I was speaking to David Chambers today. He is the publisher of Classical Fighting Arts, a journal for which I often write articles. David mentioned a fine Japanese calligraphy he had seen and said that it was "deceptively simple."
I replied, "Like the best Karate experts."
Wouldn't it be great to be deceptively simple?
Respectfully,
Charles C. Goodin
"Karate Jutsu" means "China Hand art". Karate came to Okinawa from China. Only in the 1930s or so, was the term "Karate" changed to mean "Empty Hand". "China Hand" was used in Hawaii until after World War II, and is still used in some dojo.
For more information, please visit the Hawaii Karate Seinenkai website.
The spirit of Karate is the Aloha spirit.
