I am in taekwondo and just wondering what the difference is.|||TKD uses many aerial kicking techniques as compared to Karate which dos not emphasize kicking techniques as much although it does have many.|||Ok, I shall give it a whirl. I am certain someone else is going to come in and give a better answer, I hope.
Firstly, there are many forms of Karate. That is a general umbrella term that incorporates a number of styles.
I trained briefly in Shotokan Karate and it was 50/50 hand and foot techniques. I have a First Dan in Tae Kwon Do (not my first or main art) and it was 30/70 hands versus foot techniques. Tae Kwon Do emphasized jumping techniques more than Shotokan. The origins of Tae Kwon Do (Hwarang Do? I fear my memory is not good) were developed to take armed soldiers off of horses in Korea so these high kicks and jumping techniques had much purpose. I cannot tell you of the development of Shotokan because I was not in it long.
Both are %26quot;hard%26quot; arts. The techniques were similar but not exactly the same. I would have to be face to face to demonstrate the differences.
I can only answer for Shotokan because I have not practiced any other Karate style.
Karate is Japanese and/or Okinawan, Tae Kwon Do is Korean.|||Not much really, especially since TKD was influenced by the Japanese during the late 40%26#039;s and 50%26#039;s when Japan occupied Korea. and as Japan%26#039;s military advanced further South, the more that the techniques of Karate crept into TKD to influence it more and more.
If you were to look at the techniques and forms of TKD and the katas of Karate, there%26#039;s only small, subtle differences.
but this is true for Most ANY Martial Art, except for the fact that the techniques have been tweaked or modified by the different founders of the disciplines.|||taekwondo is a koren style, so I would think no difference...|||Tae Kwon Do is Korean %26amp; uses mostly foot techniques.
Karate can be either
Japanese, which is about 50-50 hand %26amp; foot or
Okinawan which uses mostly hand techniques.|||it depends on the ryu%26#039;s there r a few (aucually more than a few) types of karate so it could be higher stances.. rounder blocks... broader coriculum...|||Taekwondo and karate have a lot of similarities in that they are both hard arts. Yes, tkd has more of an emphasis on kicks and karate on hand techniques, but they are still both hard arts that require physical endurance and physical fitness. The biggest difference between the 2 arts comes in the later belt levels where karate really starts to focus on internalness and relaxation of the art whereas tkd stays hard forever.|||Tkd emphasises kicks, since Koreans are taller
And Karate emphasises on Punches, since japanese are shorter|||karate will actually help you in a real situation tkd wont.tkd is a semi sports system designed to make money for bogus instructors to teach anyone from 1 to 100.karates real tkd is fake.
karate is from OKINOWA!DUH!NOT JAPAN!DUH!
tkd is from korea.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Monday, November 16, 2009
How does the points scoring work in karate tournaments?
I know you get half points and full points but how are they awarded?|||This depends on the organisation the competition is organised by, but usually it is:
Kick to the body - 1point
Kick to the head - 2points
Punch to the head - 1point
Punch to the body - 1point
Jump kick to the head - 3points
Jump kick to the body - 2points
Hope this helps|||Also point%26#039;s might not be awarded if the judge or judges don%26#039;t think the technique is well executed.|||by throwing or punching and kicking the target|||it depends on what type of karate and what kind of tournament. i have a tournament tomorrow for all types of karate and the point go like this:
kick to body-1point
kick to head-2points
punch to head-1point
punch to body-1point
First one to 5 points wins. also you must hit the target with at least medium power and good execution or it does not count. Hope this helps. Remember it not the same for all types.
Kick to the body - 1point
Kick to the head - 2points
Punch to the head - 1point
Punch to the body - 1point
Jump kick to the head - 3points
Jump kick to the body - 2points
Hope this helps|||Also point%26#039;s might not be awarded if the judge or judges don%26#039;t think the technique is well executed.|||by throwing or punching and kicking the target|||it depends on what type of karate and what kind of tournament. i have a tournament tomorrow for all types of karate and the point go like this:
kick to body-1point
kick to head-2points
punch to head-1point
punch to body-1point
First one to 5 points wins. also you must hit the target with at least medium power and good execution or it does not count. Hope this helps. Remember it not the same for all types.
What is the difference between TaeKwanDo and Karate?
Can you explain the difference in these two martial arts? Include philosophy, physicality, contact etc鈥?br>
Also, which would you recommend for a beginner?|||TaeKwon Do actually is karate (shotokan), imported to Korea. Your instructor will tell you of the 1000%26#039;s of years of history of TKD in Koera, but it%26#039;s a myth (for marketing).
However, there are tremendous differences.
TKD tends to focus on point-sparring, and also focuses on kicks and flexibility. It can be adapted to be a strong contact system (some very good MMA fighters - like Kimo - hasve TKD backgrounds), but the schools will focus on point, soft spaarring, and flexibility.
Karate is a broad term. Shotokan and Kyokushin emphasise power in kicks and punches (the %26quot;one punch - one kill%26quot; philosophy). Gojuryu uses chi more than the other styles.
For a beginner? Shotokan karate. Most forms of karate (and TKD) came from it, so you should start with it.|||1) Tae Kwon Do is Korean %26amp; Karate is either Japanese or Okinawan.
2) Tae Kwon Do emphasizes foot techniques. Okinawan Karate emphasizes mostly hand techniques. Japanese Karate is in between.
3) Philosophically, Japanese start with offensive moves, Korean start with defensive moves.
As for contact, there are non contact, light contact %26amp; full contact schools in all styles.
Everyone starts as a beginner. Find a good school in your area %26amp; that%26#039;s the style you should choose.|||Neither are completely monolithic but I have done both so I will tell you...
TKD is the one that is relatively unified and it emphasizes the kicking range and sport competition. Unfortunately, the kicking range is very difficult to use effectively so it doesn%26#039;t get too much street cred. In TKD you can expect to be doing a lot of kicking and jumping compared to karate.
Karate has so many variations! I do shito-ryu and it takes a long time to learn all the forms. There%26#039;s about 50 of them. Karate styles generally favor the KO and throws (and THEN KO) over submissions (like jujutsu, another style i%26#039;m in) and is pretty much evenly split between hand, foot, elbow, knee, and even headbutts. Not too much multiple kicks like TKD. Kyokushinkai karate emphasizes building fighting spirit....through full contact fighting though, not meditiation or chi or anything like that.
There is also daidojuku which takes the full-contact idea to a whole new level by adding helmet, headbutts, elbows, knees, clinch, takedowns and submissions to competition.|||TKD is 70% kicks and only a 30% of it involves punching or striking w/ the hands. Karate is mainly about punching or using your hands to strike or block,I%26#039;m not saying that karate does not involve kicking because it does, but there%26#039;re more kicks in tkd that in karate.
There 2 types of tkd:the Olympic style(which is full-contact) and the traditional which is semi-contact.
Some karate schools point-spar and others go full contact.(From my perspective those schools that practice point-sparring are not very good,unless they teach some kind of realistic self defense).
If you are a beginner it doesn%26#039;t matter whether you choose karate or tkd. Make sure that u train in a school in which you feel comfortable with the contact level(full,semi or light contact) when it comes to sparring.|||TKD might be harder to learn first because of its emphasis on kicks - they can be pretty fancy and seem more unnatural than learning to punch. Throwing successive kicks rather than punches is more physically exhausting.
In terms of self defence, both those matial arts pale in comparison to Ju-jitsu or kick boxing.|||Take Kwon Do is from Korea. Karate is from Japan. Take Kwon do is a point fighting system with speedy kicks, Karate has many different systems, and depend on the system, each fighting style is different. Some allow sweep, some do not. Some allows contact some do not. Then, there are some joker who starts their own style calling karate or Tae Kwon do to run their business like a fast food chain. I would look into the traditional properly affiliated art from country of its origin, and go to their branch.|||Those who study Korean arts believe that the legs and feet are the most effective weapons of the body. The focus mainly on kicks, generally high kicks with from what I%26#039;ve observed, few hand techniques.
Karate on the other hand, while we kick, they%26#039;re usually not head high-at least, not on the street. Personally, I won%26#039;t kick any higher than waist level. We focus mainly on hand techniques, but I don%26#039;t necessarily believe the hands are a superior weapon to the feet.
I%26#039;m also not saying karate is a superior art to Korean arts. In my opinion, there is no %26quot;best%26quot; martial art. It depends on your body type and preferences, as well as what you want to accomplish. I personally prefer Okinawan karate-do.
Also, which would you recommend for a beginner?|||TaeKwon Do actually is karate (shotokan), imported to Korea. Your instructor will tell you of the 1000%26#039;s of years of history of TKD in Koera, but it%26#039;s a myth (for marketing).
However, there are tremendous differences.
TKD tends to focus on point-sparring, and also focuses on kicks and flexibility. It can be adapted to be a strong contact system (some very good MMA fighters - like Kimo - hasve TKD backgrounds), but the schools will focus on point, soft spaarring, and flexibility.
Karate is a broad term. Shotokan and Kyokushin emphasise power in kicks and punches (the %26quot;one punch - one kill%26quot; philosophy). Gojuryu uses chi more than the other styles.
For a beginner? Shotokan karate. Most forms of karate (and TKD) came from it, so you should start with it.|||1) Tae Kwon Do is Korean %26amp; Karate is either Japanese or Okinawan.
2) Tae Kwon Do emphasizes foot techniques. Okinawan Karate emphasizes mostly hand techniques. Japanese Karate is in between.
3) Philosophically, Japanese start with offensive moves, Korean start with defensive moves.
As for contact, there are non contact, light contact %26amp; full contact schools in all styles.
Everyone starts as a beginner. Find a good school in your area %26amp; that%26#039;s the style you should choose.|||Neither are completely monolithic but I have done both so I will tell you...
TKD is the one that is relatively unified and it emphasizes the kicking range and sport competition. Unfortunately, the kicking range is very difficult to use effectively so it doesn%26#039;t get too much street cred. In TKD you can expect to be doing a lot of kicking and jumping compared to karate.
Karate has so many variations! I do shito-ryu and it takes a long time to learn all the forms. There%26#039;s about 50 of them. Karate styles generally favor the KO and throws (and THEN KO) over submissions (like jujutsu, another style i%26#039;m in) and is pretty much evenly split between hand, foot, elbow, knee, and even headbutts. Not too much multiple kicks like TKD. Kyokushinkai karate emphasizes building fighting spirit....through full contact fighting though, not meditiation or chi or anything like that.
There is also daidojuku which takes the full-contact idea to a whole new level by adding helmet, headbutts, elbows, knees, clinch, takedowns and submissions to competition.|||TKD is 70% kicks and only a 30% of it involves punching or striking w/ the hands. Karate is mainly about punching or using your hands to strike or block,I%26#039;m not saying that karate does not involve kicking because it does, but there%26#039;re more kicks in tkd that in karate.
There 2 types of tkd:the Olympic style(which is full-contact) and the traditional which is semi-contact.
Some karate schools point-spar and others go full contact.(From my perspective those schools that practice point-sparring are not very good,unless they teach some kind of realistic self defense).
If you are a beginner it doesn%26#039;t matter whether you choose karate or tkd. Make sure that u train in a school in which you feel comfortable with the contact level(full,semi or light contact) when it comes to sparring.|||TKD might be harder to learn first because of its emphasis on kicks - they can be pretty fancy and seem more unnatural than learning to punch. Throwing successive kicks rather than punches is more physically exhausting.
In terms of self defence, both those matial arts pale in comparison to Ju-jitsu or kick boxing.|||Take Kwon Do is from Korea. Karate is from Japan. Take Kwon do is a point fighting system with speedy kicks, Karate has many different systems, and depend on the system, each fighting style is different. Some allow sweep, some do not. Some allows contact some do not. Then, there are some joker who starts their own style calling karate or Tae Kwon do to run their business like a fast food chain. I would look into the traditional properly affiliated art from country of its origin, and go to their branch.|||Those who study Korean arts believe that the legs and feet are the most effective weapons of the body. The focus mainly on kicks, generally high kicks with from what I%26#039;ve observed, few hand techniques.
Karate on the other hand, while we kick, they%26#039;re usually not head high-at least, not on the street. Personally, I won%26#039;t kick any higher than waist level. We focus mainly on hand techniques, but I don%26#039;t necessarily believe the hands are a superior weapon to the feet.
I%26#039;m also not saying karate is a superior art to Korean arts. In my opinion, there is no %26quot;best%26quot; martial art. It depends on your body type and preferences, as well as what you want to accomplish. I personally prefer Okinawan karate-do.
Did anyone else notice the similarities between never back down and the Karate Kid?
When I saw never back down a while ago i thought it was a good movie and then I saw karate kid just recently and remembered that pretty much the whole story line was the karate kid just different martial arts. These guys fight over a girl, and end it in a %26quot;tournament%26quot; Are there any other similar movies this way? if they are what happened to originality.|||lol, i never thought about that but its true. i guess its just the time honored tradition of alls fair in love and war.
Is it all right for pregnant women to do karate?
My cousin is pregnant and she does karate, will this affect the baby?|||Karate is probably a really bad idea while you%26#039;re pregnant. She shouldn%26#039;t spar AT ALL. If she%26#039;s only doing %26quot;forms%26quot;, and no punching or kicking, she should be ok for a while. But, if it were me, I%26#039;d probably stop.
You are smart to be worried about her!|||well if shes actually going to a place and doing it the trainer becomes responsible for her and if anything happends to her he can get suied so I cant see them allowing it? But Its very good for pregnant women to be active I just wouldnt do karate because theres so much combate, rolls, jumping, things that she could fall and get hurt and hurt the baby.|||I have seen pregnant Momma%26#039;s in my Martial Arts classes before and they have done fine, but I was high risk so I was unable plus I couldn%26#039;t leave the house because of all day sickness- bahk at morning sickness-haha.
As long as her OB clears it then don%26#039;t worry.|||depends on the style. if it%26#039;s full contact, GET HER OUT OF SPARRING!!! if it%26#039;s light contact w/ gloves, maybe. she can still do drills and kata, but full kumite is a BIG NO-NO!!!|||No, if the doctor says it is okay, but the baby will come out and be a ninja so watch out.|||It should be alright as long as she%26#039;s not sparing or anything like that.|||As long as doc says it%26#039;s fine, she should be alright.|||no
anything could happen it is dangerous
You are smart to be worried about her!|||well if shes actually going to a place and doing it the trainer becomes responsible for her and if anything happends to her he can get suied so I cant see them allowing it? But Its very good for pregnant women to be active I just wouldnt do karate because theres so much combate, rolls, jumping, things that she could fall and get hurt and hurt the baby.|||I have seen pregnant Momma%26#039;s in my Martial Arts classes before and they have done fine, but I was high risk so I was unable plus I couldn%26#039;t leave the house because of all day sickness- bahk at morning sickness-haha.
As long as her OB clears it then don%26#039;t worry.|||depends on the style. if it%26#039;s full contact, GET HER OUT OF SPARRING!!! if it%26#039;s light contact w/ gloves, maybe. she can still do drills and kata, but full kumite is a BIG NO-NO!!!|||No, if the doctor says it is okay, but the baby will come out and be a ninja so watch out.|||It should be alright as long as she%26#039;s not sparing or anything like that.|||As long as doc says it%26#039;s fine, she should be alright.|||no
anything could happen it is dangerous
How to defend against TKD or Karate fighter?
I do Muay Thai, for about a couple months, and I almost got into a fight with a Taekwondo guy, and possible even a black belt in Karate. Would%26#039;ve been an ugly fight for both of us.
What are good counters against a TKD fighter or Karate fighter that I should know about if this ever does happen. I want to know a good defense and offense against these fancier types of martial arts, since my hands can%26#039;t outmatch a black belt and my kicks cant outmatch a TKD|||You will have to clinch him if the fight is unavoidable, and when you do clinch him, work fast, because believe it or not, Karate has a lot of painful jointlocks you DO NOT want to be in in an actual fight. You will have to block any strikes using your Muay Thai, and when you can get close, your best chance is to clinch, and hope he%26#039;s a tournament Karate fighter.
Against someone trained in Okinawan Karate, the traditional style whose emphasis is serious street fights, you stand no chance. They are trained to polish their techniques, and if necessary %26quot;fight dirty.%26quot; Not only that, because Okinawan %26quot;tests of strength,%26quot; although not frequent, are bare fisted, and either strikes or joint locks are allowed if it will %26quot;win%26quot; the match by proving superior skill and a stronger work ethic, that means that such an %26quot;ancient school%26quot; trained Karateka or TKD guy even, will really ruin your day.
However modern tournament Karate only allows strikes, and even then they are told to pull their punches. A few throws and trips are allowed in some tournaments but ultimately, its only the %26quot;safe%26quot; ones. See, an %26quot;ancient school%26quot; trained Karateka, will make full use of all the dangerous tactics, all the dangerous locks. The library of %26quot;stand up%26quot; grappling moves in Karate, believe it or not, is actually pretty extensive, so extensive that Gichin Funakoshi had to simplify it. In Shotokan Karate, you learn roughly half of what they originally taught in Okinawa, all across the board, including the grappling moves. See though, that is the reason you can%26#039;t learn Karate from a book; sure, punches, kicks, and blocks, and even Kata, and you may even do them perfectly, however to learn how to grapple, you need a partner. There is no escaping that.
So anyway; tournament Karateka operate only about, maybe, 60% of Karate%26#039;s striking arsenal, and probably only 10% of its grappling arsenal. Because of this 60% 10% limit placed on tourney Karateka, because they do not fight at near 100% like fighters in Thailand, or even MMA guys, and of course the Gracies, when they fight those people they always get embarassed. %26quot;Owned%26quot; if you will, although frankly %26quot;owned%26quot; I think is the most retarded slang ever devised but okay. Well, %26quot;owned%26quot; and %26quot;rad.%26quot;
If they are a tournament Karateka or TKD, odds are they are used to fighting a pugilistic (striking) fight, and he is not prepared, nor well trained for, a clinch. See, a traditionally trained Karateka, emphasizing %26quot;street fights,%26quot; has an armament of joint locks and throws they can use in a clinch. However, a tournament Karateka does not, however DON%26#039;T RISK IT. Don%26#039;t test it, so if you do clinch him, work quickly, get to work quickly.
Muay Thai%26#039;s main weakness is that it uses way too many power moves for its own good, so do not go into a striking match against that guy. You miss, you%26#039;re screwed. It is best, if you work from the clinch.
Now this is assuming you can%26#039;t talk things out, you can%26#039;t get a third party to settle things, and you have no choice. If you don%26#039;t have to fight, if it isn%26#039;t a bully threatening your peace of mind while you go to school, or even your health, or if it isn%26#039;t a thug then damn man, you don%26#039;t need to do it. There are instances when a dude has a legitimate right to whup someone%26#039;s @ss, there is no denying that.
Also, I offer this wisdom; tied in a knot, even a fancy move is worthless. Clinch the bully, and get to work on him, if you don%26#039;t have a choice, but work fast, don%26#039;t even give him time to breathe.
good luck, and try to avoid it if you can.|||Well, what martial arts you do can%26#039;t really tell who can hit harder, who%26#039;s faster, has better eyes, can think more, or is more technical. But knowing something about the style really does help. The biggest advantage you have against those two styles might be clinching, but a lot of Karate fighters nowadays in tournaments like K-1 seems to use clinching and knee strikes so using elbows might be good too. TKD requires distance so closing in with those Muay Thai moves would be preferable, and never back up when they start kicking because you%26#039;re only giving them more advantage. Depending on the style of Karate, some likes to fight in a very close range, and some prefers long range(Karate has more than one style so same logics doesn%26#039;t always apply). Some newer Karate styles are mixing some MMA, and some teaches how to defend and fight against grapplers.|||practice your style for a few more decades. you haven%26#039;t even began to train yet.
and if the guy was really a black belt you would have to worry unless you went after him a true black belt in karate would not start a fight, but he will finish it if he is any good
once you have your style down, study karate a tkd for a little while the best way to defeat your opponent is to know your opponent.
Edit%26gt; mortimer, few dozen kicks to the leg does not work on all karateka. and if you ever fight in japan you would know this. there are quite a lot of us it does not effect. but there are those who will also instantly fold from a strike to the leg, but not all.|||Quite honestly i am not doubting your word, cause in all probability the person probably told you that he was a black belt or whatever, however I agree with Shihan on this one, if he is a true Black Belt from a good school you would not have to worry unless you attacked him.
TKD and Traditional karate people are taught from the start that what they are learning is for self defnse only, never street fighting. Muay Thai is an excellent style, and I hope you stick with it, and maybe even try TKD or karate some day. Many people do nto realize that watching a good Okinawan karate-ka fight is very similiar to watching a Muay thai fighter.
I applaud you for not fighting, and really doubt if the person was a black belt.|||think about how you would defend agains mauy thai. if you can defend agains someone who has been trainign for as long as the black belt has been training then it shouldnt be a problem. but you should just try avoid the fight. remember most martial arts have very similar basics sure they might do it slightly different but its still almost the same.|||Just keep in mind that many people who train in traditional karate will also be well versed in other traditional Japanese arts such as Aikido and Judo, and will also have at least some knowledge of pressure points. |||oh come on if you do muay thai you will wrech the karate guy just kick him in the leg a few times and elbow him in the face, all he will be thinking about is his kats|||I suggest you make friends with them and train together. You can all learn from each other and it%26#039;s great to spar against different styles.
Against either style, you have to close the distance. I would suggest a takedown as well, but only if you know what to do on the ground.
Also, if you can catch a leg and knock down, or kick out the supporting leg, you can get some take downs that way as well.
I am a TKD guy. I would not fight unless I was competing, training, or defending myself or someone else.
What works best against me is to get in close to me where I can%26#039;t use my kicks as well.
In taking MMA recently, and sparring %26quot;mma style%26quot;, I have found out how much I really depend on my kicks. It%26#039;s usually very effective, until I get taken down. It%26#039;s really helping me to discover my own weaknesses and the weaknesses of my style, and then to learn techniques to shore up those weaknesses.
Good luck, and good job not fighting for pride and ego. You should remind the black belt of that if you have another confrontation.
James
What are good counters against a TKD fighter or Karate fighter that I should know about if this ever does happen. I want to know a good defense and offense against these fancier types of martial arts, since my hands can%26#039;t outmatch a black belt and my kicks cant outmatch a TKD|||You will have to clinch him if the fight is unavoidable, and when you do clinch him, work fast, because believe it or not, Karate has a lot of painful jointlocks you DO NOT want to be in in an actual fight. You will have to block any strikes using your Muay Thai, and when you can get close, your best chance is to clinch, and hope he%26#039;s a tournament Karate fighter.
Against someone trained in Okinawan Karate, the traditional style whose emphasis is serious street fights, you stand no chance. They are trained to polish their techniques, and if necessary %26quot;fight dirty.%26quot; Not only that, because Okinawan %26quot;tests of strength,%26quot; although not frequent, are bare fisted, and either strikes or joint locks are allowed if it will %26quot;win%26quot; the match by proving superior skill and a stronger work ethic, that means that such an %26quot;ancient school%26quot; trained Karateka or TKD guy even, will really ruin your day.
However modern tournament Karate only allows strikes, and even then they are told to pull their punches. A few throws and trips are allowed in some tournaments but ultimately, its only the %26quot;safe%26quot; ones. See, an %26quot;ancient school%26quot; trained Karateka, will make full use of all the dangerous tactics, all the dangerous locks. The library of %26quot;stand up%26quot; grappling moves in Karate, believe it or not, is actually pretty extensive, so extensive that Gichin Funakoshi had to simplify it. In Shotokan Karate, you learn roughly half of what they originally taught in Okinawa, all across the board, including the grappling moves. See though, that is the reason you can%26#039;t learn Karate from a book; sure, punches, kicks, and blocks, and even Kata, and you may even do them perfectly, however to learn how to grapple, you need a partner. There is no escaping that.
So anyway; tournament Karateka operate only about, maybe, 60% of Karate%26#039;s striking arsenal, and probably only 10% of its grappling arsenal. Because of this 60% 10% limit placed on tourney Karateka, because they do not fight at near 100% like fighters in Thailand, or even MMA guys, and of course the Gracies, when they fight those people they always get embarassed. %26quot;Owned%26quot; if you will, although frankly %26quot;owned%26quot; I think is the most retarded slang ever devised but okay. Well, %26quot;owned%26quot; and %26quot;rad.%26quot;
If they are a tournament Karateka or TKD, odds are they are used to fighting a pugilistic (striking) fight, and he is not prepared, nor well trained for, a clinch. See, a traditionally trained Karateka, emphasizing %26quot;street fights,%26quot; has an armament of joint locks and throws they can use in a clinch. However, a tournament Karateka does not, however DON%26#039;T RISK IT. Don%26#039;t test it, so if you do clinch him, work quickly, get to work quickly.
Muay Thai%26#039;s main weakness is that it uses way too many power moves for its own good, so do not go into a striking match against that guy. You miss, you%26#039;re screwed. It is best, if you work from the clinch.
Now this is assuming you can%26#039;t talk things out, you can%26#039;t get a third party to settle things, and you have no choice. If you don%26#039;t have to fight, if it isn%26#039;t a bully threatening your peace of mind while you go to school, or even your health, or if it isn%26#039;t a thug then damn man, you don%26#039;t need to do it. There are instances when a dude has a legitimate right to whup someone%26#039;s @ss, there is no denying that.
Also, I offer this wisdom; tied in a knot, even a fancy move is worthless. Clinch the bully, and get to work on him, if you don%26#039;t have a choice, but work fast, don%26#039;t even give him time to breathe.
good luck, and try to avoid it if you can.|||Well, what martial arts you do can%26#039;t really tell who can hit harder, who%26#039;s faster, has better eyes, can think more, or is more technical. But knowing something about the style really does help. The biggest advantage you have against those two styles might be clinching, but a lot of Karate fighters nowadays in tournaments like K-1 seems to use clinching and knee strikes so using elbows might be good too. TKD requires distance so closing in with those Muay Thai moves would be preferable, and never back up when they start kicking because you%26#039;re only giving them more advantage. Depending on the style of Karate, some likes to fight in a very close range, and some prefers long range(Karate has more than one style so same logics doesn%26#039;t always apply). Some newer Karate styles are mixing some MMA, and some teaches how to defend and fight against grapplers.|||practice your style for a few more decades. you haven%26#039;t even began to train yet.
and if the guy was really a black belt you would have to worry unless you went after him a true black belt in karate would not start a fight, but he will finish it if he is any good
once you have your style down, study karate a tkd for a little while the best way to defeat your opponent is to know your opponent.
Edit%26gt; mortimer, few dozen kicks to the leg does not work on all karateka. and if you ever fight in japan you would know this. there are quite a lot of us it does not effect. but there are those who will also instantly fold from a strike to the leg, but not all.|||Quite honestly i am not doubting your word, cause in all probability the person probably told you that he was a black belt or whatever, however I agree with Shihan on this one, if he is a true Black Belt from a good school you would not have to worry unless you attacked him.
TKD and Traditional karate people are taught from the start that what they are learning is for self defnse only, never street fighting. Muay Thai is an excellent style, and I hope you stick with it, and maybe even try TKD or karate some day. Many people do nto realize that watching a good Okinawan karate-ka fight is very similiar to watching a Muay thai fighter.
I applaud you for not fighting, and really doubt if the person was a black belt.|||think about how you would defend agains mauy thai. if you can defend agains someone who has been trainign for as long as the black belt has been training then it shouldnt be a problem. but you should just try avoid the fight. remember most martial arts have very similar basics sure they might do it slightly different but its still almost the same.|||Just keep in mind that many people who train in traditional karate will also be well versed in other traditional Japanese arts such as Aikido and Judo, and will also have at least some knowledge of pressure points. |||oh come on if you do muay thai you will wrech the karate guy just kick him in the leg a few times and elbow him in the face, all he will be thinking about is his kats|||I suggest you make friends with them and train together. You can all learn from each other and it%26#039;s great to spar against different styles.
Against either style, you have to close the distance. I would suggest a takedown as well, but only if you know what to do on the ground.
Also, if you can catch a leg and knock down, or kick out the supporting leg, you can get some take downs that way as well.
I am a TKD guy. I would not fight unless I was competing, training, or defending myself or someone else.
What works best against me is to get in close to me where I can%26#039;t use my kicks as well.
In taking MMA recently, and sparring %26quot;mma style%26quot;, I have found out how much I really depend on my kicks. It%26#039;s usually very effective, until I get taken down. It%26#039;s really helping me to discover my own weaknesses and the weaknesses of my style, and then to learn techniques to shore up those weaknesses.
Good luck, and good job not fighting for pride and ego. You should remind the black belt of that if you have another confrontation.
James
How did the Karate Gi originate?
I have always wondered how the Karate uniform came into use. I was told that is cam from the Judo uniform and read elseware that is was sleepwear for the okinawans so I have two different stories.|||The idea for the karate uniform came from Judo%26#039;s uniform.|||A Judo Gi is nice to wear in Karate class - its like padded armor. ;o)
Gis are generally just shirts. Traditional Japanese dress involved a kimono and obi. It is not a stretch of the imagination to see how the gi and belt evolved.
The Judo gi had to be thickened and reinforced to withstand the strains of the sport. Likely a light weight gi like the Karate gi was in use long before the Judo gi.|||Both the above answers are somewhat accurate. The traditional dress for a man in feudal Japan was a komono, which is similar in construction to the gi top of today except slightly longer, and hakama, or the pleated pants. Now, these were your %26quot;Sunday-go-to-meeting%26quot; clothes. The gi top we see today originated from a more practical and labor-oriented version of the komono. The gi bottoms are likewise a simplified version of the komono. I have also heard some mention that the Japanese would wear layers of clothes, especially in winter, and that the gi was in fact the underclothes. I have studied some Japanese culture, and I think that this is highly likely. I also find it rather humerous that we wear Japanese underwear to work out in! :)
Gis are generally just shirts. Traditional Japanese dress involved a kimono and obi. It is not a stretch of the imagination to see how the gi and belt evolved.
The Judo gi had to be thickened and reinforced to withstand the strains of the sport. Likely a light weight gi like the Karate gi was in use long before the Judo gi.|||Both the above answers are somewhat accurate. The traditional dress for a man in feudal Japan was a komono, which is similar in construction to the gi top of today except slightly longer, and hakama, or the pleated pants. Now, these were your %26quot;Sunday-go-to-meeting%26quot; clothes. The gi top we see today originated from a more practical and labor-oriented version of the komono. The gi bottoms are likewise a simplified version of the komono. I have also heard some mention that the Japanese would wear layers of clothes, especially in winter, and that the gi was in fact the underclothes. I have studied some Japanese culture, and I think that this is highly likely. I also find it rather humerous that we wear Japanese underwear to work out in! :)
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