Saturday, 1 February 2020

Your Own Karate....Karate YOU Own.

It is said that there are more than a million Karateka in this World......a million.

I consider myself privileged to know some of them. From all walks of life and cultures we have sweated, shared a joke and at times even bled together...

My Training partner
GROOT.....
Engineers, School teachers, Writers, Bottle makers, Glaziers, Painters and Decorators, Doctors and even Baristers, the list of diversity goes on.

For the past, almost 8 years, I have spent less time in the company of others when I train, thankfully.

The Sagi Makiwara
Hanging in the centre
Of the Dojo.....

The Sagi Makiwara is one of those training partners that very much, lacks forgiveness.
It's heavy, it's hard and when swung a full tilt is extremely difficult to handle.
The thing is though, it's always ready, never complains, is consistent and will always show you where your flaws are.....
It won't try and set you up to fail though failing is an option, it won't base what it teaches you on what others teach and certainly won't try and embarrass you, as it's easy enough to do that on your own.

It's these last three things I don't miss about training in a group, large or small.

Fore knuckle strikes
On the Sagi Makiwara 


Taking ownership of anything you do, not just karate has benefits and rewards that can be reaped for a very long time.
And you most certainly don't need others to be able to do it.










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