Renshinkan Karate match

My first karate match in Japan. This was a 3 man team tournament. I will upload the second fight later. I wasn't used to their style of tournaments/ fighting, but did pretty well. I am the first fight (little bouncy guy starting on left) and I fought against a 4th degree black belt.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• karate
• renshinkan
• tournament
• point
• fighting

[Arbiter366]

650sFinnest you are correct, there is no bad Martial Arts style, only bad Martial Artists. It all depends on how you use it. And Ander, there's a lot of waiting because it's a tournament and they are fighting for points, not damage. If this was real life fighting it would be MUCH different.

[turbodragn]

@Arbiter366 Haha indeed. I actually lost my 2nd fight because I did not "pause" after my initial attack. In other words, I should believe in my first strike and make it clean, instead of rushing in with combos and following up. Afterward, the judge told me that I needed my attacks to be cleaner and retract more to the the attack count. All I could really do was laugh it off.

[Valetudo21]

point SPARRING in any TMA is for wimps. I don't call it point fighting because that is an oxymoron. The purpose of fighting is to knock the other person out not to win on points.

[turbodragn]

Your argument, although I can see where you are coming from, is meaningliness. It is like watching a baseball game and saying, "THATS NOT HOW YOU PLAY SOCCER!!!" and getting all upset about it. Full contact fighting and point fighting are just DIFFERENT sports. Sure, a point fighter might not be good at full contact, but a full contact fighter might not be good at point fighting. Whether or not the point fighter can survive a real fight, is just a different matter, nothing to do with thesport

[sampence]

this seems like a sport for whimps who wanna feel like they're good at fighting because they can kick their legs in cool motions and they wear tons of padding so nothing hurts

[turbodragn]

Lol I see. Well to be honest, this is not my preferred fighting style. I was invited to join the team by a friend, and agreed.

I usually did Seidokaikan and Kyokushin (until my knee acted up again). Now, if you say those fighting styles are for wimps, then you have some serious mental problems.

[Arbiter366]

To the man talking about how awesome wrestling is - No disrespect to wrestling, I have nothing against it, but if you're going to sit there and talk about how you're going to dominate us with that shit, you just go ahead and try to put me into submission while I show you every pressure point on your body, gouge out your eyes, throw you in every direction imaginable, oh, and punch you in the throat. Don't underestimate anyone, and sure as HELL don't underestimate a martial artist..

[chaconmcfly]

Boring!!!!!!!!



[yeartwo20]

@Arbiter366 Hell yes.

[mangalori]

What's wrong with all these people saying this is not a real fight because they go for points and not for damage?!

It's true that originally these martial arts were used in real fights and wars. But today they are a sport. It's no longer about killing your enemy. It's about testing your strenght and technique against others and learning about discipline. I do kendo and believe me, no-one would like to fight with actual swords. And besides... they used protection and points even in the old days.

[Supercucu123]

Grats on your win!

[berniemac18]

If you can make an awesome art piece using some crayons from walmart. then you can understand the mastery of martial arts.

[TheTjswag]

hey u was pretty gud ill give u credit for that, u should show some moves and put dem on youtube so others can learn tha moves u learned

[Poszukiwacz1]

this is better than kyokushin kai?

[rainriders]

wow, war-time karate still exists!!! I think this style poses the same issues as traditional schools and TKD do. The effectiveness of their techniques is measured by 3rd person's assumptions, not actual damage. You don't know how much a strike hurts unless you take it on your body.

[gooddarkjedi]

the left sided is very good.