The thought of training outside when it is raining and
cold, the idea of trying to slide barefoot on rough
ground and having to regularly work on maintaining
the condition of a garden probably are not the best
selling points for traditional Karate today. But before
the popularization of martial arts some 60 years ago
these were the day to day issues confronting those
who have come before us, including Goju-ryu
founder Sensei Chojun Miyagi.
Chojun Sensei did teach indoors on nice timber
floors at the Naha commercial High School and the
Naha Police academy, but a majority of his training
was