Karate Tournaments Tips And Tricks

Today's tip is a little bit different, as it isn't one of mine. I recently went to a sword seminar where the sensei was promoting this idea so I thought I would share it with all you. I think sometimes as martial artists we can forget the reality of fighting. I'm not talking about tournament fighting because it is a controlled environment and even though it can be very heavy combat the chances of being permanently maned are very remote. But in a real-life situation as in a street fight the odds of being hurt are astronomical. I had seen so many karate students that think they know how to street fight and they start throwing reverse punchs and wonder why it doesn't work or like the tae kwon do guys that tries to throw jumping spinning kicks and gets punched in the face and wonders why. We all need to take a dose of reality when it comes to the techniques we use and as this teaches told me we need to test it to breaking point. As always I thrive on your feedback and suggestions if you want to get hold of m