Shotokai Encyclopedia Archive
Isn't Karate for fighting?
Continuous Publication Since Sept 15, 1995 Reference: fighting
Shotokai Karate-do, CHILE
Isn't Karate-do a fighting art?
Sadly this is the image mass media together with unscrupulous "masters" have given Karate-do around the world. Since it's origin Karate-do has always been an art for personal development and secondarily as a self-defence method. O-sensei (the creator of Karate-do) said and insisted "There doesn't exist an offensive attitude in Karate" or "there is no first attack in Karate-do", this does not require further explanation.
