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Aggiornato al 24 Luglio 2010
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Differences between traditional and modern karate
A cura del M° Luciano Puricelli
After the II world war, the karate has had in the world an enormous expansion but this expansion and the today's society, crossed by exasperated consumerism, it has produced a babele of styles, of interpretations and of "so-called truths" or "modernity" such that the teachers, true living depositaries of the art, were not able to distinguish anymore , in the middle of all these "karate" their own art. Evident Differences.The technical actions in the traditional karate are rigorously produced by the suit contact of the plant of the foot, with the ground. Through the use of a strong and rapids action of the hips, the necessary energy base is generated (external power) to create the "finishing blow."The energy so produced is freed thanks to a series of coordinated movements and connected (technique) that creates the necessary strength of impact and application. The energy, for example of a punch technique, is released, in first place departing from the plant of the foot, completely joined to earth, then it is increased by the use of the hips, then from the action of the arms, elbows, wrists and punch in the moment in which it reaches the target. It is absolutely necessary that in every phase of the trial there is a continuous increase of energy.If the criteria, thanks to which it is produced the external power, are not respected (complete connection with the ground), then the energy of base of the technique cannot be increased and it won't reach the maximum level of the "finishing blow." On the other hand, in the modern Karate, a lot of techniques are produced in the superior part of the body, the complete contact of the foot with the ground is not required, furthermore the fist bounces back quickly at the end of its run. Then, in the modern Karate, ex Wuko the body is still in movement in the impact, while in the traditional Karate the body is had to arrest completely during the impact. Another substantial difference is in the fact that in the modern Karate ex-Wuko the technical requisite are not defined during the impact; for them it is in effects enough that the technique reaches the target in the briefest possible time. This conception is completely different from the established technical bases from ITKF.It is a consequence that if athletes of "modern karate" would participate in competitions of "traditional karate" with judges and rule ITKF, the athletes of modern Karate would perhaps succeed in reaching the target a lot of times, but without seeing any point been assigned because of the different technical bases. Of the other hand, if athletes of "traditional karate" participate to a competition of modern karate they would be found to have a different timing and a different criterion of assignment of the point, etc.From above it is seen that "traditional karate" ITKF and "modern karate" FMK/WKF (ex-WUKO) they not only recall different methodological bases, but they are also incompatible from the point of view of the competition. In the optics of the respect of the principle of the Constitution of the C.I.O. that it establish the freedom of each one to practise the discipline that prefers and the right to the sport, it is desirable that Traditional Karate and modern Karate proceed on parallel side, in the respect of the mutual freedom of expression and complete technical autonomy. |
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