Humility and Control

Karate is my life , and i am sure that if you are reading this blog Karate means alot to you as well.I have been doing karate since age 2 with my Father Kyoshi H.Chiba. In all my lifes experience there has always been a time where someone finds out you are a karateka , and their first reaction is..........''Lets see if Karate works in a street fight'' or ''Lets fight , i will defeat you'' or other outrageous nonsense. We can all lie about certain things but what we cant lie about is this happening to us at one point in life. I am 100% sure! that more than once somebody asked for a fight or a challenge.That is why a karate should never boast or tell the whole world he does karate ..... AND! we wonder why our masters and sensei's lectured us about this topic over a hundred times , there is your answer. This event ends up conflicting and effecting with your social life and family relations. Karate is a means of self defence .... That is why the RYUKYU ISLAND (Okinawa today) people invented it... due to not being allowed weapons , they needed some other means of protection incase of harm. My advice on these actions of people is ... to just be humble and say (if you cant lie that you dont do karate) i dont fight outside the dojo. I hope this article has helped or will help you in the future. OOOOOSSSSSsssss!!!!!!!