MAfreak

as addition or brush-up videos are useful, when they are detailed. i'd recommend videos of - bas rutten (mainly striking; muay thai background) or the youtube channels of - kwonkicker (striking; tkd background) - stephan kesting (grappling; bjj background) - submissions101 (grappling; bjj background)

wkf is a federation. but every club or school, no matter what karate style they are, have to do their kumite / competition style, which is based on shotokan. at least if they wish to enter tournaments.

haha okay it prepares us for the zombie apocalypse. the asian bows are huge. i guess they can also be used as bo/long staff when it comes to close combat. but must be hard to aim, especially on moving targets, when its a classical bow without that arrow-fixing stuff. http://fs5.directupload.net/images/160205/nlyfcr7h.jpg also fixing the arrow takes some time, so in a battle, you would be killed, before you could load the arrow, i think.

thank you for the feedback. yes that throw was just for fun and just for show. i saw kobudo people throwing sai to the ground, so it would hit the opponents foot. i think too, its to dangerous, its like saying "hey catch my weapon, your welcome!"

well the modern sports-bows where an arrow can be fixed on is different from the ones the samurai used or the ones we built as kids. it couldn't be used in a hurry in a battle but like a sniper. like always i have a videoclip on the topic. some month ago i bought an archery set and my goal was to be able to shoot a frisbee. after some practise i reached it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow8IvycnH3o

yes normally its called professional when someone gets paid for it. if not, its a hobby. thats it. no matter, how often you do your hobby. maybe you can call it your passion or lifestyle to make clear that it means alot to you.

danke.

shorter sticks like Lupin1 mentioned are also used in kobudo and hapkido. there are versions with a wristband-like cord on one end so it can't be taken away easily.

i'm no weapons expert but had some kobudo lessons and did long self study on traditional weapons, since its an amazing addition to the "common" weaponless combat sports. my total favourite is the tonfa because its one of the few weapons which adjusts to our body and not the other way round, when it comes to arm positioning, blocking or striking. i have a very short video with some training clips, and did an example there. a shadow boxing combination and later a tonfa combination, which is exactly the same. when you can box with it, its the perfect weapon (surely except of stabbingweapons and firearms). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaNl26Og4p0 i tried sai throwing too, i think thats interesting for such a big heavy weapon (compared to throwing-knifes or shuriken). my second favourite would be the cane like its used in hapkido. could be handled like a tonfa or a hanbo, can sweep or grab someone, can even be sharpened and no one would ask you, why you carry this stick with you.

yes, this is the federation i meant. to me its like commercial mass-production of karatekas. i know that in the iogkf for example, they are harder and more realistic. by the way the last guy in the first video was from that iogkf.

its a scientific fact, that a positive mentally attitude helps. because of "happiness hormones" instead of stress hormones which influences the immune system. since she has fighting spirit due to her martial arts background, it should help to get through this situation. i wish her all the best, get well soon!

i was 5th kyu /1st blue belt in wkf karate. but i made a mma training too and i must admit, i left karate (in the time between those 2 videos) since it was not very effective for close combat. maybe its just the wkf style, but that one wasn't very competitive. many nonsense was shown as self-defense-technique, i was really disappointed.

thank you! this is interesting. i'm from the east, about an one-hour-drive from berlin. just for the sake of completeness i wanna attach two more short sparring videos. two times i saw videos on youtube or facebook where i found myself in, which is funny when you see yourself in trouble 'cause being fully exhausted or with bigger and heavier guys. but no excuses, i cut the scenes and put them on my own small channel. the first one was on the same karate & mma event like from above: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7yXf94ktAw the second one was on a similar event by the boxers and kickboxers here, so standup only: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qoarv6JYYo8 sorry for the bad quality, the camera guys or girls panned the cameras and i had to zoom with software.

thank you for the nice words. @zaine yes, i'm glad that video cameras today aren't expensive so we can analyse ourselfs and the time will come when we are old and/or sick/injured so we can't go on, but we can watch or show how we did in better days.

hello everyone! my name is tobias and i'm a martial arts enthusiast from germany. i started with karate and took lessons in (or watched to) many other styles to find out what are they doing differently and why (judo, jiu jitsu, kobudo, (kick)boxing, krav maga etc.). however to introduce myself i thought it would be appropriate to post an older sparring video from a charity event which was open for every combat sportsman (or woman). so here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPy3v2IM0K4