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Originally posted by Lost Ronin
Well, I studied authentic Japanese Karate under Master Masaharu Sakimukai ( type "Chintokan Karate" in a search engine for more info) and I can tell you, Karate is a very powerful style. What I did was that I kept all the Karate moves that I found useful and direct and combined them with Western Boxing. Talk about really good hand strikes! If you want to study good karate I recommend Kyokushin or Shorin Ryu. Shorin Ryu is the style that I learned, Karate is a complete system, thing is, some of the teaching methods are out dated and some techniques have to be modified, but over all, it's a kick ass style. If you want to pick up some good viewing material, look for "Marco Lala's Fighting Secrets" tape series, he teaches a stand up style that draws from Kyokushin Karate, Western Boxing, Muay Thai and Vale Tudo. Hope this helps. By the way, your research is pretty good.
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Started out in Judo because my Dad is a teacher in that, then went over to Wado karate which is not so hard as Kyokushin but instead stresses not being hit and soft blocking and evasion of an attack, because of this my base is such that I can train anything without any problems
As long as the base is good, it is easy
If I'm training, I train that specific style, if for whatever reason I have to fight, it is combined
Point for initial poster, even though you learn to retract the oposing arm during basics, this is not the way it is done during sparring(maybe shotokan) nor do we leave our fist out there, the punching are is retracted as fast as possible
Difference in punching is that if you pull your punch trough the object you might knock someone of his socks but the fast retracted punch might break or do internal damage
one fight I was in I punched someone with a perfect reverse punch(gyaku tsuki) he was pushed 3 meters backwards
then I turned around and his famaly punched me in the through pulling way, I didn't move and 10 sec later I didbn't feel anything anymore, 3 weeks later my family spoke with the guy I punched and he still had pain from it
Also karate if correctly practiced will teach you to look for the best place to hit instead of just any place
turn your back to a karateka for a second and he will punch it
forget to protect the groin, auch