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Why asking 'Can you take someone down?' misses the point of karate training

Why asking 'Can you take someone down?' misses the point of karate training

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Diana E Oehrli
Sep 12, 2024
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“Sensei, what do I tell people when they ask me whether I could defend myself if two men attacked me?” I asked my karate teacher the other day.

This question has always bothered me, not because I don…

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