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- From: wrat@unisql.UUCP (wharfie)
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- Subject: poor technique
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- Date: 28 Dec 92 16:51:11 GMT
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- In article <JON.92Dec14165354@zeus.med.utah.edu> jon@zeus.med.utah.edu (Jonathan Byrd) writes:
- >Some competitors will let their blows penetrate just a little past the
- >contact point. These blows are often fast, powerful, and accurate.
- >The only thing "poor" about them is the fact that they make contact,
- >which is against the rules. Rules notwithstanding, hard contact
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- To my way of thinking, deliberately disregarding agreed upoun
- rules to hurt your opponent is poor technique, in fact, it's the worst
- possible technique.
-
- Many years ago I was at a judo tournament on the East Coast.
- One competitor was winning most of his matches with a standing arm lock:
- he'd snap on some variation of wake-gatame and throw himself to the mat.
- He'd do this with such speed and disregard for the safety of his opponent
- that he broke two arms before the other person had time to surrender. He
- was more concerned with winning the match than with anything else. Yes,
- his technique was very good, since even when people knew what to expect
- he'd still break their arms. Yes, his technique was very bad, since he
- could not apply it in safe and controlled manner.
-
- >Now I *know* you're pulling my leg.
-
- Not at all. Since a karate blow is supposed to smash bone and
- flesh - aren't you taught to punch right through targets? - how _could_
- you have a real full contact match unless it was to the death? Either
- you're pulling your punches and fighting by rules - like we do in judo -
- or karate techniques are not powerful enough to need to be diluted for
- competition. Or do you train to armor yourself against your own art,
- the way Thai boxers do?
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