| “ | Originally posted by baichi
Could you expand on this a bit more | ” |
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I was alluding to the fact that 85% of techniques I would normally employ in a fight using WC would not be recognised as scoring a point, or as a valid strike in the type of Karate competitions I've been a party to where the strike has to be well executed, with control and an obvious and palpable hit.
WC was invented by a woman and originally didn't employ punches at all, just slashes and slices with finger nails and chops (or as Aqira often puts it- Chinese slap fighting). It is small movement based (economy of motion) and relies on multiple aggressive attacks, tying up or 'spoiling' an opponents hands and feet and sharp grabbing and pulling.
In it's purest street defence form it's too pokey and proddy for a Karate comp!