Watch kudo if you want head strikes bc they use gloves

do you even know the definition of full contact? Watch kudo, shinken shobu kyokushin, it's this but with gloves and head strikes. Kyokushin prioritizes the toughness of the fighter, and they do teach all the things you expect from karate, head punches, blocks, dodging, footwork, I know this because I do practice Kyokushin. There are too much that can happen if you allow head punches, bare knuckles, extremely high chance of injuries, for both the puncher and the "patient", if you look at bare knuckles mma and boxing, there is at least some sort of wrappings to protect the hands. Of course, tournament karate, no matter the styles is always somewhat handicapped, wkf shotokan also suffers from tournament rules. What I would love to see is less full contact gut punching kyokushin and a lot more of shinken shobu kyokushin, even with gloves because kyokushin karateka would pay more attention to punching in the head, defending against them and develop faster reflex

@@tritruongminh9941 yep as a shotokan karateka I completely agree I hope kudo would get more popular or full contact shotokan bc we have some tournaments her and their that's full contact but I'd hope it's standard or In the Olympics

@@tritruongminh9941 The definition of full contact to me includes striking to the head albeit with gloves.

@@stardust-hr8wh thats mma's full contact. Mas oyama didnt like the idea of gloves and protections so he made his students fight without them, but then if someone gets punched in the face rapidly, the injuries would be too bad. This is why you can still kick to the face because its impractical to continuously aiming for the face when kicking, you could get thrown down or get your leg swept

No. They are just a bad idea against another black belt fighter, so nobody uses them.

@@WadeSmith-oe5xd thats strange logic. in wado ryu it seems the opposite is the case. i dont get it

@@jamessimpson6487 Think of it this way. If i can block a straight punch and a straight kick, which fly directly to target, then i can definitely block a hook kick or crescent kick which don't fly straight to target.

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Watch kudo if you want head strikes bc they use gloves

they still are.

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