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Is that how JKA generally operate? I train at a JKA dojo in Sweden. I'm 9th kyu and have sparringclasses 3 times per week with one instructor. Continous pointsparring with medium contact. The chief instructor is more kihon-oriented but usually throws in some light contact jiyu kumite without protective gear at the end of his classes. They even do kumite with slaps instead och kicks and punches in the beginnerclass. I thought JKA was the same all over the globe?

Reply: At training the sparring we do are quite minimum, mainly Kihon going up and down 5 times on on each technics. The sparring we do are categorise into belt level White/Yellow/Orange - Kihon go hon Kumite (fixed 5 steps sparring), Green/Blue - Kihon Ippon Kumite (fixed one step Kumite), Purple - Jiyu Ippon Kumite (freestyle one step sparring), Brown/Black - Jiyu Kumite (freestyle sparring). We emphasis one attack for maximum affective damage to the target.