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Originally Posted by eXcessiveForce
Not sure about Officer and a gentleman, but Kata is not an effecient way to train for a street fight.
I've used TKD on the Street as have several of my students to good effect.
One student took on a knife wielding opponent and was able to disable him and leave without being cut (a great victory agianst a knife)
I've seen a few people get stomped too.
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i have to disagree, my school only spars once a month, and ive never got anythng lower than a 2nd place metal at ANY tournament, and all we do is kata. kata is effective if you train in it in a way that makes the moves you practise efficent. lets not forget about martial arts that are built along the idea of kata, like judo, dr. jigoro kano made kata the main focus of judo. and we all know how well that went.