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I learn kyokushin kaikan karate is about 1years ago and i hear,only kyokushin is fullcontect karate and it is most powerfull it is right or not.OUSH OUSH
Unfortunately you hear incorrectly. There is no such thing as full contact Karate. You may practice full contact at an untrained level to non vital area's of the body but that's about it.
A skilled practitioner hitting a vulnerable area with sufficient or adequate force must be able to injure, maim or kill. If not it is worth learning how. It may save your life one day. My Instructor says: Non contact = injury, semi contact = hospital, full contact = mortuary!
Like any modern style, the one you practice is probably as good as any. Never make the mistake that it is a deadly art if death is not a regular occurrence in practice, unless contact is controlled and "NOT" full on.
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Alan Platt
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General and specific questions relating to Karate, Karate-jutsu, original techniques and applications.
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I have 37 years experience in karate. I do not teach any one particular style or a collection of prescribed techniques. No one particular style has anywhere near all the answers. I don't claim to either.
I teach a state of open mind, techniques concepts, dynamics and tactics which allow you to look for your own answers. My job is to teach students to switch on and trust their own critical faculties. I teach understanding how to judge what works and why, to utilise, adapt and apply any technique suited from the vast repertoire available from a diverse martial arts world and promote creativity.
Students need to be aware of what's needed for defence or offence instinctively. Not slow down the process of response by prescribing movement for possible use. A prescribed action alone is not enough. We must learn to be aware of probable actions taking place quicker than you could think the action out. Students must fully understand exactly what the purpose of the action is for, when and why.
I work on a system by which we can initiate a stimulant for an efficient movement. A needed response i.e. catch, throw, evade, resist, parry, strike. Of which the body already has inherent patterns for those purposes. You can’t slow down or alter this system to get a better "karate effect".
We have built into our mindset a trial and error self correcting attitude. Karate can not redefine movement for its own purpose or style.
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Various magazines and websites
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A personal qualification for my karate experiences.
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6th Dan Karate-jutsu.
Chief Instructor of my own small members only organisation.
Website link www.uk-karate.com
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