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Originally posted by StraightBlaster
Have any of you seen what karate is like in japan? Full contact, no pads at all(cup/mouth piece only). No punches to the head, only to the body. Kicks and knees anywhere. Clinching and throwing is allowed.
Sure, its not perfect, but its actually pretty good. Alltho karate in america is of course a sad thing indeed...
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That is not only in Japan that they do it that way - that kind of karate competition and sparring went around the world with Kyukushinkai-Karate more than 25 years ago. I have trained a lot with guys who kame from Kyukushinkai and who had done a lot of that kind of sparring. They wer not any worse or any better than most.