Challenged by a 3rd-Degree Female Blackbelt in Shotokan karate

LLM wrote:

Well, I instruct shotokan and have trained for over 35 years. I want to be at this "great battle" and when its over, I want to slap her on the head so hard it will send her reeling. I also want to know who is the instructor of this dummy is so I can kick him around also. This challenge is antithetical to what all styles of karate are about and I doubt that this challenge is actually real. I would bet that all the rest of the people who have responded to this haven't give one thought to the fact that it may very well be false and was put out here just so you would take it on as a topic of discussion. If you like challenges, I will take the both of you on simultaneously. What do you say?

And your last sentence isn't antithetical as well? You douche bag.

Also, combining moral lessons with karate instruction is an entirely american slant. Karate originated as a method of self defense, not as a code of conduct.

And the american form of defense is attack. (Afgahnistan and Iraq etc.)

come to my dojo twerp!

Bailey, we often train against multiple opponents like you would expect to find in a street fight. Your assumption of anything else makes you a twerp.

You just went off about how challenges are antithetical to karate's teachings, then you start throwing out challenges left and right. that makes you a douche bag.

Old thread, but since it mentions Shotokan:

Some Shotokan schools (Notably Shotokan Karate of America) require their black belts to resign from SKA and lose their status as a black belt if they agree to a duel.

I cannot imagine why this sandan would challenge someone to actually fight. As others have said, this is the antithesis of what Funakoshi taught. Whatever her rank, she does not belong teaching or even practicing karate and claiming the name Shotokan.

And why are we advising the other person in this thread how to best defeat her? It makes no sense to get into this personal beef. This is obviously some kind of domestic situation gone bad.

I would advise this guy to decline any invitation to fight. Follow the Japanese proverb: "Keep your fist hidden in your sleeve until someone comes looking for it."

I will give you that, no sarcasm--you respect your opponent and that's a big plus there.