Why is it a central dogma to Karate that it only be used in real confrontations ?
Shigeru Egami , Chief Instructor of Shotokan Dojo , opined " that the majority of followers of karate in overseas countries pursue karate only for its fighting techniques ... Movies and television ... depict karate as a mysterious way of fighting capable of causing death or injury with a single blow ... the mass media present a pseudo art far from the real thing . "