Originally Posted by Thai Bri

I trained Shukoka. On reflection, 95% was useless for the street. But it did teach me to hit hard, owing to the use of foam pads.

I have taken quite a few people out with a pre emptive Gyaku Tsuki in the gob.

In general most mainstream Karate is appalling in my view nowadays. It has been massively diluted by people who think large classes are a mark of success, rather than high quality training.