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I voted for karate! because I've been practicing it for 2 years. Kyokushin style (Kyokushinkai, Kio-kushinkai... there are many variations in spelling)
I don't quite agree with you. It all depends on the karate style. I can say that since Kyokushin is a contact style, all contact styles are not very receptive to blows. For example, in our training, we have drills where we only hit each other (within reasonable limits, of course). And then there are sparring sessions... so we are generally crazy :smile04: :smile10: :smile26: :D
So, even hand-to-hand combat specialists won't always be able to defeat a karate practitioner.
And in our training, we are thrown onto the tatami many times (it's not that soft), and the only unpadded area is the shins (which hurt quite a bit after sparring with karate practitioners). By the way, padding won't help against a judoka, because a judoka doesn't hit (we are a rather peaceful people), but throws, twists, and chokes. Wouldn't padding help against that?
Умирает не тот, кто устал, а тот, кто остановился.