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Introduction
Hello and welcome
to a brief tour of the website.
The site deals with topics from the martial arts
world. This involves issues concerning the entire scene as well as
a focus on specific associations and specific
clubs.
All names of persons, organisations, companies,
etc. are anonymized or fictitious. Any resemblance to actual names
from the past, present or future is purely
coincidental.
In the following we
introduce different subject categories and expand on some articles
which can be directly accessed by links.
The name of the website should
be understood as a placeholder for any martial art or fighting sport
from any country. This is also true for the employed technical
terms. So anybody can consider whether the described things are or
are not relevant for his
environment.
What's it all about
?
The website takes up
questions which are usually discussed behind closed doors or not at
all. Among them are things many people do not dare to even think
about.
Aspects considered
include nuisances in clubs and associations, misconduct of
instructors and examiners and executives and officials, as well
as inglorious reactions of those ultimately affected by all
this.
Throughout we
refrain from any kind of phoney political correctness. Hence one
has to reckon with questions and misunderstandings, some of
which are treated in the FAQ.
Martial arts are walking a fine
line between coddling and brutality, and one has to avoid to go
astray.
What's on the shelf
?
The website features
essays, specialized texts,
experience reports, analyses, comments and satire. For better clarity, the contributions are arranged
in categories, with
smooth transitions as regards style and
content.
Stylistic
devices
The stylistic devices range from
verbal slapstick to reading between
the
lines.
Although some contributions might
sport rather crude language and low comedy, the contents are
always inspired by real
events.
Some articles depict framework conditions, e.g.
the state of affairs in society, education, economy and media,
which are shaping attitude and behaviour of people, who then
carry undesirable tendencies into
training. Examples for this can be found
in the Budomenta, L'Eau de Do and Walk Through The
Park texts.
And then there are articles generating an
atmosphere of surreal lunacy, which describes best certain
things.
Categories
General
Disorders
Articles within
this first column give thought to everyday topics, such as
the personal training attitude in Reasons to Skip
Training and TINPOTEP. Aspects of belt examinations are
presented in Gradings. The role of
language and symbols for the increasing rate of self- and mass
deception is shown in The Name of the Game. A related subject
is the definition of Rank
Levels.
Some other low points so far are
treated in the Olympic
Overture.
The often raised question about the best fighting style
is addressed
in The Best Martial Art and Daniel
Ragebelt on The
Best.
The Antisensei
Virus
Next
the term antisensei (anti-master)
is introduced. Depending on context, it designates either
certain real persons or a general prototype for degenerate
behaviour.
One central element of martial arts
education is the awarding of ranks. Nowadays these are often
given away like freebies, sometimes garnished with flimsy
justifications, as is demonstrated in the Platform
Strategy. The long-term consequences for individuals and for the
entire training process are described in T-Shirt and
Coral
Reef.
Finally, prospective
Machiavellis might be interested in Assembling a
Patriarchy.
Nevertheless, some problems can be easily
solved, as set forth in Nemesis.
Feature
These days, many things
advertised as martial art do not live up to that claim.
The
established traditional terms and their connotations are often
misused for selling perverted, often meaningless, diluted or brutalized
contents.
Product Piracy portrays this as fraudulent labeling and trademark
infringement.
In real
life many problems occur time and again. Therefore the articles of
this website sometimes cover similar topics but differ in focus and
stylistic means. The Road
Test examines the
condition of a club through a car analogy.
Opus 77, Opus 88,
and Opus 99 - Blue Circle are reviews of
abstract paintings with embedded allusions to various other
subjects.
The
Auction shows that
give-away events for ranks are not limited to student
levels.
Breathing Technique 20XY depicts the loss
of pivotal skills and their substitution by window
dressing.
A martial art
adaptation of the fairy tale "Little Red Riding Hood"
is presented in Little Red Riding
Belt.
Our house special Fortune Cookies condense some issues into edifying
aphorisms.
Movie buffs might be interested in Opus
55-A and
Opus 55-B, which highlight aberrations of cinematic
craftsmanship, while aficionados of art exhibitions are invited to
the Budomenta
15.
TV
Guide
The TV Guide illustrates events from
the martial arts scene, based on current and classic TV shows and
movies, such as CSI, Star Trek,
Mission
Impossible
and King Kong.
In Belt Trek you
find a possible explanation why alien lifeforms refrain from
making contact with earth, and the Daniel
Ragebelt columns explain the
world.
Misc
Here those articles are stored which
cannot be clearly
categorized.
The Product
Information lists the
ingredients of the website, thereby once more clarifying its
concern.
Consumerism and decadence motivate the Budo
Fair.
The tendency to undermine martial
art by sport is manifested in dead ends such as The New Club.
An analogy between extremely
overvalued stock markets and the current situation at many belt
examinations is presented in Market
Crash.
Eventually, much of the martial arts
world will be destroyed or fall into oblivion, such as the critically
endangered Dan
Bear.
Games
and Riddles
These columns include the Antisensei-Bingo, which can be used to
detect busybodies and charlatans. The reality of mock belt
examinations is once more illustrated in Grading Cube.
Common technical terms are requested in the Crosswords.
Ads
This category promotes problem-specific products and
services, for example the Belt Shop, the
Kiai
Ringtone Shop and Grade
Watchers. Insurances against common
risks are advertised in Charlassecure
II.
The perfume store L'Eau de Do is devoted to the way of
colorful
fragrances.
Additional
Material
When writing articles, there
is frequently some text which in a sense belongs to the subject
matter but which will eventually be cut out. Among the possible
reasons for doing so are too much overlap and inappropriate style.
The sub-categories of Additional Material keep left
out parts of articles and also completely omitted articles. In some cases, there are alternative
versions of text parts or of whole
texts.
For questions, suggestions,
criticism, and threats please use the e-mail address info@karate-doctor.de .
Outlook
Upcoming topics are listed
under Outlook. However, sometimes texts will be
published without prior notice. Some articles are motivated by international events
paralleling the situation in the martial art world, for example the
above mentioned Market
Crash.
Several columns are still under
construction, which is
indicated by the
Work Area signs and
.
This completes our short tour.
Thank you and good
bye.
Until the next
time.
