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Originally posted by goatnipples2002
I feel that karate is outdated because a reverse punch starts from the hip or waist region. That goes against the economy of motion thing.
You also said you found alot of moves that would be effective in a street fight. If your art is 100% effective in the streets then why dedicate your life to it?
I'm a street fighter. If you want some good advice practice muay thai, but lose the muay thai mentality, it will get you killed. What I mean in sport fighting you aim for the thigh in kicks, in the street aim for the knee. both will fold a mufaka, but the thigh kick is recoverable. If you break their knee their just done dealin.
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I never studied karate to be able to defend myself I studied it because I like MA, japanes in particular (my dad being a Judo teacher might have something to do with that)
MMost people in my country, thee Netherlands, aren't studying karate for selfdefence reasons but because we just like it
I'm no streetfighter, that doesn't mean that I haven't been in fights just that they are rare, traditional Martial Arts have given me a certain calmness of mind which only injustice can make me lose and when I do I don't use karate nor do I use Kickboxing or Judo or whatevr art, I use whatever fits the situation (darn that's Jeet Kune Do isn't it?)
as far as kicking the knee, we(Wado) have a sidekick to the knee and Savate(also a teacher in that art) has a kick where tthe foot is turned outwards and then kick the knee front the front slightly up