What is traditional Karate?

Does “tradition” mean that Karate never changes?

The saying, “the more things change, the more they stay the same,” is a perfect description of traditional Karate (and probably all traditional martial arts). As I said in my last post, to me, “traditional” Karate means that we keep the emphasis on simple and effective self-defense training. We traditionalists also keep alive what are generally termed as the “spiritual” elements of Karate that I’ll go into in later articles (especially since these are more important for many people).

07/22/2017