Talk:Full contact karate

Correction
1. The picture for this article does not show full contact Karate but Olympic style Tai Kwoon Do.

2."The blows are delivered with full contact, although heavy padding is often worn and in some cases body armour is also worn" - This describes Korean Tai Kwon Do original full contact styles like Kyokushin Karate spar with limited or no protective gear. This article needs to be reworked.

--- Agreed. Both pictures and quote referenced above are in line with TKD, not full contact karate.

elbows not allowed in kyokushinkai and similar associations
Hi, having been involved in kyokushin in japan, my recollection is that strikes with elbows were not allowed. Has the situation recently changed? If not, then the article needs to be corrected.The Kasparov of Sheshbesh 08:47, 9 October 2006 (UTC)


 * elbows are, and have always been allowed in kyokushin knockdown karate. As far as I know it is the same in all knockdown karate variations (enshin, ashihara, shidokan etc etc). Although they, like punches, are only allowed below the neck, so they are not that commonly seen.
 * The rules differ slightly between organizations. Most Kyokushin and other knockdown karate organizations allow elbows on international level, with the same restrictions as punches. Some organizations and knockdown karate styles do not allow them, or do not allow them at regional/national levels.

Just a note
This is a good start for a full-contact article, but I think you should change "was pioneered by kyokushin" to "was popularized by kyokushin" or "full-contact sport karate was pioneered by kyokushin".

First, it's kind of hard to say that any style "originated" full-contact karate since most karate styles at least used to be full-contact.

Second, kyokushin is relatively new compared to the Okinawan styles which are still full-contact. Just my two cents.

--Bakarocket (talk) 15:26, 5 December 2008 (UTC)

Infobox
How come the infobox is regarding American Kickboxing? TheIncredibleNix (talk) 20:25, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
 * The topic box is no longer regarding american kickboxing -although this sport is touched upon in the american full contact karate section due to their close ties. At the moment most of the listed famous practitioners in the topic box are from knockdown karate (kyokushin and offshoots). Feel free to add famous competitors from other formats of full contact karate.

Pictures
There is a distinct lack of pictures in the article. We need good, copyright free/public domain, pictures for as many of the different competition formats as possible.

Raising quality rating
This article is currently rated as "stub" rated (which is bad), but has been significantly reworked and expanded since it received that rating. How do we go about getting the quality rate "refreshed"?


 * The status has been raised from "stub" to "start" level. Still needs to go higher —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.255.99.95 (talk) 10:40, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

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