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  1. Thread: Karate

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    Actually Karate is as popular as ever if not more...

    Actually Karate is as popular as ever if not more so.

    UFC and all of that is a fringe activity. Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Tai Chi and Judo rule the mainstream.

    Just because people who post on the...
  2. Thread: Karate

    by shaolinboxer
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    Seven Star - Since Hawaiians are partailly...

    Seven Star - Since Hawaiians are partailly descended from Samoans... I guess you could say both. But I was specifically talking about the tribes on Hawaii. The social structure has been likened to...
  3. Thread: Karate

    by shaolinboxer
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    I think also a simple fact in life is that nobody...

    I think also a simple fact in life is that nobody is born with the ability to not freak out when they get hit in the face. You have to learn that in sparring, and that advantage alone puts boxers...
  4. Thread: Karate

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    I believe "full contact sparring" is a recent...

    I believe "full contact sparring" is a recent introduction to karate, mostly through Mas Oyama's efforts.

    Like koryu bujutsu, karate in the classical sense IS kata.

    Tomiki aikido is a...
  5. Thread: Karate

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    "Karate has the motto "one punch certain death"...

    "Karate has the motto "one punch certain death" but i find that most practitoners lack the tool development to carry out this maxim. "

    A better explaination (IMO) of this maxim is "resolution...
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