tsuki

Hi Everyone. I had been studying Wing Chun for a little while,however I personally found it not to my liking-I don't need go into any detail of why. I've decided to go back into karate .I used to do Kyokushin many years ago,but now there seems to be more offshoots of this style then ever before.Kyokushin tends to be a more linear style ? while the offshoots such as Ashihara,Enshin,and more recently Shintaiikudo emphasize the Sabaki method ,generally moving to the blind spot of the attacker to defend oneself and attack the opponent.I am just wondering interms of self defence,eventhough this Sabaki method sounds sensible in theory, how does it play out in a real street confontation.Does one have the time ,the speed or the foresight to move away from the attack?Does the environment /surroundings,indeed allow one to move away from the attack? Any comments ,greatly appreciated

I believe BJJ will always win if the Karateka is stupid enough to play BJJ's game.Down load a clip from the site below to give you a bit of an idea. It has the legendery Rolls Gracie,the title mentions his name and the fact he is fighting a Karate master,look for the date 30th Jan 2005. http://www.martialarts.dk/videoklip.asp