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Post by Chizikunbo on Sept 11, 2004 20:21:05 GMT
Hello Last time I checked Shotokan was a japnese art, so why do you have the okinawan flag as the on offs on the left hand side boxes in the main page? Perhaps this would be more appropriate www.karatedojo.com/crest/graphics/shotokantiger01.gifjust a suggesiton I know that that symbol is used in shotokan sometimes but should not be  ' --JOsh ryukyukempo@gmail.com |
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Post by RDKI on Sept 11, 2004 23:00:18 GMT
Sir,
I don't know who you are. However, I am ranked Yondan in Ryukyu Kempo, being recently promoted by Masters Evan Pantazi and Jim Corn. I am a contributor to this site which, while the main focus is on Shotokan, is not SOLELY about Shotokan.please look at the whole site before making unfounded criticisms - indeed this forum has a Ryukyu Kempo & other arts section - TAKE THE HINT! For your information - there is no "Okinawan Flag" - This is the old seal of the Ryukyu Kings - however this design was also the mon for various Japanese Samurai families for centures on mainland Japan and thereforehad every right to be used here.
In any case the Ryuyu Islands have for many years now been a prefecture of Japan in the same way that Wales is a part of the UK (no matter how grudgingly!)
To finish off - WHO CARES??
Please do notn be so petty, it is easy to perpetuate all that is wrong wth karate in such a manner.
Respectfully
Martyn Harris
4th Dan Ryukyu Kempo
Kyusho International
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Post by Karate Resource on Sept 12, 2004 0:03:56 GMT
Hello Last time I checked Shotokan was a japnese art, so why do you have the okinawan flag as the on offs on the left hand side boxes in the main page? Perhaps this would be more appropriate www.karatedojo.com/crest/graphics/shotokantiger01.gifjust a suggesiton I know that that symbol is used in shotokan sometimes but should not be ' --JOsh ryukyukempo@gmail.com Hi. Thanks for your input. I have used the inyo and the yin yang as icons on this site as both symbols are instantly recognisable as Eastern Symbols, and often related to the martial arts. In fact famous Japanese organisations such as the JKA have used the inyo for many years and most karateka could identify the inyo with Japanese Karate. I am also aware the yin yang is traditionally a Chinese symbol but felt a bit of artistic licence was called for in the pursuit of a harmonious web site. I agree that the Shotokan Tiger is distinctively a Shotokan symbol but as I am very busy with the site and several other pursuits I do not have the time to draw up my own version of something as complex as the tiger; and obviously taking it from other sites would be copyright theft, and not something I would promote. In addition to this as Martyn Harris Sensei has already iterated this site has become much more than a plain Shotokan site. I would hope that people here could broaden their horizons and look unto other styles and people to strengthen their Martial Arts and realise that we are not the isolated communities that some would have us believe. So thank you for your comment, but for the moment I wold much prefer to keep the recognizable and broad symbols of inyo and yin yang, and promote a friendly site for anyone interested in the Martial Arts. Karate Resource Team. |
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Post by AngelaG on Sept 12, 2004 0:07:31 GMT
Could I also suggest that you check which forum would be best suited to your post before you publish. This post would have been much better suited to the suggestions part of the forum, rather than the 'People who want to Start Martial Arts' Forum.
Many thanks
Angela
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Post by searcher2 on Sept 13, 2004 13:03:53 GMT
Okinawan flag? What Okinawan flag?
The Inyo symbol so often mistakenly referred to as The Rising Sun is the philosophical twin of the Chinese Yin-yang symbol.
...and some people think the tiger symbol would be more appropriate: the tiger symbol was created for the cover of master Funakoshi's book. The book bore the sub-title "tora-no-maki" meaning "master text", yet the word "tora" is a phononym for the word for "tiger" (tora - as Enoeda sensei was known), so perhaps the tiger symbol is a little pun!?!
Incidentally, the Shotokan style of Karate is generally attributed to a little gentleman by the name of Funakoshi Gichin, who was, by birth, Okinawan...
John
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Post by dickclark on Oct 7, 2005 15:03:34 GMT
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Post by subzero72 on Nov 25, 2005 22:21:03 GMT
Hello Last time I checked Shotokan was a japnese art, so why do you have the okinawan flag as the on offs on the left hand side boxes in the main page? Perhaps this would be more appropriate www.karatedojo.com/crest/graphics/shotokantiger01.gifjust a suggesiton I know that that symbol is used in shotokan sometimes but should not be ' --JOsh I like the flag and I do study shotokan karate it is a japnese art |
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