Sauzin Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 Oh yeah, theres another martial art on there too; wushu. Make that reason number 7. Wushu lost it's focus of actual combative functionality in kata about the same time it entered the Olympics. The only two things that stand between an effective art and one that isn't are a tradition to draw knowledge from and the mind to practice it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_2k3 Posted April 13, 2004 Author Share Posted April 13, 2004 Reason no. 8: More Mcdojo's "When my enemy contracts I expand and when he expands I contract" - Bruce Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xianzhong Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 MMA should be in the Olympics, than all styles can compete...I don't think karate point sparring and katas should be a competition sport, especially kata... Are You Ready? @https://www.geocities.com/tonybanhOpen Your Mind... @https://www.openyourmind.tk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superfighter Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 i still think that since Tae kwon do is in the olympics, why bother with karate? people are going to want to see lots of flashy kicks, and thats what olympic tae kwon do gives them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_2k3 Posted April 13, 2004 Author Share Posted April 13, 2004 Yeah, why put karate in when we've got TaeKwon-do? MMA sounds like a good idea, however that would be very hard to regulate because olympic standards are very tight. "When my enemy contracts I expand and when he expands I contract" - Bruce Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G Money Slick Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 The "Big 3" styles of Karate are TKD, Shotokan, and Kenpo. Only one is in the Olympics. If your enemy refuses to be humbled......you must destroy him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_2k3 Posted April 13, 2004 Author Share Posted April 13, 2004 The "Big 3" styles of Karate are TKD, Shotokan, and Kenpo. Only one is in the Olympics. I'm sorry but ur very wrong.... Taekwon-do is not karate, it is Taekwon-do. Plz dont get the 2 confused they are very different. Oh and kenpo is not one of the "big 3" as u call it, although shotokan is the most popular style of karate in the western world. Kenpo is simply a popular style in the US but still not that popular. U do realise that TKD is korean and not japanese, it revolves around kicking and is NOT a style of karate, thats a typical comment a mcdojo would say, somtimes they call kickboxing or TKD karate, those kind of misconceptions are what are killing karate and MA's. If you must know TKD could be classed as part of the tang soo do family, but again its still not tang soo do. "When my enemy contracts I expand and when he expands I contract" - Bruce Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aefibird Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 The "Big 3" styles of Karate are TKD, Shotokan, and Kenpo. Oh really? And all this time I've been thinking that TKD was Korean and a completely separate martial art from karate. Silly old me... (as a BTW, I agree with Rich_2k3's point about Kempo, it's not as popular in the UK as it is in the US.) "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My CologneSheffield Steelers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ducky Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 karate in olympics could be ok, but if people just want flashy kicks and moves, then why not push for that acrobatic "neokarate" stuff??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benkendrick Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 The "Big 3" styles of Karate are TKD, Shotokan, and Kenpo. Only one is in the Olympics. I'm sorry but ur very wrong.... Taekwon-do is not karate, it is Taekwon-do. Plz dont get the 2 confused they are very different. Oh and kenpo is not one of the "big 3" as u call it, although shotokan is the most popular style of karate in the western world. Kenpo is simply a popular style in the US but still not that popular. U do realise that TKD is korean and not japanese, it revolves around kicking and is NOT a style of karate, thats a typical comment a mcdojo would say, somtimes they call kickboxing or TKD karate, those kind of misconceptions are what are killing karate and MA's. If you must know TKD could be classed as part of the tang soo do family, but again its still not tang soo do. I agree wholeheartedly with your main point (ie, Modern TKD is not Karate). However, both TKD and TSD primarily evolved from the same main root - Shotokan Karate. So loosely speaking, I can see how they could be considered karate (on one level or another). In fact through out much of the 60's & early 70's they were (quite aptly too) referred to as Korean Karate by many martial artist in the US. (I know it's comming - so let the stoning begin.... ) Ben Kendrick"The more you sweat in training the less you bleed in battle..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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