{"id":3371,"date":"2019-03-21T16:26:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T20:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shutokarate.us\/?p=3371"},"modified":"2019-03-21T16:50:01","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T20:50:01","slug":"what-we-practice-h-t-the-karate-nerd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shutokarate.us\/2019\/03\/21\/what-we-practice-h-t-the-karate-nerd\/","title":{"rendered":"What we practice (h\/t The Karate Nerd)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jesse Enkamp, the so-called &#8220;Karate Nerd&#8221; over in Sweden, has posted a video about &#8220;the three kinds of karate.&#8221; Enkamp gives a concise and accurate description of the evolution of karate&#8217;s purposes from its Okinawan roots to its first appearance as an Olympic sport next summer in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Karate DOESN&#039;T WORK \u2014 Jesse Enkamp\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u2qdisgjh1I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The three types, corresponding roughly to late-18th and 19th centuries, early-mid 20th century, and late 20th century onward, are as follows: Okinawan (for actual civilian self-defense), Japanese (for a holistic blend of mental, spiritual, and physical self-improvement), and Sport (for competition with defined rules, weight classes, etc.).<\/p>\n<p>At Shuto Karate Club, DelGuidice Sensei and myself both came up through the ranks to Black Belt by learning karate the Japanese way, which is &#8220;traditional&#8221; in the sense that it is colored by Japanese etiquette and <em>budo<\/em> philosophy. (See Inazo Nitobe&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/661723.Bushido\">Bushido: The Soul of Japan<\/a>.) This also generally includes competitive sparring and entering the occasional tournament. I&#8217;m not sure what kind of Shotokan teaching Shuto Karate Club&#8217;s founder, Louis Rabouin, received, but I do know that he founded the American Self-Defense Karate Association (ASDKA) at about the same time he started Shuto Karate Club (1960).<\/p>\n<p>I also practiced both Wado Ryu and Shotokan karate during my three years living in Japan, and all karate I experienced was Japanese (of course) with a little Sport thrown in.<\/p>\n<p>In my opinion, Shuto Karate Club Sellersville represents an additional type not mentioned by Enkamp. We combine the traditional Japanese emphasis on etiquette and certain rituals, a <em>budo<\/em> ethic, and the practice of <em>kihon <\/em>and <em>kata<\/em>, with an emphasis on &#8220;Combatives,&#8221; that is, applying our techniques and maneuvers in ways that would actually be useful in self-defense situations. In this way, we are looping back and attempting to revive the &#8220;original intent&#8221; of the Okinawan masters.<\/p>\n<p>The British are considered to be at the pioneers of this modern approach to karate as a tool for self-protection &#8212; it really started to take hold during the 1990s. Some of the people who have been influencing my approach to teaching are <a href=\"https:\/\/iainabernethy.co.uk\/\">Iain Abernethy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/clubbchimera.com\/\">Jamie Clubb<\/a>, and the American <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chirontraining.com\/\">Rory Miller<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a fine discussion thread from Iain Abernethy on combining Japanese karate training methods with modern combative approaches: <a href=\"https:\/\/iainabernethy.co.uk\/content\/karate-and-combatives\">Karate and Combatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I should not conclude this post without a bow to my own master teacher, Robert Trotta, who allowed me to experience a &#8220;renaissance&#8221; in my karate training when I joined Shuto Karate Club 10 years ago. His extensive knowledge of self-defense, his instruction, and also the freedom he gave me to explore, are impossible to place a value on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesse Enkamp, the so-called &#8220;Karate Nerd&#8221; over in Sweden, has posted a video about &#8220;the three kinds of karate.&#8221; Enkamp gives a concise and accurate description of the evolution of karate&#8217;s purposes from its Okinawan roots to its first appearance as an Olympic sport next summer in Tokyo. 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