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bustr
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singularity6
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While the first 3 videos show people who have very sloppy technique, I don't think it's a large enough sample to assume all American point karate fighters fight that way (the first 2 videos feature the same fighter.)
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bushido_man96
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The problem with point sparring is that it doesn't really matter what it looks like, it just matters if you get the point.
Now, standing in a side-on stance and using lead leg kicks to keep an opponent at bay and using backfists as strikes is a sound strategy. Bill "Supefoot" Wallace made good use of that strategy for years. Just because you find a few people who look sloppy doing it doesn't make it a bad strategy, or a legitimate way of defending oneself, either. This side-on stance can be somewhat limiting, though, making it difficult to strike with the rear hand, and making the only really viable back leg options to be spinning kicks, which can be great counters or combo pieces.
The back stance approach can allow the fighter to have lots of offensive options available to them, more easily employing back leg kicks and reverse strikes. However, the tradeoff is that their body positions leaves more targets available to strike in the point system, therefore requiring good defensive capabilities, too.
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sensei8
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The problem with point sparring is that it doesn't really matter what it looks like, it just matters if you get the point.
Now, standing in a side-on stance and using lead leg kicks to keep an opponent at bay and using backfists as strikes is a sound strategy. Bill "Supefoot" Wallace made good use of that strategy for years. Just because you find a few people who look sloppy doing it doesn't make it a bad strategy, or a legitimate way of defending oneself, either. This side-on stance can be somewhat limiting, though, making it difficult to strike with the rear hand, and making the only really viable back leg options to be spinning kicks, which can be great counters or combo pieces.
The back stance approach can allow the fighter to have lots of offensive options available to them, more easily employing back leg kicks and reverse strikes. However, the tradeoff is that their body positions leaves more targets available to strike in the point system, therefore requiring good defensive capabilities, too. |
Solid post!!
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