Just curious. I myself am a shotokan practitioner.|||this is a japanese style a combination of Shorin (Itosu style and Funakoshi school) and Goju Systems (Higaonna Style and Miyagi school),
mostly based of of a kobujutsu sytem
this can explain it better
http://wareham-ma.netfirms.com/karate.ht...|||Just the history of their founders and principles of teaching shotokan developed by Gichin Funakoshi 1866-1957 shoto meaning pine waves and Kan means house or hall shotokan is often regarded as a hard karate school for its strong stances and kumites. Akido is not karate is similar like judo but more sophisticated and they do not go to the ground fight like judo. founded by Koretoshi Maruyama.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
How safe is karate? Is it a dangerous sport and is heavy contact prohibited?
I want to put my 5 year old son in it but I am worried about him getting a broken nose or getting hit in the eyes or something like this. Does it get more dangerous as get to the black belt?|||Well I am sure you will not like my answer, I do not accept students under the age of 8, I am also a USA certified Youth Hockey Coach.
One time a woman (and her husband) complained about my son checking her boy into the boards. I told her that this conduct is part of the sport of Hockey and kids sometimes will get knocked around, and some get hurt. If you want you child to participate in sports try Golf, it%26#039;s a non contact sport.|||Usually, our students are required to wear full gear, and be at Yellow Belt or above before sparring. Our older students use caution in sparring younger students.|||I am sure you have seen the movie Karate Kid. Unfortunatlly there are instructors that I call hard core or ones that are not good for teaching kids who are better adept at teaching prison guards or police officers and allow rough training. Watch a class or two and see how the instructors conduct their classes and what they allow for contact. In my studio ALL my students work on developing their %26quot;control%26quot; (how hard they actually land a kick, punch, or strike) and work on developing their %26quot;touch%26quot; (how far to go in executing a hold, joint lock, or choke)-not just the adults. Some techniques we will not even teach younger students until they have risen in rank and shown that they have the proper maturity, and understanding for it and what it may do to someone else. Ask for a copy of the studio%26#039;s rules or if you can read them. Hard contact is for the street or adult full contact type fighting-not children. A good studio and a good instructor will have a copy handy and also have it posted since most martial arts insurance companies require that.
Also look at how students are matched or paired up in sparing and other contact or semi contact type training situations like self-defense. If I pair a rough, agressive child with the smallest, most timid, lowest ranking kid in the class I am literally placing that timid child at risk of injury and asking for trouble. A good instructor will keep that student as his own partner or pair him with at least a more advance student that can help maintain things and keep them on a positive course.
Injuries do occur but they are no higher than in other sports that your child may particpate in except in those cases where rules of safety, good discipline, and good order are not imposed or followed.
At my studio I have had mixed martial artists, professional boxers, kick boxers, sport karate fighters who compete on the national level. Good fighters/good martial artists try to avoid training injuries and a good school and instructor will have those rules posted, set the tone for what is acceptable and enforce those standards so that injuries don%26#039;t occur for anyone-including children and I have never had a child at my studio get anything more than a slight bump or bruise. Safety gear is mandatory-hands, feet, head gear, mouth pieces, and groin cups and for children 16 and under no contact to the head or face. While sometimes accidents do occur this along with the idea of control and the tone that is set has kept my studio injury free for 5-16 year olds for over fifteen years.|||Any style of Martial ART trained in dojos across the land are all very little to no contact, now days. You son, in the right school, could go from day one in class all they way to black belt (abt. 3yrs) and never get touched one time. The bulk of martial arts training, now days, are kata. This is the practice, by yourself, of pre-arranged tech. in a specfic order. At best, if you get into point sparring, a game of tag, there may be almost contact, but that%26#039;s about it. The martial arts are very safe for your 5 year old and if you get into the right style, won%26#039;t mention TKD, your son could be a black belt before he%26#039;s in double digits.|||Your son shoulding do any full contact sparing until he is at least 16 years old, that means he will have less of a chance of getting injured than in most other sports since the only sparing he will do is non-contact (no touching) and there isnt much running around in karate
there isnt more danger to getting to black belt, he will have to train and learn more but unless the karate style teaches some really advenced, uber complicated kata (or forms) where you have to do flips or something, he should be in no more danger going for black belt|||there are strict rule about the target zones being from above the waist to below the neck. in tae kwon do we have really soft boxing gloves, that cushion the blow whenever we hit some one. you have nothing to worry about., when your son gets older he will have more experience with his reflexes and he should hold his own. we usually are divided by rank or weight/height, so your son should be fine.|||I would say go for it and be supportive of your son for as long as he wants to participate in it. I am 32 yrs old and have been in the martial arts since I was about 12. In younger students the contact is highly controlled as much as it can be. After he progresses to the point of sparring, depending on the style and school he attends, the contact should be light and become heavier as he progresses. Some styles don%26#039;t require sparring as a prerequisite to testing. After you find a dojo talk to the instructor and find out all the details. Only do what you are comfortable with for your son. I have just recently suffered injuries from sparring and this is after 20 yrs of doing it. I have received a broken rib, a cracked sturnum with torn cartilage, and a broken toe. This is ONLY because I chose that level of contact. I personally have not known of any little children having any major injuries such as these. Karate can be very beneficial in the developement of many aspects of a childs life. Good luck in your search for a martial arts program for your son.|||karate is safe it all depends on what school you are in and also what you want from karate i do karate for fitness and disipline and i have hardly ever hurt myself
you could get hurt walking down the street why not take the chance and have fun and instill some good values like working hard and the importance of fitness?|||Dear Wendy, if your son is really interested in karate, I%26#039;m sure there are some junior leagues you could put him in. And not to worry you, but yes, as your son works his way up to the black belt, the foghting styles do get more advanced, and he will have SOME change of getting hurt.I am only 14, so I can%26#039;t really tell you what would be best for a younger child. However, I do have a 5 year old little sister, and a couple friends in martial arts, One just started doing Bak Yong Kong Su Do, and there has been no combat or advanced moves yet. Also he has just started, and picked up the yellow belt. for more info feel free to visit my advice web site at www.xanga.com/red_bird_1. Good Luck! sincerely, Aaron|||Hi, I%26#039;ve practiced both Karate and Taek won do. I think u should definitely put your son in karate. Children who are in karate are usually disciplined, responsible, polite, focused,etc.
Little kids who practice karate or any other martial art hardly ever get injured. The adults and teenagers are the ones who are prone to injuries. I think that it doesn%26#039;t get more dangerous when u become a black belt, all the opposite as the students progress, they learn how to perform their techniques in a controlled manner. In taek won do( at least the olympic style) little kids are not allowed to kick to the head to prevent injuries. Karate schools have different policies about the level of contact when they spar or fight. Some schools go full contact and other schools go light contact. It%26#039;d be a very good idea if u ask the karate instructor about the contact level when it comes to sparring. I%26#039;ve practiced martial arts for about 3 years(I%26#039;m seventeen years old) and I%26#039;ve never gotten a broken nose, I%26#039;ve gotten a bloody nose numerous times but never a broken one. I%26#039;ve also gotten swelt testicles %26#039;cause I got kicked down there-karate students are not allowed to hit their private areas, it was a foul-. Bruises are very common. But once again your child will probably start getting %26quot;little injuries%26quot; when he%26#039;s about 15 yrs. old. U have to take in consideration that karate is contact sport so injuries are common just like in football or wrestling. If u want your son not to get hit, put him in ballet or something like that(no offense). I%26#039;ve been lucky though my instructor almost die in a full contact tournament and my friend got a broken finger, but once again they are adults. So I%26#039;m not gonna lie to u, people do get injured in martial arts, but they are usually adults.By the way football is more dangerous than karate.
Hope this helps!|||I just received my orange belt in karate. I%26#039;ve had bruises, but I%26#039;m in college and get hit harder. The dojo has a pee-wee (your son%26#039;s age) jr, and adult class. He will spar, but they wear gloves and they aren%26#039;t allowed to hit in the face. They teach the kids control so they don%26#039;t get hurt. In tournaments missing the face by a couple of inches counts as a hit because you stop yourself, however, they do get hit in the stomach, but it%26#039;s a light touch and won%26#039;t cause any problems. If you%26#039;re worried about getting him hurt, he can wear a helmet and they work quite well. As far as danger goes in increasing rank, they learn more moves which can hurt more, but they also have more control. I know I have improved from the beginning of the year and can punch in the face without hitting someone.|||That%26#039;s easy...it depends who he trains with. Each school %26amp; instructor are different. However, oftentimes what we are deeming Karate is really not Karate. It is a modern sport with an emphasis on social ethics. True Karate while beneficial to character development and spiritual enlightenment was a dangerous %26amp; powerful martial art. The purpose of the waza (techniques) is to destroy your opponent with a single attack (defense). It was not a competitive sport, it was a way of survival for people under the restriction of not being able to possess shinken (live katana). So, really what 99.9% of what is being done in society today is not true Karate.
In any event, he will train with various individuals with different motivations and skill sets. Accidents also happen, so yes it is benignly dangerous. But, so is baseball.|||If your at a good school they will encourage the use of control, espicaly in the higher ranks. Your son is going to get hit but with him only being 5 right now its probably not going to be hard enough to hurt him too badly. i%26#039;ve been in Tae Kwon Do for a little over a year and an half and i%26#039;ve pulled mucles and brused bones but i%26#039;m also 16. you also have to remember that as he gets highter he knows more stuff, so he knows how to defend himself form the more dangerous attacks used.|||Karate is a full contact sport so he will get hurt he won%26#039;t reach black belt for years it takes hard work, discipline, %26amp; dedication i would try to find him a novice (beginner) class!
Good Luck!
鈾? : ^)|||no karate isnt dangerous i started when i was 7 years old and now i am a 2 degree black belt. to spar they have to use protective gear ( head, cup, mouth, chest ,feet,and hands)heavy contact is not allowed it is always light contact even in tournaments. as your son grows older he will become used to sparring nad it will make him physically stronger to the point to where it might be hard to hurt him. injuries rarely occur|||I am an assistant instructor at the top karate school in the state of Illinois, and we just recently enrolled a 3 year old boy in the satellite school I assist at. Karate is only dangerous if used improperly, and so long as you choose a good school, your child, and all of his classmates, will be taught the proper control and discipline for it to be perfectly safe. Also, many schools do not allow sparring for children under a certain age, and you should be sure to check that if sparring is allowed, that the school you enroll him in does not allow full-contact. As far as getting more dangerous as you get to black belt, the answer is yes, in some styles, and no in others. In my style, in order to become a black belt, you must be proficient in the use of three weapons--the bo staff, the sai, and the kama. You can also check with the schools you look at to see when/if they allow children to even become blackbelts. My school does not allow anyone under the age of 16 to handle kama, because they are a highly dangerous weapon if used improperly, and even at 16, the parents must allow it.
Basically, if you are worried about something, ask the karate schools about it, because in a good school, you don%26#039;t have to worry about it.
One time a woman (and her husband) complained about my son checking her boy into the boards. I told her that this conduct is part of the sport of Hockey and kids sometimes will get knocked around, and some get hurt. If you want you child to participate in sports try Golf, it%26#039;s a non contact sport.|||Usually, our students are required to wear full gear, and be at Yellow Belt or above before sparring. Our older students use caution in sparring younger students.|||I am sure you have seen the movie Karate Kid. Unfortunatlly there are instructors that I call hard core or ones that are not good for teaching kids who are better adept at teaching prison guards or police officers and allow rough training. Watch a class or two and see how the instructors conduct their classes and what they allow for contact. In my studio ALL my students work on developing their %26quot;control%26quot; (how hard they actually land a kick, punch, or strike) and work on developing their %26quot;touch%26quot; (how far to go in executing a hold, joint lock, or choke)-not just the adults. Some techniques we will not even teach younger students until they have risen in rank and shown that they have the proper maturity, and understanding for it and what it may do to someone else. Ask for a copy of the studio%26#039;s rules or if you can read them. Hard contact is for the street or adult full contact type fighting-not children. A good studio and a good instructor will have a copy handy and also have it posted since most martial arts insurance companies require that.
Also look at how students are matched or paired up in sparing and other contact or semi contact type training situations like self-defense. If I pair a rough, agressive child with the smallest, most timid, lowest ranking kid in the class I am literally placing that timid child at risk of injury and asking for trouble. A good instructor will keep that student as his own partner or pair him with at least a more advance student that can help maintain things and keep them on a positive course.
Injuries do occur but they are no higher than in other sports that your child may particpate in except in those cases where rules of safety, good discipline, and good order are not imposed or followed.
At my studio I have had mixed martial artists, professional boxers, kick boxers, sport karate fighters who compete on the national level. Good fighters/good martial artists try to avoid training injuries and a good school and instructor will have those rules posted, set the tone for what is acceptable and enforce those standards so that injuries don%26#039;t occur for anyone-including children and I have never had a child at my studio get anything more than a slight bump or bruise. Safety gear is mandatory-hands, feet, head gear, mouth pieces, and groin cups and for children 16 and under no contact to the head or face. While sometimes accidents do occur this along with the idea of control and the tone that is set has kept my studio injury free for 5-16 year olds for over fifteen years.|||Any style of Martial ART trained in dojos across the land are all very little to no contact, now days. You son, in the right school, could go from day one in class all they way to black belt (abt. 3yrs) and never get touched one time. The bulk of martial arts training, now days, are kata. This is the practice, by yourself, of pre-arranged tech. in a specfic order. At best, if you get into point sparring, a game of tag, there may be almost contact, but that%26#039;s about it. The martial arts are very safe for your 5 year old and if you get into the right style, won%26#039;t mention TKD, your son could be a black belt before he%26#039;s in double digits.|||Your son shoulding do any full contact sparing until he is at least 16 years old, that means he will have less of a chance of getting injured than in most other sports since the only sparing he will do is non-contact (no touching) and there isnt much running around in karate
there isnt more danger to getting to black belt, he will have to train and learn more but unless the karate style teaches some really advenced, uber complicated kata (or forms) where you have to do flips or something, he should be in no more danger going for black belt|||there are strict rule about the target zones being from above the waist to below the neck. in tae kwon do we have really soft boxing gloves, that cushion the blow whenever we hit some one. you have nothing to worry about., when your son gets older he will have more experience with his reflexes and he should hold his own. we usually are divided by rank or weight/height, so your son should be fine.|||I would say go for it and be supportive of your son for as long as he wants to participate in it. I am 32 yrs old and have been in the martial arts since I was about 12. In younger students the contact is highly controlled as much as it can be. After he progresses to the point of sparring, depending on the style and school he attends, the contact should be light and become heavier as he progresses. Some styles don%26#039;t require sparring as a prerequisite to testing. After you find a dojo talk to the instructor and find out all the details. Only do what you are comfortable with for your son. I have just recently suffered injuries from sparring and this is after 20 yrs of doing it. I have received a broken rib, a cracked sturnum with torn cartilage, and a broken toe. This is ONLY because I chose that level of contact. I personally have not known of any little children having any major injuries such as these. Karate can be very beneficial in the developement of many aspects of a childs life. Good luck in your search for a martial arts program for your son.|||karate is safe it all depends on what school you are in and also what you want from karate i do karate for fitness and disipline and i have hardly ever hurt myself
you could get hurt walking down the street why not take the chance and have fun and instill some good values like working hard and the importance of fitness?|||Dear Wendy, if your son is really interested in karate, I%26#039;m sure there are some junior leagues you could put him in. And not to worry you, but yes, as your son works his way up to the black belt, the foghting styles do get more advanced, and he will have SOME change of getting hurt.I am only 14, so I can%26#039;t really tell you what would be best for a younger child. However, I do have a 5 year old little sister, and a couple friends in martial arts, One just started doing Bak Yong Kong Su Do, and there has been no combat or advanced moves yet. Also he has just started, and picked up the yellow belt. for more info feel free to visit my advice web site at www.xanga.com/red_bird_1. Good Luck! sincerely, Aaron|||Hi, I%26#039;ve practiced both Karate and Taek won do. I think u should definitely put your son in karate. Children who are in karate are usually disciplined, responsible, polite, focused,etc.
Little kids who practice karate or any other martial art hardly ever get injured. The adults and teenagers are the ones who are prone to injuries. I think that it doesn%26#039;t get more dangerous when u become a black belt, all the opposite as the students progress, they learn how to perform their techniques in a controlled manner. In taek won do( at least the olympic style) little kids are not allowed to kick to the head to prevent injuries. Karate schools have different policies about the level of contact when they spar or fight. Some schools go full contact and other schools go light contact. It%26#039;d be a very good idea if u ask the karate instructor about the contact level when it comes to sparring. I%26#039;ve practiced martial arts for about 3 years(I%26#039;m seventeen years old) and I%26#039;ve never gotten a broken nose, I%26#039;ve gotten a bloody nose numerous times but never a broken one. I%26#039;ve also gotten swelt testicles %26#039;cause I got kicked down there-karate students are not allowed to hit their private areas, it was a foul-. Bruises are very common. But once again your child will probably start getting %26quot;little injuries%26quot; when he%26#039;s about 15 yrs. old. U have to take in consideration that karate is contact sport so injuries are common just like in football or wrestling. If u want your son not to get hit, put him in ballet or something like that(no offense). I%26#039;ve been lucky though my instructor almost die in a full contact tournament and my friend got a broken finger, but once again they are adults. So I%26#039;m not gonna lie to u, people do get injured in martial arts, but they are usually adults.By the way football is more dangerous than karate.
Hope this helps!|||I just received my orange belt in karate. I%26#039;ve had bruises, but I%26#039;m in college and get hit harder. The dojo has a pee-wee (your son%26#039;s age) jr, and adult class. He will spar, but they wear gloves and they aren%26#039;t allowed to hit in the face. They teach the kids control so they don%26#039;t get hurt. In tournaments missing the face by a couple of inches counts as a hit because you stop yourself, however, they do get hit in the stomach, but it%26#039;s a light touch and won%26#039;t cause any problems. If you%26#039;re worried about getting him hurt, he can wear a helmet and they work quite well. As far as danger goes in increasing rank, they learn more moves which can hurt more, but they also have more control. I know I have improved from the beginning of the year and can punch in the face without hitting someone.|||That%26#039;s easy...it depends who he trains with. Each school %26amp; instructor are different. However, oftentimes what we are deeming Karate is really not Karate. It is a modern sport with an emphasis on social ethics. True Karate while beneficial to character development and spiritual enlightenment was a dangerous %26amp; powerful martial art. The purpose of the waza (techniques) is to destroy your opponent with a single attack (defense). It was not a competitive sport, it was a way of survival for people under the restriction of not being able to possess shinken (live katana). So, really what 99.9% of what is being done in society today is not true Karate.
In any event, he will train with various individuals with different motivations and skill sets. Accidents also happen, so yes it is benignly dangerous. But, so is baseball.|||If your at a good school they will encourage the use of control, espicaly in the higher ranks. Your son is going to get hit but with him only being 5 right now its probably not going to be hard enough to hurt him too badly. i%26#039;ve been in Tae Kwon Do for a little over a year and an half and i%26#039;ve pulled mucles and brused bones but i%26#039;m also 16. you also have to remember that as he gets highter he knows more stuff, so he knows how to defend himself form the more dangerous attacks used.|||Karate is a full contact sport so he will get hurt he won%26#039;t reach black belt for years it takes hard work, discipline, %26amp; dedication i would try to find him a novice (beginner) class!
Good Luck!
鈾? : ^)|||no karate isnt dangerous i started when i was 7 years old and now i am a 2 degree black belt. to spar they have to use protective gear ( head, cup, mouth, chest ,feet,and hands)heavy contact is not allowed it is always light contact even in tournaments. as your son grows older he will become used to sparring nad it will make him physically stronger to the point to where it might be hard to hurt him. injuries rarely occur|||I am an assistant instructor at the top karate school in the state of Illinois, and we just recently enrolled a 3 year old boy in the satellite school I assist at. Karate is only dangerous if used improperly, and so long as you choose a good school, your child, and all of his classmates, will be taught the proper control and discipline for it to be perfectly safe. Also, many schools do not allow sparring for children under a certain age, and you should be sure to check that if sparring is allowed, that the school you enroll him in does not allow full-contact. As far as getting more dangerous as you get to black belt, the answer is yes, in some styles, and no in others. In my style, in order to become a black belt, you must be proficient in the use of three weapons--the bo staff, the sai, and the kama. You can also check with the schools you look at to see when/if they allow children to even become blackbelts. My school does not allow anyone under the age of 16 to handle kama, because they are a highly dangerous weapon if used improperly, and even at 16, the parents must allow it.
Basically, if you are worried about something, ask the karate schools about it, because in a good school, you don%26#039;t have to worry about it.
Is there a difference between Kenpo Karate and Karate?
This might be a dumb question, but.......Is Kenpo Karate different then regular Karate or is it the same thing? Because I thought Kenpo is different then Karate, yet one instructor told me it%26#039;s the same thing! HUH?|||Yes and no, it is the same but different.|||It actually depends on the style of kenpo and the style of karate. They are similar though, even though not truly the same.|||Kenpo is totally different than traditional karate.
Traditional karate comes from Okinawa. It is old as dirt and has been used in actual combat. It is a complete system that teaches a person how to survive.
Kenpo karate was invented by an American and is usually taught in a mall near you. It is not old, it is not traditional and it has never been proven in combat. Also, Kenpo Karate named Elvis a black belt after one weekend of training.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Ke...
There is a Chinese Martial art called Kempo or Kenpo, this is a real martial art and should not be confused with American/Ed Parker Kenpo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenpo|||There is a difference between Traditional Karate and Kempo/Kenpo Karate. In Kempo/Kenpo there are some Kung-Fu and Jujitsu moves incorporated into their forms.
The Kempo/Kenpo schools moves utilize the 5 Animals (Snake, Crane, Tiger, Dragon, Leopard) in some of their advanced ranks (Tiger Raker is the 1st @ Blue Belt).
In Kempo/Kenpo, grappling is also taught, so jointlocks and armbars become part of a student%26#039;s repetoire.|||Karate is a martial art originated in okinawa, it emphasizes striking with your punches and kicks.
Kenpo karate is one of MANY styles of karate.
I hope this informartion helps.
good luck!|||Kenpo is what karate used to be called.
ALL the Okinawan Masters... (by the way, Okinawa is the birthplace of karate, not Japan) called what they learned and taught Kenpo... Ryukyu Kenpo. It just means %26quot;fist method%26quot;, as the Chinese say %26quot;Chuan Fa%26quot;... same word.
American Kenpo is the result of the adaptation of the term %26quot;kenpo%26quot; and some people say %26quot;kempo%26quot;.
Toudi-Jutsu was %26quot;kenpo%26quot;. If an Okinawan Arts Practitioner wanted to call his art Kenpo, he would be in the right, as it applies, as long as he is not doing the watered down Japanese karate. Be upset if you want but Japanese karate IS watered down.
Shotokan AND TKD are both from the Shuri-Te styles. What Guchin Tominakoshi(Funakoshi) and Kenwa Mabuni taught was much less than what they learned.
The Okinawans would not teach the Japanese their complete art. This is why the stances and hand placement of all the Japanese and TKD forms is different from the Shorin Ryu Kata they originated from.|||I%26#039;m pretty sure that Kenpo Karate is just the same as other forms of Karate, with some modern evolution.
Shuri-Te Karate was based on Naihanchi Kata.
It then went to Hawaii with Okinawan Immigrants.
Ed Parker learned it there, and most %26quot;Kenpo Karate%26quot; schools still use Naihanchi as their Base.
Ed Parker developed off of his %26quot;Karate%26quot; trainng, and some additional training in Kung Fu, a series of self-defense charts.|||krate is karate kanpo karate is kenpo combined with karate
Traditional karate comes from Okinawa. It is old as dirt and has been used in actual combat. It is a complete system that teaches a person how to survive.
Kenpo karate was invented by an American and is usually taught in a mall near you. It is not old, it is not traditional and it has never been proven in combat. Also, Kenpo Karate named Elvis a black belt after one weekend of training.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Ke...
There is a Chinese Martial art called Kempo or Kenpo, this is a real martial art and should not be confused with American/Ed Parker Kenpo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenpo|||There is a difference between Traditional Karate and Kempo/Kenpo Karate. In Kempo/Kenpo there are some Kung-Fu and Jujitsu moves incorporated into their forms.
The Kempo/Kenpo schools moves utilize the 5 Animals (Snake, Crane, Tiger, Dragon, Leopard) in some of their advanced ranks (Tiger Raker is the 1st @ Blue Belt).
In Kempo/Kenpo, grappling is also taught, so jointlocks and armbars become part of a student%26#039;s repetoire.|||Karate is a martial art originated in okinawa, it emphasizes striking with your punches and kicks.
Kenpo karate is one of MANY styles of karate.
I hope this informartion helps.
good luck!|||Kenpo is what karate used to be called.
ALL the Okinawan Masters... (by the way, Okinawa is the birthplace of karate, not Japan) called what they learned and taught Kenpo... Ryukyu Kenpo. It just means %26quot;fist method%26quot;, as the Chinese say %26quot;Chuan Fa%26quot;... same word.
American Kenpo is the result of the adaptation of the term %26quot;kenpo%26quot; and some people say %26quot;kempo%26quot;.
Toudi-Jutsu was %26quot;kenpo%26quot;. If an Okinawan Arts Practitioner wanted to call his art Kenpo, he would be in the right, as it applies, as long as he is not doing the watered down Japanese karate. Be upset if you want but Japanese karate IS watered down.
Shotokan AND TKD are both from the Shuri-Te styles. What Guchin Tominakoshi(Funakoshi) and Kenwa Mabuni taught was much less than what they learned.
The Okinawans would not teach the Japanese their complete art. This is why the stances and hand placement of all the Japanese and TKD forms is different from the Shorin Ryu Kata they originated from.|||I%26#039;m pretty sure that Kenpo Karate is just the same as other forms of Karate, with some modern evolution.
Shuri-Te Karate was based on Naihanchi Kata.
It then went to Hawaii with Okinawan Immigrants.
Ed Parker learned it there, and most %26quot;Kenpo Karate%26quot; schools still use Naihanchi as their Base.
Ed Parker developed off of his %26quot;Karate%26quot; trainng, and some additional training in Kung Fu, a series of self-defense charts.|||krate is karate kanpo karate is kenpo combined with karate
What's the difference between ju jitsu and karate?
I%26#039;m thinking about taking ju jitsu classes, but I would like to know what it has to offer?|||From a self defense standpoint they are very similar in that they are both Japanese, empty handed, %26quot;hard%26quot; martial arts focusing on technique and power and many of the self defense moves are the same.
From a sport standpoint, they are totally different. Jiu Jitsu is ground grappling where the object of the game is to obtain a submission using joint locks and chokes - strikes are not allowed. Karate is a striking sport where opponents look to defeat each other with kicks, punches, and certain other hand techniques. In Karate, grappling, chokes, and submissions are not allowed.
So even they are both have very like self defense techniques - they are almost opposites when it comes to sport. Judo also falls into the same category as having many of the traditional Jujutsu Samarai self defense moves like Karate and Jiu Jitsu, but Judo is totally different from the two in sport because it is judged on throws, sweeps, and takedowns.|||Both styles have striking and grappling, although both emphasize one more than the other. Karate is mostly strikes with grappling used primarily defensively and to escape from a grappler. Also, most of Karate%26#039;s grappling is stand up stuff, and most of that is locking, tripping and throwing.
Jiu Jitsu, is primarily throws and it also has ground techniques. Most of the locking and choking that goes on in Jiu Jitsu is primarily done on the ground, and BJJ I know does not emphasize throws and trips as much. Pretty much the majority of east asian styles use both grappling and striking actually, its just that some are strictly grappling, and some are strictly striking.
As to the effectiveness of Karate, the reason it allegedly has been shown to be less effective than BJJ is because wereas in tourneys BJJ exponents practice with all of their art%26#039;s weapons, in Karate the exponents are restricted only to strikes because the grappling in Karate is too dangerous to use in sports.
There is a joint lock in Karate, done standing up, that is actually very similar BJJ%26#039;s %26quot;the kimura,%26quot; which is actually a lock from Judo. Given a choice, I would rather be on the ground and be the victim of a %26quot;Kimura%26quot; lock, than be standing up and be the victim of it. Standing up joint locks are a lot more painful than on the ground, because if the positioning is just right, your body%26#039;s weight can bear down on the lock to help out whoever is applying it on you.
Because of that danger, said locks are neither practiced nor perfected in sparring in Karate. One martial art, restricted to only one aspect, going up against a martial art only restrcited by about 10% of its overall moves, the martial art that allows as much as 90% of what its got in tourneys, is going to win.
Believe me though; BJJ exponents have yet to defeat a traditional Okinawan Karateka in a bare fisted test of strength. I can also guarantee, most of the Okinawan Karateka ranked above 4th dan could probably easily defeat any of the Gracies using stand up locks.
It all boils down to how much you respect tradition, and how hard you practice. Then there is also meditation.
But hey, go for it; its good to have an arsenal of both stand up and ground if you ask me, it can take forever to develop the focus necessary so that using Karate you are NEVER taken down to the ground. Its faster and easier to simply work with your body%26#039;s natural instincts because ultimately, all primates are grapplers.
Go to youtube, and look for any large primates fighting, then, open another window, look for high school wrestling, or even BJJ. You will notice that large primates, human%26#039;s closest relatives according to evolution, are also natural grapplers. BJJ helps you defend yourself faster because again; if humans are primates, or even if you don%26#039;t believe in that, human hands were made for grasping, not striking.
If we were meant to do Karate we would all have been born with a turtle-shell like structure on our torso, and clubs for hands. You do Karate and you do something that works against human nature. Do Jiu Jitsu and you work with it, so you get better and more competent faster.
peace.|||Karate is very standard, %26#039;stand-up fighting%26#039; on your feet, but if youre knocked on the ground, karate pretty much goes out the window, and thats where Ju-Jitsu comes in. Ju-jitsu is basically the %26#039;karate%26#039; of ground fighting. Its fun, but a lot of hard work, so prepare to get very up close and personal with the floor mat.|||Most of the answers I saw related to BJJ and if that is your interest, BJJ is primarily a ground game like they all said.
My ryu has both jujutsu (Japanese) and karate. The differences are more subtle. In fact, both arts include blocking, striking, kicking, joint locks/destruction, and throws. The difference is in how they are utilized and in some cases how they are executed.
In jujutsu, we use a lot of soft strikes while moving to cause pain and distract our opponent while moving to positions of more control like joint lock/joint destruction, or throws. Karate on the other hand uses joint pain to set up hard strikes from a anchored position.
Both jujutsu and karate have throws, though many people don%26#039;t recognize the throws in karate kata. In jujutsu you break your opponents balance, often with pain or strikes, and throw him with minimum effort. In karate, the throws are more strength oriented and my karateka friends refer to throws as hitting you with the ground.
In general boths arts in our ryu follow the same philosophy of self defense and escelation of violence. I do only what you force me to do. I block first and throw only as a last resort. In jujutsu the sequence is normally: block, strike, take the joint, throw. In karate is is more like: block, strike, strike, take the joint, strike, strike, throw.|||jiu jitsu is more of a ground fighting self defense and is very effective, i think karate is just stand up self defense|||Ju jitsu is more on the ground, like reslting.... karate is more formed and on feet.|||Day and Night.|||First, let me clarify something about Jujitsu:
Brazilian Jujitsu and traditional Jujitsu are COMPLETELY different. Brazilian Jujitsu is a relatively recently developed martial art (as far as martial arts go). It has lots of groundwork and submission techniques as well as strikes and is often seen in UFC competitions as a dominating style. If you would like to learn more about BJJ please check out the first source. The Gracie family is certainly the most famous BJJ family, and in my opinion, they are the most reputable.
Traditional Jujitsu was developed on mainland Japan hundreds of years ago and was used as a self defense by the samurai. Unlike BJJ and karate, it uses weapons such as naginata, katana, and the hanbo. In addition to weapons trainig, traditional Jujitsu has ground work, falling, throwing, joint locks, submissions, as well as striking. This means that Traditional jujitsu, is a complete martial arts system. If you are interested in traditional Japanese Jujitsu, check out the second link below.
As for karate, it developed isolated from mainland jujitsu on the tiny southern island of Okinawa. Its roots go back hundreds of years to Chinese kung-fu as well as to an ancient indiginous marital arts style of Okinawa. A GOOD modern karate dojo (and stress put on good here) will offer an education in self defense using striking, blocking and to a lesser degree, throwing and submission techniques. The one biggest difference between traditional jujitsu and karate is that karate is the art of the %26quot;empty hand%26quot; or fighting without weapons. Karate fighters learn from training how to defend against weapons, they just don%26#039;t bring them to the fight. This is because for a long time, weapons were forbidden in okinawa and those living there came up with karate to defend themselves. If you are interested in karate, please check out the last link below. JKA is one of the largest organizations in the world, and was founded by Funakoshi Gichin who is called by many %26quot;the father of modern karate.%26quot; However, let it be noted that there are also other traditional styles of karate apart from those depicted on this website.
Also, let me address this issue briefly:
The reason many novices mistakenly believe that karate fighters are bad at ground work is because it is simply not aplicable in real-life multiple attacker situations to go to the ground. Although long, drawn out ground work may be an effective way to fight a single opponent, by staying upright the karate fighter is able to take on multiple opponents more easily. If you notice, not many BJJ fighters practice fighting multiple opponents, however it is a center of traditional karate training.
From a sport standpoint, they are totally different. Jiu Jitsu is ground grappling where the object of the game is to obtain a submission using joint locks and chokes - strikes are not allowed. Karate is a striking sport where opponents look to defeat each other with kicks, punches, and certain other hand techniques. In Karate, grappling, chokes, and submissions are not allowed.
So even they are both have very like self defense techniques - they are almost opposites when it comes to sport. Judo also falls into the same category as having many of the traditional Jujutsu Samarai self defense moves like Karate and Jiu Jitsu, but Judo is totally different from the two in sport because it is judged on throws, sweeps, and takedowns.|||Both styles have striking and grappling, although both emphasize one more than the other. Karate is mostly strikes with grappling used primarily defensively and to escape from a grappler. Also, most of Karate%26#039;s grappling is stand up stuff, and most of that is locking, tripping and throwing.
Jiu Jitsu, is primarily throws and it also has ground techniques. Most of the locking and choking that goes on in Jiu Jitsu is primarily done on the ground, and BJJ I know does not emphasize throws and trips as much. Pretty much the majority of east asian styles use both grappling and striking actually, its just that some are strictly grappling, and some are strictly striking.
As to the effectiveness of Karate, the reason it allegedly has been shown to be less effective than BJJ is because wereas in tourneys BJJ exponents practice with all of their art%26#039;s weapons, in Karate the exponents are restricted only to strikes because the grappling in Karate is too dangerous to use in sports.
There is a joint lock in Karate, done standing up, that is actually very similar BJJ%26#039;s %26quot;the kimura,%26quot; which is actually a lock from Judo. Given a choice, I would rather be on the ground and be the victim of a %26quot;Kimura%26quot; lock, than be standing up and be the victim of it. Standing up joint locks are a lot more painful than on the ground, because if the positioning is just right, your body%26#039;s weight can bear down on the lock to help out whoever is applying it on you.
Because of that danger, said locks are neither practiced nor perfected in sparring in Karate. One martial art, restricted to only one aspect, going up against a martial art only restrcited by about 10% of its overall moves, the martial art that allows as much as 90% of what its got in tourneys, is going to win.
Believe me though; BJJ exponents have yet to defeat a traditional Okinawan Karateka in a bare fisted test of strength. I can also guarantee, most of the Okinawan Karateka ranked above 4th dan could probably easily defeat any of the Gracies using stand up locks.
It all boils down to how much you respect tradition, and how hard you practice. Then there is also meditation.
But hey, go for it; its good to have an arsenal of both stand up and ground if you ask me, it can take forever to develop the focus necessary so that using Karate you are NEVER taken down to the ground. Its faster and easier to simply work with your body%26#039;s natural instincts because ultimately, all primates are grapplers.
Go to youtube, and look for any large primates fighting, then, open another window, look for high school wrestling, or even BJJ. You will notice that large primates, human%26#039;s closest relatives according to evolution, are also natural grapplers. BJJ helps you defend yourself faster because again; if humans are primates, or even if you don%26#039;t believe in that, human hands were made for grasping, not striking.
If we were meant to do Karate we would all have been born with a turtle-shell like structure on our torso, and clubs for hands. You do Karate and you do something that works against human nature. Do Jiu Jitsu and you work with it, so you get better and more competent faster.
peace.|||Karate is very standard, %26#039;stand-up fighting%26#039; on your feet, but if youre knocked on the ground, karate pretty much goes out the window, and thats where Ju-Jitsu comes in. Ju-jitsu is basically the %26#039;karate%26#039; of ground fighting. Its fun, but a lot of hard work, so prepare to get very up close and personal with the floor mat.|||Most of the answers I saw related to BJJ and if that is your interest, BJJ is primarily a ground game like they all said.
My ryu has both jujutsu (Japanese) and karate. The differences are more subtle. In fact, both arts include blocking, striking, kicking, joint locks/destruction, and throws. The difference is in how they are utilized and in some cases how they are executed.
In jujutsu, we use a lot of soft strikes while moving to cause pain and distract our opponent while moving to positions of more control like joint lock/joint destruction, or throws. Karate on the other hand uses joint pain to set up hard strikes from a anchored position.
Both jujutsu and karate have throws, though many people don%26#039;t recognize the throws in karate kata. In jujutsu you break your opponents balance, often with pain or strikes, and throw him with minimum effort. In karate, the throws are more strength oriented and my karateka friends refer to throws as hitting you with the ground.
In general boths arts in our ryu follow the same philosophy of self defense and escelation of violence. I do only what you force me to do. I block first and throw only as a last resort. In jujutsu the sequence is normally: block, strike, take the joint, throw. In karate is is more like: block, strike, strike, take the joint, strike, strike, throw.|||jiu jitsu is more of a ground fighting self defense and is very effective, i think karate is just stand up self defense|||Ju jitsu is more on the ground, like reslting.... karate is more formed and on feet.|||Day and Night.|||First, let me clarify something about Jujitsu:
Brazilian Jujitsu and traditional Jujitsu are COMPLETELY different. Brazilian Jujitsu is a relatively recently developed martial art (as far as martial arts go). It has lots of groundwork and submission techniques as well as strikes and is often seen in UFC competitions as a dominating style. If you would like to learn more about BJJ please check out the first source. The Gracie family is certainly the most famous BJJ family, and in my opinion, they are the most reputable.
Traditional Jujitsu was developed on mainland Japan hundreds of years ago and was used as a self defense by the samurai. Unlike BJJ and karate, it uses weapons such as naginata, katana, and the hanbo. In addition to weapons trainig, traditional Jujitsu has ground work, falling, throwing, joint locks, submissions, as well as striking. This means that Traditional jujitsu, is a complete martial arts system. If you are interested in traditional Japanese Jujitsu, check out the second link below.
As for karate, it developed isolated from mainland jujitsu on the tiny southern island of Okinawa. Its roots go back hundreds of years to Chinese kung-fu as well as to an ancient indiginous marital arts style of Okinawa. A GOOD modern karate dojo (and stress put on good here) will offer an education in self defense using striking, blocking and to a lesser degree, throwing and submission techniques. The one biggest difference between traditional jujitsu and karate is that karate is the art of the %26quot;empty hand%26quot; or fighting without weapons. Karate fighters learn from training how to defend against weapons, they just don%26#039;t bring them to the fight. This is because for a long time, weapons were forbidden in okinawa and those living there came up with karate to defend themselves. If you are interested in karate, please check out the last link below. JKA is one of the largest organizations in the world, and was founded by Funakoshi Gichin who is called by many %26quot;the father of modern karate.%26quot; However, let it be noted that there are also other traditional styles of karate apart from those depicted on this website.
Also, let me address this issue briefly:
The reason many novices mistakenly believe that karate fighters are bad at ground work is because it is simply not aplicable in real-life multiple attacker situations to go to the ground. Although long, drawn out ground work may be an effective way to fight a single opponent, by staying upright the karate fighter is able to take on multiple opponents more easily. If you notice, not many BJJ fighters practice fighting multiple opponents, however it is a center of traditional karate training.
What's the difference between Taekwondo And Karate?
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.
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.
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.
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