Karate To Kill

[tio_dunxx]

Is there any "Karate" ,that really to kill somebody?? i`ve seen many comics such as Hikkenden Kira. It says karate nowadays has lost its fang, but 1 person still has it. he use the Traditional karate. is it true the traditional karate is for killing purpose??

[blackdog]

I havent killed anyone for ..... days now.

[Azimuth]

I had a near death experience doing stamina exercices, Lol

[Spirit]

Not a "?" most will answer with any type of sincerity...
Though blackdog & azimuth did open up to you a little...hahaha

Karate is seen as Budo, and though the skills and technics are their in the Kata and kihons I doubt very much that anyone trains or teaches to "kill". But I'm sure if family or friends lifes depended on them to act most would without hesitation, but to act or to train with zealous ambition to kill NO!!!

[Shokei Marcsui]

I think Ninjas are the only ones that flip out and kill people.

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The first rule of Kyoukushin: Avoid/walk/run away from a conflict.
Many (if not all ) of the kihon we pratice could kill another human being!
I would NEVER use any of the training I have recieved to hurt anyone.
Tournaments excluded. Having said this I would not hesitate to use lethal force if no other choice was left to me in a situation where I or someone I love was in danger. Too many people view Karateka as violent individuals.
We must work together to change this perception. OSU!

[satanclaws]

I killed a cockaroach yesterday if taht helps =D

[Azimuth]

Originally Posted by Sempi Terry

The first rule of Kyoukushin: Avoid/walk/run away from a conflict.

I heard about the "karate ni sente nashi " rule ( a karateka never starts a fight)
that it can be interpreted as don't start it but strike first . Before your opponent does and overwhelms you

[ksan]

Originally Posted by Azimuth

I had a near death experience doing stamina exercices, Lol

Yeah... i know those... been far away in the zone a few times....

Comming back from them is a real killer......

[blackdog]

That site led to a very funny internet trail Shokei....

Ninja's rock - hilarious.

Did you read the hate mail? Some of it was even real apparently!

Don't you just love the net? And how some people think just 'cos it's on the net, it MUST be serious?

Well, that killed half an hour of my day......

Bren

[Ultimate_Truth]

Originally Posted by Shokei Marcsui

I think Ninjas are the only ones that flip out and kill people.

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Personally, I like the uncyclopedia entry on ninjas.


http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Ninja

[seienchin]

An interesting thread.

when advising people about choosing a style or instructor, if Kyokushin is not around, I always suggest a few styles, and suggest that they attend a few classes as an observer.

There are a couple of things that I call "red card infringements" in instructors, and advise people to walk away. One of those infringements is an instructor who claims to be teaching a technique that will definitely kill.

This raises sooooo many issues.
The first issue is the honesty of the instructor. How do they know it will definitely kill? How many times have they done it? One death? Two deaths? And they are not in jail as a serial killer??? At best, they are passing on hearsay. At worst, they are just making it up because they think it will impress.

The second issue is the safety of the advice. There are so many variables in the effect that a blow will have. The angle, speed of delivery, skill of karateka etc etc. What happens if a person with little training steps into a situation believing they have the power to "kill". They'll get mashed, most likely.

The third issue anyway is the ethics of teaching "lethal" techniques. If an instructor truly believes that a technique is lethal, then this is not information that should be glibly handed out in an open class. It should be imparted to trusted students, who will use the knowledge wisely.

So...my advice is, beware any instructor who claims to be teaching you how to kill.

OSU

[Lanky Sempai]

Hmmmmmmmm, too many martial arts movies me thinks.
Though at dinner the other day I did use my 24 point open hand under belly shotte dim sum strike. Delicious.

[seienchin]

I am just loving the irreverence with which some of these questions are being treated.. You guys are hilarious.
OSU

[BiiggDDD]

Karate was designed to basically defend but when the time came it was used to kill. As my sensai told me, Shotokan was made for people to defend/kill becuase long time Japan outlawed the sword or something like that, and the people when attacked would have to defend themselves. It is also a fact that karate was used in the battles when the weapons where gone, which ended in hand to hand combat and death to a person. Basically as i have read around Karate was an art designed for war, to answer your question yes it was, and i guess still is ( never know ).

[guty]

first rule of fight club is you do not talk about fight club! second rule of....

[Olrac]

Every day that I can not train karate, I die a little...

[vietchau]

Originally Posted by Olrac

Every day that I can not train karate, I die a little...

This could go straight to the 'best MA one liner ' thread . It's so true . Big to you man.

[Spirit]

Originally Posted by BiiggDDD

Karate was designed to basically defend but when the time came it was used to kill. As my sensai told me, Shotokan was made for people to defend/kill becuase long time Japan outlawed the sword or something like that, and the people when attacked would have to defend themselves. It is also a fact that karate was used in the battles when the weapons where gone, which ended in hand to hand combat and death to a person. Basically as i have read around Karate was an art designed for war, to answer your question yes it was, and i guess still is ( never know ).

ah,
Te was developed to defend the ones that they where designated to protect... the king, the court, the villages etc.

Karate was never developed as an art for war

I think a bit more research is needed...

[BiiggDDD]

Yea true it wasn't a real art of war, but when needed they killed right?, and i never called it an art of war just said if had to, it would kill ^^