Sunday, August 31, 2008

Kata is karate. Each and every kata tells a story called bunkai. Traditional karate's kata begins and ends at the same point, telling us life is a cycle. Kata begins and ends with a block, this indicates that karate is only for defence.

Kancho Deena Naidu

Every experience in life that comes with pain or suffering carries a message, a lesson or a reason. There is something in it for us to learn from.

Kancho Deena Naidu

Thursday, August 28, 2008

GOSHIN KAN KARATE DO A Traditional Form of Self Defence
Do not promote the ego and give it a weapon- 99% chance someone is going to get hurt. According to this weeks news at the Olympics, apparently a Taekwondo American chased and kicked a referee on the head (I saw the news footage). Years ago in 1976 while I was training in Japan with Gogen Sensei at the Tokyo Dojo, I heard a similar story, a French karate person at the world championship kicked and injured a referee and judges because a decision was made against him. This is the level what sports martial arts have become. I cannot understand, why karate-ka world wide do not understand that sports martial arts develops the spark of the human ego into a flame of 90% of karate enthusiasts, while the traditional arts reduces the ego of 90 % of those coming into the art.

Traditional karate is a gift that teaches discipline, self control, values and every aspect of human goodness. It helps us develop our character and brings out the best in ourselves as human beings. It teaches us "not to be violent". I am not upset by the news. I saw this coming and worse to come if we do not wakeup to what sports martial arts does to the human ego. Very few people that do sports can control their egos. It is dangerous for the average individual who cannot control their ego and to those around them. We are mixing the human ego and an art that can injure and hurt and even kill people. My teacher told me that he made a mistake being one of the people developing karate sport. The intention was for the purpose of goodness, he then saw what it does to the human ego, but it was too late. The monster had been born. I vowed never to go down that path. O'Boy I am glad I did. My students are fortunate that they do not belong in that arena of sadness.
This is an eye opener for teachers, students, parents and everybody that wants to practice a defensive art for their protection. It is this that makes everyone wake up to what is happening. The human being is a Divine being and if the ego is not under control it can turn a good person into a demon. In the east, a teacher is revered as a Guru ( Divine sharer of Truth). These judges and referees are teachers, participating in something that they think is good. The whole intention of sport martial arts is to develop goodwill, but instead it is driving people away form goodness and into bad action if not evil. To kick or assault a teacher is the biggest sin. It is evil. Sadly, the Taekwondo and karate persons have no idea or even an inclination of what is the real purpose of the art. This art called the 108 movements developed into karate and Taekwondo started in India some 5000 years ago. I do hope that we start to think outside the box of temporary glory and do the art for its real purpose; self preservation(Physical), self discipline (mind) and self enlightenment(spirit). Kancho Deena Naidu Kancho Deena Naidu Head Teacher of Goshin Kan and Goshin Kai Student of Gogen Yamaguchi Sensei

Sunday, August 24, 2008

According to the morning news apparently a Taekwondo American chased and kicked a refree on the head. Sadly, this is the level what some martial arts sports have become.

Kancho

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Many humans see all that is good in ourselves, yet seem to recognise the faults in others. If we turn that around and focus on the good in others and recognise that which is negative in ourselves and work towards fixing it, the world will change for the better in leaps and bounds.

Kancho Deena Naidu

Saturday, August 02, 2008

Selfless service to humanity and love of nature makes us one with God.

Kancho Deena Naidu