What are your suggestions for a very tall guy who predominantly kicks?
^^^ Well, I'm a lot smaller than you.... and physically moving in against big, taller guy is always a problem....
^^^ By traditional karate guy, though, the approach to the issue is changed because, all traditional karate kumite training
proper, does what philosophically?
>>>> I'll stick with ever popular Shotokan....
defense only =
defense 1st to me in the applied sense....
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>>>> I fought, one of my time-worn sparring stories, a super strong boxer who was green-belt @ our Dojang..... bigger, taller, much physically stronger than me.... and in shape unlike you.... though you're making progress in that department....
>>>> He opened the session with a front kick to my lower abdomen, but kinda sloppy. I pivoted & blocked the kick, though not with the standard karate low block. My block caused him to be put off balance whereupon your opponent is forced to step down.... which narrows the distance for your counter attack....
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Karate kumite 1-step tactics create vulnerabilities in the opponent.... and of course this takes mental discipline to act on the specific the time it happens.... otherwise the opponent will recover and 'reset'--the momentary vulnerability now lessened or gone....
You don't believe in karate..... keeping up the good work on the MT / boxing end.... your vid in your last D. Training T. looked pretty good to me.... to the point of coming across intimidating to the opponent....
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