Commonly found martial arts that are not sports based

[Xue Sheng]

It gets a

:deadhorse:deadhorse:deadhorse:deadhorse

On the scale

 

[just2kicku]

I remember the days of bloody tourneys. It was not a big deal back then. If people whined about someone drawing blood they got ran out. The good ole days of full-force kicks(groin included), minimal protection(most was optional), and crazy, grimey bastards that would beat you down rather than look at you. I miss the old days.:vu:

Don't forget back leg sweeps and shots to the throat counted. There was no dq for drawing blood. Aahh yes, the good ole days.

 

[Brandon Fisher]

Someone mentioned Okinawan Goju Ryu not being a sport well let's expand that. Okinawan karate in general is not sport based. Shorin Ryu, Uechi Ryu, Isshin Ryu among other smaller styles are very effective when done the way they were intended. Shito Ryu though technically japanese was founded by an Okinawan and still holds those Okinawan karate techniques.

All styles can be softened up for sport use for the purpose of safety, I truly believe if someone teaches solely for sport purposes and they created a style for that purpose it is not a martial art.

All styles whether, karate, kung fu, kenpo, escrima, arnis, kali and so many others were created for real life fully effective self-defense.

 

[blindsage]

I think we should ignore the OP from now on since he seems to just start threads to push buttons and then never participates in the discussion.
:bs::feedtroll

 

[chinto]

Okinawan GoJu, not for sport. But I suppose if someone tried hard enough they could make a sport out of it. But, with all the low kicks, after a while, there would be very few left to compete. J

Yep, and most of the Okinawan Karate styles are similar, or at least the older ones!

they are : Shobayashi Shorin Ryu, Matsubayashi Shorin Ryu, Kobayashi Shorin Ryu, Matsumura Seito, Goju Ryu, and Uechi Ryu.

those styles are Not sport orianted or sports based if taught even closely to properly.