sport karate?

[plainwhitets]

is sport karate it's own genre of martial arts, or are there styles of martial arts that are considered "sport"

[Luckykboxer]

hrmm unless i am thinking of something different sport karate is the tournaments you compete in.

 

sparring, either point or full contact is sports karate.

 

at least that is how i have always understood it

[aefibird]

There are also sport karate elements in the way that some schools teach forms/kata. A lot of sport karate is competition orientated, and Sport Karate schools will be competition based, either for sparring or forms or both.

[Kicks]

Greetings,

 

I compete under WTF rules. There are techniques that I use in competition that I would not use in actual self defense. It goes the other way too. There are techniques that I would use in an instant on the street, but would get disqualified in competition for using.

 

In competition you should have a few basic techniques that you have mastered that you can "go to" when ever you NEED that point. But since so many atheletes are competing these days, many can easly see the more common techniques coming at them. Players now have to try to develope new techniques or combinations that surprise the other player. While these may be good in competition where safty rules apply and fair play is encouraged, these would get you killed in street combat. The more "triditional" martial arts would apply there.

[pittbullJudoka]

hrmm unless i am thinking of something different sport karate is the tournaments you compete in.

 

sparring, either point or full contact is sports karate.

 

at least that is how i have always understood it

This is my xact thought too

[manuelito]

in the dojo its karate as a martial art

 

on the street its karate as self defense

 

in a tournament its karate as a sport

 

Kicks you make a good point on your idea on competition