The K is on its way - but there is no kata.

Discussion in 'Karate' started by GaryWado, May 23, 2013.

  1. GaryWado

    GaryWado Tired

    The K is on iits way, but with no Kata... Hitler is not happy!

    [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=IAA-6f0x1Vc"]Hitler Reacts to Karate Becoming Olympic Sport - YouTube[/ame]

    Warning - contains some rude words!

    Gary
     
  2. Llamageddon

    Llamageddon MAP's weird cousin Supporter

    Good. Will stop the kata from being ruined.


    (hi, by the way)
     
  3. Grass hopper

    Grass hopper Valued Member

    I don't want karate in the Olympics. I saw what it did to TKD.
     
  4. Zabrus

    Zabrus Valued Member

    Completely agree with Grass hopper. So does my sensei and most of my dojo.
     
  5. Mitch

    Mitch Lord Mitch of MAP Admin

    What will the ruleset be?

    If it becomes truly popular, what will the relevance of clubs not teaching that ruleset be to people currently outside the art?

    Mitch
     
  6. Zabrus

    Zabrus Valued Member

  7. GaryWado

    GaryWado Tired

    But presumably, as there is no Kata now - any style can enter (as long as they follow the competition rule set)?

    Gary
     
  8. Fish Of Doom

    Fish Of Doom Will : Mind : Motion Supporter

    london bridge is falling down,
    falling down, falling down,
    london bridge is falling down,
    my fair lady.
     
  9. Grass hopper

    Grass hopper Valued Member

    They don't include shorin ryu! How can you over look shorin ryu?
     
  10. Mitch

    Mitch Lord Mitch of MAP Admin

    It'll devolve into point fighting without Kyokushin.

    Mitch
     
  11. Grass hopper

    Grass hopper Valued Member

    They should have knockdown fighting as well. Knockdown isn't limited to kyokushin either, just popularized by it. In okinawa they have yearly knockdown competitions with goju ryu and shorin ryu being the main competitors. Shidokan does very well for the most part.
     
  12. Fish Of Doom

    Fish Of Doom Will : Mind : Motion Supporter

    this is the WKF we're talking about. they don't actually do karate anymore, and haven't for a fair while. sport karate is a VERY different animal altogether.
     
  13. Grass hopper

    Grass hopper Valued Member

    Absolutely. It's just kickboxing with less power and gi's.
     
  14. bassai

    bassai onwards and upwards ! Moderator Supporter

    Have I missed something ?
    When I looked at the IOC website TKD was still listed and Karate wasn't.
     
  15. GaryWado

    GaryWado Tired

    The WKF have moved kumite in the direction the IOC want.

    It goes against the Olympic creed seeing too much blood, folks knocked out and bones broken.

    That's why Olympic boxing is so tame compared to the pro-stuff, and why Judo is a shadow of its former self.
     
  16. Fish Of Doom

    Fish Of Doom Will : Mind : Motion Supporter

    and yet olympic TKD has spectacular knockouts and is technically a full-contact sport.

    sport karate on the other hand has:
    -face punching
    -throwing

    maybe they should just merge it and have a FC-optional face-punchy, high-kicky and people-throwy southeast-asian MA ruleset where you can win by KO or by points equally as easily, and just open it up to kung fu, muay thai, krotty, tkd, FMA, etc, and cover them all in huge padding so the MT people don't kill everyone (at least until they wise up and start toughening up). that should breed some interesting matches, methinks.
     
  17. Moosey

    Moosey invariably, a moose Supporter

    It's just a marketing thing. A bunch of karate organisations think karate will become more popular if it's in the Olympics. They're just overlooking what they'll have to do to karate in the process.

    I shall stage a personal protest by never using a straight legged ura mawashi geri in kumite.
     
  18. bassai

    bassai onwards and upwards ! Moderator Supporter

    Apart from the padding , isn't that just mma ?
     
  19. Mitch

    Mitch Lord Mitch of MAP Admin

    Kudo.

    They need Kudo.

    Mitch
     
  20. Ben Gash CLF

    Ben Gash CLF Valued Member

    everyone needs Kudo
     

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