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dont jump as high untill your foot is more conditioned

The interpretation is what you or the judge belive what excessive contact is your idea might be diffrent then theirs. Im sorry but there is no way to say what is to light or to hard. So it has to let to opinion.

Just trying to improve all the ones I know. I need to study them more deeply

I really cant say I disagree with you. My point is for the current generation to keep playing they need to start changing up.

Do any of you use protective equipment whilst training in the dojo? Should the WKF introduce these? All we use is WKF approved gloves. And thats it Should the WKF Introduce anything else? No they should not. They do allow shin guards but thats optional. On the issue of contact I belive it is fine the way it is now. We all know what the rules say. And so do the judges now that being said its an interpretation of the rules by the judges. what do they consider light contact. There are some unspoken rules about contact in WKF compititons such as to the body go as hard as you can and take the penalties as they come, wich they usually dont as long as you dont break anything.wich never happens. Now to the face If you cant take a hit or affraid to get hit you shouldent be in WKF divisions period. Yes we go hard and we do get penalties called for it. But its part of the game and the judges do let us get away with it to some point. Ive noticed the judges call contact violations for face shots if they feel it was malicious or if you draw blood. To me it what makes WKF the best for point sparring. Its about karate not touchy feely tag Like you see in other touneys if you dont like it or cant hang dont enter go to NASKA or something like that.

glad to see you like the strech

Hey I like watching gymnastics and I really dont see a diffrence.

Sice I have just started compition training again for the 2006 year. And it being a Championship year and all. I was thinking about how to improve my bread and butter techniques and make them better, faster, stronger, and how to use them in reaction to my opponents. I realized we are all doing the same thing. in one way or another. Weather it comes to foot work or our techniques. Its all extremley predictable I myself am guilty of this as well. If you really sit down and think about it all you have to do is know the opponents geographical location in the world and you can have an Idea of their fighting style. For instance Japanese players, their foot Work/Shifting is very old school and linear yes they are improving each year but you do know how they approach the match. Very straight forward and using alot of basic hand techniques and the ocasional roundhouse. For european fighters they are usually alot lighter on their feet and have very active footwork using lots of kicks. and a few are deasent at takedowns but most of them tend to force them. Now for americans we are the worst when it comes to predictability our foot work is generally a happy medium between the two I just described. And our techniques are predictable in the way eachone of us has our own style and preference but anybody who has seen us will know how to fight us and beat us thats probally why we never do that great at worlds most of us dont do any better then bronze. except for George Kotaka and Elisa Au but they are both extremley predictable they are just really quick for their prespective division, but hey george didnt do as well as expected last year in Mexico. Lets look at elisa she does adapt to the fighter but in only in two ways if she is being agressive she will blitz in with a fury of punches. Or if she is being defensive she will lure you in and beat you to the punch. Thats all she has. Look at George what does he have but speed and very very fast hands and what can you expect out of him, yes he will do other techniques from time to time. But he is really waiting for that perfect reverse punch. Like I was saying earlier about myself working on my bread and butter techniques. it seems like we are all guilty of this and sooner or later a new up and comer who we havent really paid much attention to will know how to beat us because we dont change up. every time we step on the mat there are people watching and learning how to spar us. If we want to keep our place on our prespective teams we have to change. I know I only explained my observation of a few of the people but I dont want to type for ever. P.S this is all just my opinion no offense intended to anyone.

Ignore it. Everyone advances at there own pace its not your fault they havent earned it.

The short and simple answer is. If your the higher belt you let the lower rank set the pace. If your the lower rank you srt the pace.

That pretty much sums it up.