Does Karate Work?

[Eyeball Chambers]

Does Karate Work? 

[realkarateblackbelt]

It worked for them!



http://www.uskyokushin.com/

http://gojuryu.net/news.php

[Eyeball Chambers]

THANK YOU!

All I needed.

I'm going to sign up. 

I was checking Wikipedia...

Dojo Kun (the karate code)

Karate has a dojo kun which is basically a set of guidelines for karetekas to follow both in the dojo(a room in which karate is taught) and out of the dojo, in a kareteka's everyday life.

    * Seek Perfection of character[2]
    * Be Faithful[3]
    * Endeavor[4]
    * Respect Others[5]
    * Refrain from violent behavior[6]

Sounds great!

[realkarateblackbelt]

THANK YOU!

All I needed.

I'm going to sign up. 

I was checking Wikipedia...
Sounds great!

Before you do, make sure it's not a bullshit school. There are schools that only do point fighting because it's not a liability and it gets the soccer moms in the door, especially TaeKwonDo, giving karate a reputation as being soft.

Take Kyokushin Karate(Japanese Full-Contact) or Goju Ryu(traditional Okinawan karate).

Also Shorei-Ryu and SeidoKaikan are good styles.

Most of the karate fighters that are successful in events like K-1 are Kyokushin, because they do a lot of real sparring (gradually of course).

[Eyeball Chambers]

Before you do, make sure it's not a bullshit school. There are schools that only do point fighting because it's not a liability and it gets the soccer moms in the door, especially TaeKwonDo, giving karate a reputation as being soft.

Take Kyokushin Karate(Japanese Full-Contact) or Goju Ryu(traditional Okinawan karate).

Also Shorei-Ryu and SeidoKaikan are good styles.

Most of the karate fighters that are successful in events like K-1 are Kyokushin, because they do a lot of real sparring (gradually of course).

OK, thanks a million for the info.  I'm sure I would have ended up in a class full of Soccer Moms and 3rd Graders.

[realkarateblackbelt]

OK, thanks a million for the info.  I'm sure I would have ended up in a class full of Soccer Moms and 3rd Graders.

No problem. 

[bigkubby]

JUST ASK THIS HUNK IF KARATE WERKS

[Croatch]

FIERCE DANCE MOVES!!

[Bluto]

No karate doesn't work. realkarateblackbelt is delusional.

Hope this helps.

[DK II]

No karate doesn't work. realkarateblackbelt is delusional.

Hope this helps.

Seems like you never did Kyokushinkai.

[rocket]

If you are talking about skullcrushing cunts then you're better off doing MMA as too much karate training is not practical.

Sure, there are some karate masters out there who are great but for mere mortals you're probably better off training to fight rather than training in karate.

[DK II]

If you are talking about skullcrushing cunts then you're better off doing MMA as too much karate training is not practical.

Sure, there are some karate masters out there who are great but for mere mortals you're probably better off training to fight rather than training in karate.

Again, don't think that Shotokan style is Karate.

Kyokushinkai Karate is Full Contact, with lots of figthing. Most K-1 fighters come from the Kyokushinkai style.

[Bluto]

Seems like you never did Kyokushinkai.

That's right. Because it's inferior to other martial arts.

[DK II]

That's right. Because it's inferior to other martial arts.

Whow, you seem to know it all.

So tell me, what are the best martial arts and why?

[Bluto]

Whow, you seem to know it all.

So tell me, what are the best martial arts and why?

Best for what?

[DK II]

Best for what?

in general. good points and bad points and then coming to a conclusion what is the best.

[MikeThaMachine]

in general. good points and bad points and then coming to a conclusion what is the best.

Watch yourself DK... You know he's a cage fighter don't you?

[Dballn247]

No McDojo Karate is junk, Cagefighting is where it is at.  



Ahhhhh yes the infamous scene from "Breakin" or was it "Breakin too, the Electric Boogaloo"?  Anyways you can see "Turbo" and "Special K" at the end of the clip.  Wow takin it back to the Old School.

[Bluto]

in general. good points and bad points and then coming to a conclusion what is the best.

We've had this discussion many times on the MMA forum.

But the problem with Kyokushinkai is that they generally don't allow punches to the head, neither in competition or in sparring.

[MikeThaMachine]

We've had this discussion many times on the MMA forum.

But the problem with Kyokushinkai is that they generally don't allow punches to the head, neither in competition or in sparring.

So that means by learning that style that you can't hit in the head. That's like saying your not supposed to point guns at people... It doesn't mean you can't, you just shouldn't.

[Samourai Pizzacat]

do nunchaks work? 

[SteelePegasus]

If you are talking about skullcrushing cunts then you're better off doing MMA as too much karate training is not practical.

Sure, there are some karate masters out there who are great but for mere mortals you're probably better off training to fight rather than training in karate.

I agree with you, most fights are too short and quick to really apply your training (which could take years)

you are better off learning how to quickly injure/disable someone and some defensive moves.

[Kwon]

If you want to learn Karate, Karate works.

It all depends on the practicioner, in the hands of the right person, anything works, even ballet/foxtrot/gymkata etc

[New Hank Wood]

 

[BroadStreetBruiser]

Get a gun. It works