Hi, I wish to inform you that we have new article on our web site www.karate.org.yu Please take a look and send us your comments. Regards, Jakov Stankovic ...
Hi Tim, I'm neutral on the subject. I am curious why people oppose it. Assuming it goes into the Olympics, assuming it will be with the WKF rules, and...
Hi, Like it has been said before, you see the sport lose its intention. End for what. I agree that years of training can't be replaced by sports kumite. It...
Hey, I'm back in again, courtesy of intelligent comment from Jay. We don't have as many cable, satellite digital or terrestrial stations as the US, so Martial...
The last time kata came up as a subject in competition, Bob Nash and I agreeed. This is scarey for Mr. Nash.:-) Competition is fine for those who like that...
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Oct 1, 2004 3:10 pm
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Hello all, My view (for what it's worth) The Olympic rubber stamp moves us a step ever nearer to the tail wagging the dog. Tim Shaw Essex UK [Non-text portions...
"Jorge F. Garibaldi" < ... years. ... themselves ... Yes. That is what we do. Sort of. When we are young we compete. When we reach our 30's we start learning...
... It has already begun with the new scoring system. I believe is was changed to get more spectacular techniques thrown more often. That is a slippery slop. ...
... <Arnold.Keizer@g...> wrote: . I know people ho can fight and win ... Sounds like some of the students I've had.... ... But this is not WKF rules. ... I...
Bob I agree with you about the positive sides of competition karate. I just don't see the necesity for it to become an olympic sport. On the contrary. For...
... just ... I agree. ... Karate for ... But Olympic competition isn't for everyone, just the elite athletes. ... tell you ... philosophy. I don't know....
Bob wrote <But Olympic competition isn't for everyone, just the elite athletes.> Well Bob, at the time you were writing about what you saw as good and bad ...
Hello , ive tried to email your other address as in the email but it keeps coming back to me , can you give me more info on the seminar # Steve ... ...
Hi Everyone, OK, Not everybody competes. Not everybody plays professional football. Not everybody of professional football plays in Arsenal, Juventus or...
Hi Jaron. The floating point seems to be: for some karate is a sport, for some a martial art, and for some both. From a martial perspective budo sport is not a...
Hi Jorge, Now it comes down what the definition is for karate. In your example for reality based training I would call that karate-jitsu, training for...
Hi All I am new to this group, and indeed Wado Ryu, coming from another style. I belong to the Higashi Luton Karate Kai in the UK, and have done Shotokan...
I agree, but for those who choose the sport aspect then perhaps organisations should declare their intent to teach martial or sport to make it clear to...
It is the marketing of the Olympics that would have a negative affect on karate. The allure of an Olympic medal will change who joins karate clubs and how...
Domenico Capilongo
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Oct 3, 2004 12:48 pm
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Aren't we all forgetting that Ohstuka senior drew up the first
competition rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Steve Balaam-Reed 3rd Dan Chief Instructor Chikara Wado Ryu...
There is a long way from drawing a set of competition rules, to saying that karate should be an olympic sport. Unless Sensei Ohtsuka specifically said or wrote...
Assume that karate becomes an Olympic sport. People interested in competing will train for it and try to "make the team". Nobody else will really care except...
Taylor Hayden
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Oct 3, 2004 5:52 pm
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"There is one big difference. You can still only score if the technique is deemed worthy of an ippon...and there lies the key. Ippon. No waza ari. Only...
To Steve, who said: "Aren't we all forgetting that Ohstuka senior drew up the first competition rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Hi Steve, I don't think everyone involved...
The relevance is that karate becoming an Olympic sport is a natural
progression. If you draw up rules and make sport an aspect of a system.
And if that system...
... That is a great example of the damage that can be done to karate. The very spirit and intent of those original rules is a far cry from what they have...
... The ... what ... Do you know how they competed back then? Just how do you think Ohtsuka would ... or ... I stipulated in the beginning that I was limiting...
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