Combat Ki, real of fad?

[MasterPain]

That is quite amazing, and in my (nearly) 20 years of martial arts, I have never seen anything like this.

The Mawashi geri to the ribs is not all too amazing, that is quite common conditioning in Kyokushin.

The groin kicks, I must say, would hurt even when wearing a cup! I am with MasterPain on this one, I REFUSE to even put any time/energy into learning to take a groin shot!!!

The throat punches are really what gets me. That is just insane! Ive seen people actually carried off on stretchers in Kyokushin tournaments from copping a punch to the neck.

Respect-

I learned to take the throat strikes when I was about 12. It's a matter of tension and breath. You can call it chi, ki, or unholy demonic spirits, so long as those things mean proper tension and breath.

[Th0mas]

That video has been around for a few years..

I believe it is just for show/shock value great for demonstrations, just like board breaking etc..

Personally I do not believe it has any intrinsic combat value.

[bushido_man96]

I'm not sold on it, but those strikes look real. I'm with MP, though; not my cup of tea. I've seen this before, where a professional NFL punter kicked one of the guys in the groin. Ouch.