Using knee's in karate

[Orient]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me if knee's are used in karate, particulary Wado ryu?

[hawkfish]

I am not sure about Wado ryu since I take Shotokan but the current kata that I am working on, Heian Yondan has a knee strike to the head.

[ps1]

Knees are important for all martial arts. I've trained in several and all of them teach and make use of knee strikes.

[Brandon Fisher]

Yes karate uses knees commonly known has Hiza Geri.

[bushido_man96]

I echo the sentiment of knee strikes being important. Several of my TKD forms have knee strikes. We don't use them in sparring, though.

[Mike Flanagan]

Hi,

Can anyone tell me if knee's are used in karate, particulary Wado ryu?

Hi Orient

Knee strikes are by far the most used kick in the way that I practice karate. But even when I'm not hitting the opponent with my knee I'm often using it to apply pressure to their stance.

Mike

[y2_sub]

Knee kicks are perfectly legal and one of the most important kicks in kyokushin karate , it can be applied in different forms to different sides of the body (and head) .. Grabbing while kneeing ur opponent is allowed ( in international and black belts competitions ) clinching and kneeing however is not allowed in kyokushin

[elbows_and_knees]

I use them all the time in muay thi. when I trained karate, they were in the kata, but other than kata and self defense drills, we never trained them. back then, I would not have been able to use one in a fight, becuase we worked them so rarely.

[Jiffy]

While I don't think they are used as much as in styles such as Muai-Thai, they are certainly used. They are called Hiza-Geri

[Zorbasan]

whose a geri?

hiza geri

HAHAHAH

(weird mood)