his or her body, but mind and spirit as well.
Robert Scaglione, one of the foremost masters of shorin-ryu karate in the United States, says that, "Karate was indigenous to the RyuKyu culture, pervaded by weapons bans throughout the centuries...." This forced the people of the RyuKyu culture, the Okinawans, to develop a system of self-defense using what they had to defend themselves from the invaders, who were mainly the Japanese. What they had were their hands. "Te" means "hand."
The word karate, means "the art of the open hand, " Scaglione, advised in an article on the Shorin-Ryu Karate U.S.A. Web site.
The Koreans,...
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