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What an amazing read! Thank you so much for the link!

Oh I've had my left hand broken twice, my right foot broken, all the tendons in my left foot torn and a couple of cracked ribs from "sparring" within the last 2 years alone and god knows how many sprains,ect. Some injuries where from from striking and some from blocking. I have no doubt that I or my partners would have been KO'd multiple times but we do utilize head gear most of the time to avoid that from happening when sparring full contact. Anyhow, back on topic, from my experience size, weight and height do for the most part translate to an advantage in combat.

I only have 1 or 2 training partners at my dojo that are willing to go all out so I don't get to spar full contact as often as I would like. We still manage to get a couple rounds in once every few weeks. Full contact is not the style my teacher likes as his view on things is "we all have to work in the morning" so the level of contact he promotes is light to medium contact for most karateka at our club but the few that do like to turn up the volume a little are welcome to do so with eachother. No, not addressing fighting, but discussing the issues regarding the topic. Besides, I see it the other way, that knowing how to walk away from full contact is what separates the men from the boys. I totally agree that street fighting is for fools. I wouldn't fight on the street unless there was some very, very serious need for it like saving my own life or someone elses. Street fighting for the fun of it or our of rage is silly and not conductive to the martial way. I ment full contact sactioned fights, I sorry if I didn't make that clear. I didn't want to make the impression I was speaking about street fighting at all and I'm sorry for any confusion. I do also have respect for point fighting as control is a big part of martial arts but full contact is very useful to know exactly how effective your skills are. Better to find out with a friend\training partner where your at and what works for you than to find out in a situation with someone who isn't looking to further your skill or has no care for your safety,ect.

Sounds like your talking about light (or no) contact point sparring and that is not fighting by any means. Full contact is where the men are seperated from the boys.

There are weight classes for a very good reason. Anyone that says a 6'3 210lb man with the exact same training and skill set as a 5'5 150lb man isn't at a clear (and huge) advantage do to size alone is a fool.

Hello, I'm looking to find video of the official versions of Chito Ryu katas. Is there a DVD (or VHS) that has all the kata's on it in the same vein as say the JKA Shotokan DVDs? If anyone knows of a video like this please chime in and let me know as I have been looking for a while with no luck and would love to have a video referance for Chito Ryu style forms. Thanks In Advance, Shawn