Gichin Funakoshi advocated the spiritual aspects of Karate-do and placed much more emphasis in this than on the combat techniques. Moreover, he always practiced what he preached. We who strictly follow orthodox karate as a self defence art must do all we can within our grasp to asure that it is practiced in the correct way and that its spiritual side be comprehended as widely as possible. Karate is like philosophy. Everybody has his own opinion.
Nobody can say.
To polish means to face yourself straight, to recognize your weaknesses, to eliminate them, and courageously step forward. This action, experience, and practice is the only way we can improve and free ourselves of our mental blocks, so that someday we will really be able to express our strongest, most beautiful energy on the Earth. Then we can happily leave the Earth. I hope everybody feels this way. Tsutomu Ohshima Master Funakoshi felt that, rather than a great variety of kata, it is more important to take a limited number and practice them thoroughly and precisely.