WKF 2008 World Championships Tokyo,Japan - WKF2008年の世界選手権大会、東京 ・日本 [Promo Reel]

World Karate Federation (WKF)
2008 World Championships in Tokyo Japan
2008年世界選手権大会、東京 ・日本

[@Sarahyz]

The WKF World Championships are always the best, they are really an inspiration for me to learn more and to progress. Karate is just awesome.

[@kakarot15goku]

That tapping thing you see is more than that, it is a quick punch you can see at 2:09 that the receptor shows pain in his face after reiciving it, They are trained to go deep in your body and get back to your guard quickly, i think that's why every one vote -5 on your comment

[@SenseiDavid]

Nice Clip Keep uploading clips like these

[@modernmarvel]

Lol, I like how they make noise whenever they land a strike and how the video gives them a snapshot like "Mortal Kombat".

[@jicudi]

She show-boating after a strike just kills this video for me. Some very excellent technique and strategy displayed, but the they need to not seek the point, just the strike.

[@Junayd78]

Karate points fighting is brilliant for striking and not being hit which is similar to real fighting. Any high level competition fighter who adapts his training for real life scenarios would be a very effective fighter.

[@Daguerre20]

JKA still has victory for first at 6 pts, one point for basic technique and two for advanced. WKF you need an 8 point lead and can score one point for basic (gyaku), two for intermediate (nihon) and three for advanced (sanbon - kick to the head or sweep and score)

[@kelvinhenry9]

I agree... Iranian, Azerbajians, ITalians and Spanish are the ones that we have to be worried of... Americans not yet... still far to go...

[@brayden12345]

well, karate is alot more demanding then judo, from my experiences. the training is more stressfull on your body but it makes you amazingly powerful. i only know judo from a 7 year olds perspective, and karate from 14-15 years old. if you are gunna start karate, you need to find a good dojo, where the teacher actually pays attention to the students, instead of just teaching in broad. judo goes good with karate, so you dont even need to quit.

[@SenseiShotokan]

@TremblayMarco thank you very much.

[@BlueRoseRocketBand2]

If you are a top shelf point fighter and then go on to full contact you will be better for it. As for the street. pt skills have saved me more times than a cross arm bar and I know them both pretty well. Now the pt I am referring to is full bore to the body, legs and controled contact to the face. With gear it is fine. Targeting the groin is an issue of safety. So tapping the knot works. Also I used to train with full contact point. wear head gear and bigger boxing gloves.

[@AleksTomi]

I do kumite my self and i know it is indeed almost just a competition fighting style now, but i know that because of my kumite training i know allot of smart tricks to phsyce your opponent out and the training has made me thougter, faster and stronger... i can take more punches- i can punch/kick harder/faster......

[@Piroschatz44]

i like it,karate is always underestimated,people think only hit-sports are good. a full hit can everybody,but a single tap,for tournament and in a dojo,thats more prof. taps are useless when you have a conflict outside tournamend or dojo, bu a karate need only 1-2millimetres for a hard strike. but never forget to have respect from one with the equal lv as you are in another martial art, i find it important.

[@kylon100]

i agree, a very nice vid. would have been nice if they had of made it in different languages as well.

[@ssj3brigeta]

the significance of the controlled blows and stoppage after a scoring technique is that the essence of karate is one hit kill. these 'perfect blows' would render opponents dead, hence the stoppage. the control is due to a way for people to practice the art without dying. it has evolved into a sport and is continuing to evolve. there is a reason wkf karate is going to towards the olympics and ITF taekwondo is pretty much dead in its tracks...

[@AleksTomi]

Don't remember this too good but its something like this: Speed + mass = power what that says is that if you can get a kick to the head go a couple of km an hour it will have devastating effects :D

[@hotkonto]

The best moves were the fancy mouth movements

[@JimeJitsu]

I was suprised 2 see that the karateka's used so many judo techniques-

[@tinotrivino]

KARATE-DO CHANGE MY LIFE OZU!!!!!!!!!!! Tino from Spain

[@kumitekyle187]

K for starters people who say this isn't a real sport, either A. have never tried it or B. are too stuck up to try it. MMA isn't even like real life there are a ton of rules that arent in the street so you can knock this all you want but you can't say MMA is any more of a sport and I'm a lover of MMA. It's just a different sport this is about speed, accuracy, agility, and timing. so don't compare when they dont have the same purpose

[@Charlitos1988]

the thing is ... this should be full contact like ITF tae kwon do. i mean ... you win after the time is over and then the judges say who is the winner (so you dont stop everytime you receive a single blow)...

[@DaviDmmosDude]

god i m making this type of competition 6 months ago but still those guys have extreme control of their technics, speed, and strenght, tough speed is much more important then strenght, those guys could easily make you stop breathing if they hit you in the chest with a tsuki...

[@boogynights]

Pretty much shows are good you are in any circumstances of sets of rules. Shows of discipline control of any level you can put yourself in.

[@Snakebloke]

speed > power any day. If you can hit your oponent 3 times more than he can, even with less powr you can choose your attacks carefully and take them down far quicker than you would think.

[@duhg599]

@Sabre809 Yes, it's called "kiai" (kee - AYE). The word can be broken up into "ki" (inner force/power/strength) and "ai" (projection). When you kiai, you shout out "Ai", "Ah", or something similar. It serves two purposes: 1) It's the physical and forceful manifestation of your fighting spirit. 2) It forces you to exhale on the strike, the same way you exhale on the power stroke in weightlifting.

[@damein01666]

My kids, from a Kyokushin background, recently fought in a WKF rules competition, in terms of point scoring they lost, but in terms of the karate they displayed I was suitably happy, In hindsight we shouldn't have entered the competition but hey it was a learning experience for them which they enjoyed. I certainly wouldn't diss the sport just because it is different, same as WKF people shouldn't diss Kyokushin. Check out the video I uploaded and you can see just how different both styles are

[@touretul]

@GameOf2Halves As I said, the techniques are there. They are not teached to avoid regretable accidents. My sensei is pointing them out telling us that they are prohibited to be used in kumite. But they are there. There is nukite uchi on the throat, shutou uchi on the neck, Heian Godan has a testicles wrest technique (I don't comment about how efficient is that), and Basai Dai a gedan yoko geri on the knee from the inside. There is also gedan mawashi geri on the knee from the outside.

[@SeanSymphony]

Not weak. It's precision attacks. And it isnt taps either.. Fully focused to pin point accuracy. Research before you judge .. or better yet. Test it. I've been training in Shito-ryu karate for 14 years (15 in nov) and i have never 'tapped' people .. I hit hard.

[@romita71000]

Bon courage Nabil de l'équipe de France !!!

[@417dino]

i like this video, cuz karate is my favorite hobbies

[@nikdat]

i highly doubt u can say would easily win..i train sport karate n have had a kyukoshin club come n train with us before..i have much respect for their style as they withstand a lot of damage n lots of power in their strikes..but just sparring with them showed me that they had no speed. I could move in n hit them n bounce rite out..n truthfully how many solid hits to the face can a person take until he is finally out

[@Daguerre20]

Faudrait qu'il revienne, comme Pinna, chercher ce dernier titre qu'il lui manque.

[@Yakumounr]

Entirely depends on what style your doing, and what your club's focus is. Personally I would agree with you when applied to tournament karate as shown here.

[@amouna95]

KARATEKA forever !!

[@lewisbradbury5061]

if you look the kick/punch is about a cm away from the face and seeps and takedowns leave people helpless on the floor, im sure one punch as powerful as they do it would knock them out easily i went to an amatuer competition a few years back and 4 people were taken out on strechers in one day, try and pick a fight with one of these and im sure you would end up bent..

[@Angel7black]

yeah, I know about one hit, certain death but really its exaggerated. all you really need to do is look at full contact martial arts to see that. you would be surprised how hard a blow and how many the human body can take. one hit rarely ends fights. plus its important to know how to fight AFTER you get hit and also how to throw combinations. the thing I like about these rules is that it puts a really high importance on defense. it demands defense, speed, accuracy,and smarts over brute strength

[@feeps55]

shang is right, it belongs to whoever masters it, not where it originally is from...

[@HardHeavyLoud]

This vid is about "traditionnal karate" not "Karate contact". The difference is that in traditionnal, you're not allowed to impact, wound or KO your opponent. These are "Shikoku"; forbiden technics that can disqualify you. I went to 2009 championships of KOFUKAN and SHOKUKAI in Osaka and Kobe, but didn't participate. And even though it's traditonnal karate, there have been some broken noses, broken ribs, brown eyes and a few KOs... so no, karate isn't just quickness

[@WLoZoo]

Amazing video for amazing sport!!! OSU!!!

[@uriahahaha]

@ahojati It's the samurai way,, One move, one kill.. UFC is the American Shooting Strategy, hundreds of shots, one bull's eye..

[@cumanagoto]

These are real athletes. If you are not use to the WKF rules these karatekas will knock ou out. UFC Lyoto Machita fought under the WKF rules.

[@kdonv]

@numazu2 Your information is fundamentally correct. Karate, in it's various forms, started in this fashion. The "original styles" all lay claim either partially or entirely to this lineage - depending on the discipline. However, your thoughts about the "one punch kill" may be off. The idea was to hit your opponent hard enough that you would either incapacitate or stun him. If he falls on the battlefield, he's either neutralized or easy pickings. So maximize your shot & make it count!

[@modernmarvel]

This is starting to make me think that if someone goes ape shit on me in real life that I am going to take a lot of hits to the body and face while defending myself. I think this video is a sign for me to work on more leg sweeps and other take-downs.

[@samsonpug]

Excellent comment--I think it was introduced a few olympic games ago when the host country was good at Taekwondo? I love karate competitions for about 10 % of teh fights--the majority of fights are deceided on the quickest reverse punch;pretty boring.

[@LJSJIUJITSU]

Much respect to these competitors but I personally prefer the Sabaki Challenge instead of this type of karate.

[@ndileonardo]

It's looks like karate, minus all the complete lack of emotional control and absence of blocking.

[@lalyshams]

i love karate

[@ZhouYu7]

no matter how good it will not look good on screen i suggest go into kung fu film then u will look superb

[@rosabscura]

damn... this competition aint no joke...

[@Sniper9773]

martial arts are both for fighting and for self defense i know this doesnt look like mma or street fighting but karate uses simpliest and effective moves , it is focuses on taking down opponents in one hit traditional KARATE is banned from the olympic games because unlike teakwondo it doesnt use any headgear,mitts,gloves orbody armor so the JKA created rules which allows players to wear these safety gears to avoid injury

[@samsonpug]

Nice video--was it my imagination or did we see a lot of Geoff Thompson and Vic Charles in these clips? Looks like the fighters from the 80s would take these modern fighters to the cleaners!

[@shuriken86]

this would be better if it was continuous karate.

[@Robalator]

and even with these rules in place 2 people a year still die in these competitions no one has ever died in an mma bout thats what most mma practitioners do not understand because theyve never felt a solid karate technique

[@SecretsOfMartialArts]

So good athlets!!!

[@vladissimo18]

0:42 best ever!!!

[@DaSexiestPaladin]

in these kind of tournaments, is blocking not allowed?

[@irvrod]

well its like this to avoid serious injury

[@lonesomewildgoaveo]

0:23 Alexandre Biamonti my Karate Idol.

[@zamba1011]

@BandakaKush Both of you have a point although I prefer to simulate street fighting...In point fighting, you develop fast reflexes but most of the times you deliver soft and controlled "hits".

[@DexterHaven]

@zamba1011 Yes, you develop the habit of pulling punches and not punching through a target. Also, point fighting is messy and dangerous. I fought in tournaments in California in the '80s when it was popular. I broke my thumb in one fight, hurt my ankle on a kick block badly, and saw a guy duck into a reverse punch to the body, so it hit his face and broke his orbital bone. I got my nose slashed by a thumbnail in another fight. Lots of little injuries happen. It's wild. So keep fighting too long.

[@zamba1011]

@RegineWuzzHere It is always been like this in international traditional karate competition..are you in any martial arts training?

[@mikimakoe]

maybe it's is it up to me but if you would make a compilation of the WKF world championchips of 2013 it wouldn't look so good(kumite ) as it did in 2008?

[@thisis26]

1:42 BADASS!

[@weakfrontkick]

Is there any karate orginizations that does the full contact sparring and not just the point sparring (not kyokoshin) im talking like itf taekwondo style sparring.

[@vinippon]

that's shotokan karate.!

[@vinippon]

I don't know. I searched too.. but I don't know in what channel this will be on

[@kakarot15goku]

Here you must show respect to the person you are training with, and learn from their attacking style, you must discover your weakness to get stronger, karate must clear your mind while practicing to make a real fight something quick and definitive So we train to make damage A true black belt kills you without trying to fight just get to the point KILLS YOU not just a knockout

[@zZchuoiZz]

at least, a people who trained karate can kick ass another one who just know how to fight on the street with children :))

[@BloodUrchin]

those gloves hurt more than boxing gloves...waaaay more

[@drgallardo81]

Because it's not about killing the other guy whit a single punch... you just said the reason... competition. And believe me... it's not a reverse punch, they can breake your ribs or nose easily. On the streets it's another story.

[@TheShield23]

Amazing!!

[@Sabre809]

@verhoogje Its called a kia or something like that right? Done to show force? And another type of scream is when your terrified of the guy who's about to kick you in the face.

[@moxigen]

so why are they stop each action after one hit if it hurts or not?!?!? is that full contakt karate? it´s not am i right?

[@josefrancisco_lr]

@jezhuagdl no personalmente, pero ambos somos de Puebla y supongo que aquí sí es más reconocida. ha sido campeona mundial WKF (dos veces, me parece), entre muchos otros logros. en Guadalajara, sí participó y consiguió la plata...

[@Buddyyyy123]

aso, thx =)

[@BramDolman1]

Love Karate :)

[@Punkeloco]

I have never liked point sparring...maybe cuz I hve never partisipated on it, but I have done full contact combat. Kickboxing is my style but I have alot of respect for all martial arts specially those from Japan mostly Karate.

[@TheEkoyLT]

I'm participateing in both JKA and WKF, for me JKA is better, cuz u can hit with full contact. BTW great video!

[@alex-craft]

why there's no knock outs? why they don't actually kick each other?

[@stir7891]

correction... the screaming is: selling the point lol

[@dyve9]

i don't get the rules : does one win, when touches opponents head ?

[@shibuyagto]

@Takanawa456159 It's not the Shorin Ryu karate from Okinawa ?

[@Shadow9T]

Well here in Holland with big competetions (such as championships) the only thing they look at is your gender, age and weight. At least with the 18+ group, I'm not sure what they exactly do with the -18 group. I've been fighting with brown/black belts when I was a orange belt because of my age.

[@israkusanagi]

muy buen video,,,,,,,,ja,,,1:25,,,,,,viva México!!,,,,,hasta en japón andamos

[@Apollo2249]

Why are there may idiots think this is a joke?? This is a sport, men. In sport, Karateka doesn't hurt each others, and no fools use this kind of fighting method in real life. We use to have full-contact before, but for some reason i don't know, it isn't popular as it use to be

[@MrGlobalfugitive]

actually i have used this fighting method in real life and it is very effective.

[@abel199411]

me gusta pero no teni videosci pero que muestren cuandoconpiten

[@psychedashell]

@samsonpug Seoul Olympics in Korea was it?

[@jaxieredu]

What is this, light contact or semi contact?, anybody knows???

[@xenomorphelv426]

Boxing vs karate ? you ean in free fight ? I would say kyokushin karate, because it uses every part of the body as weapons (fist, legs kicks, knees, elbow, tibias) it's very close to muay thai.

[@karatedonumberone]

show the weapons division or at least the kata divisions

[@ASTiGBA]

Does the game use all method ?

[@SenseiShotokan]

who's tha guy in japan team at 1:33? Thank you.

[@benwarmaster666]

its true :) but a fun game of tag but i do like jka version

[@tjwhittaker001]

This isn't about "traditional" karate. This is "sport karate." Not to be confused with BUDO karate. Black eyes and broken ribs? Sure, on the odd event that contact happens the participants are completely unprepared.

[@BozZzanjero]

at least its the almoast the same but mma is with more contact (usually full contact) and i think bjj would be better than judo

[@chanfall]

@mehle3 thats what you think its beautiful its a good way to protect yoursel and its a great martial art:)

[@blootag]

Don't say that it doesnt help in street figts at least it helped me many times including last weekend. xD

[@numazu2]

Any talk of Samurai or one punch one kill stuff is incorrect. Karate is an Okinawan form of Chinese Kung Fu. Samurai didn't have anything to do with it. Why? because they carried a sword that is a whole lot more effective. Karate flourished on Okinawa before the Samurai under the Satsuma clan came because weapons were banned so they could ony use farm implements or their fists. Hence the Samurai had easy picking when they turned up.

[@RuleFreaker12345]

1:04 - 1:05 so awesome

[@psychedashell]

@weakfrontkick Kyokushin does. I'm not talking competitions, find the right dojo and you'll get some head punches just to keep your guard high. The one I attend also has an animal day, two hours of anything goes.