Karate did not
have a single purpose, but too often we do not think of what the range of those
purposes could have been.
The most obvious
was it’s potential for self defense, or perhaps guarding someone and the use to
eliminate an attack.
I do imagine
that there were a greater range of purposes than just those we focus on.
In my range of
studies I have experienced some of those uses, which lie outside of the box of
conventional thought. Enough of them at times I wonder how many things there
were considered and trained for.
In that light
much discussion is given to how to develop the most powerful technique, such as
the most powerful strike. Of course that certainly has it’s place in karate
study.
But at times I
wonder whether any of us consider how to develop the weakest, most slight
technique to conclude an attack. One so outlandish that it does not draw the
attention of the target to defend against, and that when delivered there is no
longer a fight.
Perhaps more
important a technique that remains unnoticed by those observing you.
Something worthy
of being called the empty hand.
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