Osu! Dear KakatoOtoshi,
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Originally Posted by kakatootoshi
My view towards Dojo Yaburi.
I think the yaburi/anti-yaburi thing was very important in the past in the budo world. There were specific historical contexts under which the yaburi pratice was popular and it is unfair for us to denounce them with our modern values. The courage to issue and defend a REAL dojo yaburi deserves our resepct even if we may not agree with what they do.
In 2007 I do not like it, let us say you are the defender. If you fend off the attacker successfully, it does not really prove anything. And if you are beaten by the attacker, it does not mean that you do not deserve to wear your dogi or you have to close down your dojo or something. And if you know you are strong and you bump into a small dojo for some walking heavybags you are just being mean. It is like a Michelin Chef goes to a local takeaway and being a jerk saying the food is crap or so. You are lot better but you do not have to be so mean to give people a hard time, right? Ultimately respect in martial arts or Kyokushin comes from your ability PLUS the way you treat your fellow men.
OSU!
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You're giving a good argument, and making me feel a little bad about some of my past actions, but I do ask, What about the frauds? Those people whose claims are not only ridiculous, but also potentially dangerous to their students?
Talking may convince a few people that an individual is a fraud, but walking through the door and challenging them is a more immediate lesson.
Sincerely waiting for your thoughts.
Osu!