Page 55 - Martial Science Magazine Dec/2015 #12

CM: SO, HOW HAS BOXING
FOR SO LONG AFFECTED YOU
CONCEPTION OR PRACTICE OF
TRADITIONAL KARATE?

MC: Well, I have to say that it’s not only
boxing. Also Judo and Jiu Jistsu have
affected me as well. With boxing, one
of the most important affects has to do
with hitting. In boxing, you are basically
hitting things - a bag, practice pads, a
training partner - all the time. A lot of
that time, you are hitting as hard as you
can. The affect this has on your physical
development, the linkages of muscle and
nerves and between muscle groups, from
your feet, all the way to the hand that
strikes the target, is very different from
traditional karate practice. Even with
the makiwara, and hojo undo equipment,
there is a kind of interaction throughout
your body, that I don’t see how you can
develop any other way.

Also, with boxing, both you and your
opponent are trying your best to hit each
other as hard as you can. You just don’t
do this in karate. This is a very, very
different kind of experience and unless
you’ve been in there, really going at it
with someone who doesn’t like you and
wants to take your head off, you don’t Even with the,
know what it feels like or how to handle and hojo undo equipment,
it, either physically or emotionally. there is a kind of interaction

With Judo and Jiu Jitsu, you get that throughout your body,
body to body interaction, your muscles that I don’t see how you can
working, gripping, pulling pushing, develop any other way.
twisting, getting your body turned and
ripped and torqued, day after day, and
in matches.