__________It can only be explained so many ways before it becomes obvious that people don't really want the most effective training, they just want the illusion of it. They want to dress up in gis and get colored belts while avoiding the most effective training available. All so that they can say "I train karate" when they really don't want karate, they want kickboxing.
I think kickboxing is far from karate and actually did not had made from karate or MT: it is rule set lika MMA etc.
Like this stuff we see in semi contact karate torunaments: it isn't karate ideology, like also stuff we see in KK kumite is not KK, cos they does knows more than is allowed to use under these rules.
Like kick light KB I think might be horrible for self defense.
Why?
Yeah, technically it is good stuff.
While, the same stuff about street?
One is some simple laborer and had pushed his opponent with full power. This lad maybe even will rethink to engage further.
If someone will do stuff like : okey, evaded first punch or kick and had maybe even ate something and hit his attacker with this semi contact punch or kick? Especially if too weak in the face?
This might make aggressor even more confident and more angry, more aggressive to engage further.
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I had saw different ppl from these semi contact arts: one was almost useless, another ( from the same gym and with the same instructor ) just normally continued to fight with 100% : ate punch, evaded kick and delivered some 2 punches and a kick in row with 100%.