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| Training in the original Shinseidokan, Perth, 1998 |
Simple is your time in the dojo, the two minute training session in the kitchen while you wait for the kettle to boil. Simple is the smile that comes to your face when your inadequacy comes to mind. Simple is an attitude.
Simple has value, simple has meaning, simple is, as my late sensei always advised me....about just doing it! Simplicity is discovering the principle behind the movement, the mechanism by which many physical options become available. Simplicity gives you time to react.
What many are doing in the name of karate is anything but simple. It's complicated by an ever changing syllabus and ridged organizational structures. It's cluttered with chief instructors and other lesser gods. It's plagued by in-fighting and envy. It's degraded by the pursuit of rank and a desire for celebrity.
Simplicity isn't easy, so the majority of karateka live without it.