KARATE:
KARATE IS ONE OF THE MOST WIDELY PRACTICE MARTIAL-ART’S FORMS IN THE JAPANESE WORD.
MARTIAL-ART’S RELY ON ACCUTE PHYSICAL CORDINATION AND MENTAL FOCUS. THEY WERE
DEVELOPED IN ASIA (PRIMARILY INDIA,CHINA AND JAPAN) OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL
THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
MODERN KARATE DEVELOPED OUT OF MARTIAL-ART’S FORMS PRACTICED IN OKINAWA,
AN ISLAND THAT IS NOW PART OF JAPAN,FOR HUNDREDS OF YEAR, KARATE EVOLED IN EAST ASIA
OVER A PERIOD OF CENTURIES, BECOMING SYSTEMIZED IN OKINAWA IN THE 17th CENTURY
PROBABLY BY PEOPLE FORBIDDEN TO CARRY WEAPONS. IT WAS IMPORTED IN TO JAPAN IN THE
1920.SEVERAL SCHOOLS AND SYSTEM DEVELOPED, EACH FAVOURING SOME WHAT DIFFERENT
TECHNIQUES AND TRAINING METHODS. KARATE, LIKE OTHER ASIAN MARTIAL-ART’S DISCIPLINES,
STRESS MENTAL ATTITUDE, RITUALS OF COURTSEY, COSTUMES AND A COMLEX BELT RANKING
SYSTEM (KYU) BY COLOUR OF BELTS, TTHERE IS SOME OVERLAPPING OF TECHNIQUES WITTH OTHER
FIGHTING STYLE.
KARATE (JAPANESE -EMPTY HAND) UNARMED MARTIAL-ART’S DISCIPLINES EMPLOYING
KICKING,PUNCHING, BLOCKING WITH THE ARMS OR LEGS. EMPHASIS IS ON CONCENTRATING AS
MUCH OF THE BODY’S POWER AS POSSIBLE AT THE POINT AND INSTANT OF IMPACT, STRIKING
SURFACE INCLUDE THE HAND (PARTICULARLY THE KNUCKLE AND THE OUTER EDGE) BALL OF THE
FOOT,HEEL, FOREARM, KNEE AND ELBOW ALL AREE TOUGHENED BY PRACTICE OR WOOD, PINE
BOARDS UP TO SEVERAL INCHES IN THICKNESS CAN BE BROKEN BY THE BARE HAND OR FOOT OF AN
EXPERT, TIMING, TACTICS AND SPIRIT HOWEVER ARE EACH CONSIDERED AT LEAST AS PHYSICAL
TOUGHENING.
SPORTS KARATE AND SPARRING (KUMITE) IN TRAINING BLOWS AND KICKS ARE STOPPED SHORT
PREFERABLY WITHIN AN INCH OF CONTACT SPORTING MATCHES.
COMMONLY LAST ABOUT THREE MINUTES TO A DECISION IF NETHER CONTESTANT HAS SCORED A
CLEAN POINT IN THE ESTIMATION OF THE JUDGES, CONTESTANT OF FORM (KATA) ARE ALSO HELD,
IN WHICH SINGLE COMPETITORS PERFORM PREDETERMIND SERIES OF MOVEMENTS SIMULATING
DEFENSE AND COUNTER ATTACK AGAINST SEVERAL OPPONENTS PERFORMANCES ARE SCORNED BY
A PANEL OF JUDGES, AS IN GYMNASTIC.
KOBUDO
KOBUDO – IS JAPANESE ( OKINAWAN ) MARTIAL-ART’S, FOCUS ON WEAPONS TRAINING “KOBUDO”
WAS DEVELOPED ON THE OKINAWAN WEAPONS SUCH AS THE “BO”, “SAI”, “TONFA”, “NUNCHAKU”
ETC. KOBUDO PRACTICE IS OFTEN INCLUDED AS SUPPLEMENTAL TRAINING IN MANY KARATE
SCHOOLS.KOBUDO WEAPONS ARE USED PRIMARILY IN DEMONSTRATION SELF-DEFENSE TRAINING
AND WEAPONS KATA ( TECHNICAL FORM ).
“KICK-BOXING”
KICKBOXING COMBINES THE PUNCHES OF BOXING WITH THE KICKS OF KARATE, THERE ARE A FEW
VARIATIONS OF THE SPORT, SOME COMPETITIVE KICKBOXERS PRACTICE THE SPORTS AGAINST
OPPONENTS IN THE RING, OTHER FITNESS ENTHUSIASTS PRACTICE KICK-BOXING AS AN AEROBICS
WORKOUT, KICK-BOXING TECHNIQUES ARE ALSO PRACTICAL FOR SELF-DEFENSE, OTHER THE PAST
SEVERAL DECADES, KICK-BOXING HAS BECOME AN EXCITING SPORT TO WATCH AND TO PRACTICE.
HISTORY
KARATE HAS BEEN PRACTICED SINCE THE 19th CENTURY. BUT KICK- BOXING HAS A MUCH SHORTER
HISTORY. THE TERM “KICK-BOXING” WAS CREATED BY A JAPANESE BOXING PROMOTER IN 1950’S,
THE PROMOTER USED THE TERM OF REFER TO A COMBINATION OF “MUAY-THAI”, “BOXING “ AND
“KARATE”, THE TERM LATER GAINED MORE POPULARITY IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1970’s
AMERICAN FULL CONTACT KARATE PRACTIONERS WERE FRUSTRATED BY THE SCORING LIMITATION
OF THE TOURNAMENTS AND DECIDED TO TAKE THEIR BOUTS THE BOXING RING. A COUPLE OF THE
LEGENDS.OF SPORTS FROM THAT TIME ARE...BENNY “THE JET” URQUIDEZ AND BILL “SUPER FOOT”
WALLACE, KICK-BOXING BECAME MOREE POPULAR WHEN ESPN STARTED BROADCASTING KICK—
BOXING MATCHES IN 1979.
TECHNIQUES
COMPETITIVE KICK-BOXING USE A WIDE A RENGE OF TECHNIQUES TO DISORIENT AND DEFEAT
OPPONENTS PUNCHES INCLUDE THE JAB,UPPER CUT AND HOOK, THE HOOK PUNCH IS ONE OF THE
MOST DEVASTATING STRIKES BECAUSE IT SWINGS AROUND AND POWERFULLY HITS AN OPPONENTS
FROM THE SIDE, KICKS ALSO ARE POWER FUL WEAPONS IN THE SPORT, KICKING TECHNIQUES,
INCLUDE FRONT,HOOK,SIDE, ROUND HOUSE AND SPINNING BACK KICKS ARE GOOD FOR SURPRISING
OPPONENTS, A KICK-BOXER PERFORMS THIS TECHNIQUES BY QUICKLY SPINNING AND DRIVING HIS
HEEL BACKWARD IN TO HIS OPPONENT.
CARDIO KICK-BOXING
DUE TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF KICK- BOXING TRAINING REGIMENT KICK-BOXING WORK OUT HAVE
BECOME POPULAR AMONG EVERY DAY FITNESS ENTHUSIASTS, MANY GYMS, NOW OFFER CARDIOKICK BOXING CLASSES, PARTICIPANTS PERFORM MANY KICK BOXING TECHNIQUES, LIKE JAB AND
ROUND HOUSE KICKS, THE TECHNIQUES ARE PERFORMED AT A FAST PACE TO MUSIC, CARDIO KICKBOXING CLASSES ARE A TONED DOWN VERSION OF A FIGHTERS WORKOUT, BUT This HEY STILL
PROVIDE A GREAT CALORIE BURN, THE CLASSES ALSO TEACH PARTICIPANTS SOME BASIC SELFDEFENSE MOVES
SELF-DEFENSE
SELF-DEFENSE IS SET OF AWARENESS, ASSERTIVENESS, VRRBAL CONFRONTATION SKILLS, SAFETY
STRATEGIES, AND PHYSICAL TECHNIQUES THAT ENABLE SOMEONE TO SUCCESSFULLY PREVENT
ESCAPE RESIST AND SURVIVE VIOLENT ASSAULTS. A GOOD SELF-DEFENSE COURSE PROVIDES
PSYCHOLOGICAL AWARENESS AND VERBAL SKILLS, NOT JUST PHYSICAL TRAINING.
A BASIC COURSE CAN OFFER ENOUGH CONCEPTS AND SKILLS TO HELP YOU DEVELOP SELF—
PROTECTION STRATEGIES THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE This O BUUILD UP ON. SELF-DEFENSE TRAINING
IS NOT KARATE ALTHOUGH SOME OF THE TECHNIQUES ARE DERIVED FORM THE MARTIAL-ARTS. THE
SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES DO NOT REQUIRE YEARS TO PROTECT, CERTAINLY, PRACTICE IS
IMPORTANT AND INVESTING THE TIME TO REVIEW AND PERFECT YOUR SKILLS CAN BUILD
CONFIDENCE AND INCREASE YOUR ABILITIES.
THE KEY IS MAKE TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN YOUR OWN SAFETY AND TO DO
WHAT IN NECESSARY TO REDUCE RISK AND BECOME EMPOWERED TO ACT, RATHER THAN TO BE
ACTED UP ON.
