Anyway, what always disturbs me about so-called bare-knuckle-karate (normally meaning Kyukushinkai-Knock-Down Rules) is the theoretical possibillity of scoring points with no-contact punches to the face. I have never seen this actually happen. Probably because normally a body punch would come back full contact.
so they usually do not care much about covering the face rather than holding the arms to cover for roundhouse kicks.
For somebody, who is a really good high-kicker this may be a usefull way to spar or fight in tournaments. If not kick-boxing rules may make more sense. In my opinion sparring according to any kind of rules tends to develop some kind of bad habits that put you in danger in a fight.
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Sean J
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