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Traditional or Sportive karate


Sridhar

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I do both actually as you can see by the fact that I do the sport (Olympic) version of TKD. Actually, I'm just on the university club team. Otherwise all of my training had been traditional until school started. Some of us just so happened to be good at competing as well. So, we'd go to open tournaments.

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Traditional means

 

learning Kata, Khihan, conditioning,meditation,breathing exercise and weapon training

 

Sportive means

 

learning kumite, kata, conditioning in tournament (sports activity) piont of view

 

Instrutor may be any type

 

but most of instructor i met was in a space to preach only sportive mode

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You still do kumite in traditional karate, the emphasis is usually different though.

Yes, we don't have any limitations about which techniques are allowed.

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hara wo neru

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We study a lot of kata/ bunkai and forms. We do tournaments but we concentrate more on application, not fancy crowd pleasing moves.

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We do both, very traditional and tournament. Our tournaments only have traditional katas, so it is only an extension of what we learn in class.

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Blue Belt (7th Kyu) Shorin-ryu

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Kumite is traditional :)

 

Sport karate is based upon pads, head gear, pulling punches and point system tournaments.

 

You'll have to ask the shotokan guys about it - I don't do it :)

 

Osu!

 

ET

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Kumite is traditional :)

 

Sport karate is based upon pads, head gear, pulling punches and point system tournaments.

 

You'll have to ask the shotokan guys about it - I don't do it :)

 

Osu!

 

ET

Not all Shotokan Practitioners are into sport karate. My club most definitely is not!

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