Are there any karate styles that teach a high guard with the hands?

Everytime I see Karate the students have low hands. Is there any style that teaches more of a kickboxing or boxing style position?|||Shorinji kempo and Shito-ryu tend to have high hand positioning as does the more traditional kyokushin-kai stylist. However, most karate fighters will adopt their own fighting stance based on their own build and favoured attacking style.|||Karate was never designed for sport .If you get attacked by surprise or sucker punched in the street you are not going to be in a stance and you are not going to have your hands up.


Karate kata is full of %26quot;flinch%26quot; moves to counter such attacks .What you do after the %26quot;flinch%26quot; is up to you and your skill.





When sport and commercialism was introduced into karate this hands low approach which doesn%26#039;t work when squared off with someone still lingers.|||Yes most arts do in the beginning, I require it from my students. TKD is the biggest offender in my opinion. Have you ever seen a TKD (youtube it) sparring match where they had their hands up the whole time? Obviously, they haven%26#039;t been kicked in the face a few times. I%26#039;ma traditional TKD instructor and I%26#039;m very strict about keeping your hands up on guard close to your chin, like a boxer would.|||Goju-ryu,and Shorei=ruy,are mostly hand fighting with a few kicks that actually work not just look pretty|||All or most styles teach at the normal fighting position, its at the fighters consent where they want their hands.|||All of them do, it%26#039;s only until they get hit in the face that they relalize the importance of keeping your hands up. That goes with all styles and martial arts.