Bring back full contact. Many of the Karatekas are so incompetent when fighting with other styles because of this point sparring system. Point sparring should be done as a secondary for Dojo's but full contact should be in competitions
You're misusing the phrase full contact. Full contact means that you are allowed to use all 8 points of contact to strike your opponent, that being your fists, elbows, knees, and feet.
@@r.l.mcdermid6034 That's not full contact according to the common use of that phrase. For instance, boxing is known as a full contact sport but they only use their fists.
You are right. This is what we used to call "points" fighting. Not to say that many points fighters aren't tough (got to sit in on a Joe Lewis black belt test....tough old man he was)....but it's not the same. My dad was trained from some of the old Vietnam DIs that brought their skills directly back from Okinawa. They didn't pad their feet. If they kicked you you got kicked with tennis shoes. There were many knockouts....alot of 2 on 1 fighting for tests. My dad was ambidextrous and was equally powerful with right or left sides of his body. He knocked out a few guys on the way to his black belt and often sparred full contact with the 4th Dan instructor.
I always wondered why the sparring system is basically just dancing and jumping around like maniacs instead of using the techniques practiced in class, it would give a chance to put to the test whatever is being learned at the dojo.
This is a highly defensive style. The basics and katas revolve around blocks and counters. It's surprising to see how aggressive the sparring matches are.
What happened to my Ryu - gloves, foot protection and all that jumping is reminiscent TKD, standards have certainly dropped in the last 40 years. Sadly, I watched this vid and the quality of technique is missing - technique, precision and quality of teaching should improve with each succeeding generation, something has gone badly wrong here - I'm so grateful to my sensei/shihan for both literally and figuratively pounding good, sound and basic technique into us, both as children and as adults. I'm quite sad seeing this.
Totally agree. I grew up in my dads dojo. I went away for college and worked for several years. I returned back to the dojo/competition/judging and was shocked. It’s like going to an open tournament with no standards.
