karate styles, which is better?

[Berserk001]

I have heard many styles of karate but which is better to apply in a fight

(give your opinion)

[Jmac]

Better for what? Please be more specific.

[Ikken Hisatsu]

"best" overall, kyokushin and its offshoots like seidokan. full contact training> any other kind of flowery shotokan crap.

[Yaberdaber]

I don't believe that there is a best style of karate, but in my opinion, I like Okinawan since it's power based. I'm not biased in karate styles, but I like them.

[HiryuHien]

hmmm

I'd say any style which teaches you proper usage of mind , body and spirit working together in an efficient fashion.

Also it depends on you.
Just because someone teaches a system doesnt mean one cannot add to it and subtract from it.
I respect classical arts, but some things in them might not work personally for me.

So I'd say , do research, visit dojo(ask questions), take something that encomapasses what you want to learn
and make yourself into a fighter

[BJJ-2/04]

It's all in your instructor, the type of sparring you do and the conditioning. I did shotokan for 3 years with a great instructor. I had to move and I did wing chun and they did full contact sparing and at first I was getting my ass wipped by people with less than one year of training. I quickly exceld though. Point being you have to do full contact kickboxing along with your training.

[Karate_kid]

OMG some people talk shit. If u dont know what your talking about dont reply to the thread. I am currently studying shito ryu karate but have also done goju and shotokan and id had to choose shito ryu. It emphasizes on power and speed.

Honestly if your only just starting a martial art. Do something like muay thai or kickboxing. I do muay thai and only stick with karate to past time cos i get so bored.

Kid.

[Thai Bri]

You chose shito alrighto.

[darrianation]

It's not the style that makes the fighter.

[ron h]

karate styles, which is better?

i think everyone with at least moderate skill will agree that there are few if any MA's that cover all or even most SD situations so, Its best to find one system that you feel best suits your current needs. after BB or there abouts join other styles to round off the areas that may have been weak points before. learning never ends and you will always benefit from new and varied training.



just remember to keep it real and toss ego out the door.


pease to all!!!!

[Vampyrz]

Japanese styles I've trained in are Isshin-ryu (OK so it's Okinawin), Shotokan, and Yoshukai.

I would chose Yoshukai as better to apply to a fight due to extensive use of leg kicks in training (which I had not seen used in Japanese Karate), and also due to the amount of time they spend sparring. Our classes were spent about 75% sparring med-hard intensity.

Just my opinion.

[Tom Yum]

Learn Tae Bo. It'll trim that waste and make you feel more confident.

[silapathai]

wow..

It's kinda hard to say which style is better than the other. Obviously Kyokushinkai(IKO1, IKO2, IKO3) have had many awesome fighters..but I know of a Kyokushinkai dojo where they have people in it that are black belts and couldn't beat up somebody that has been doing shito ryu for a year. Why? Because this kyokushinkai group seems to focus more on kata than sparring. On the other hand I once was involved in a shito ryu club that did more kata than sparring..blah blah, so it basically comes down to the Sensei..how he/she teaches and what you're looking for in Karate.
Thaibri here doesn't know much so just ignore him. I myself hold a nidan in Shito Ryu(hayashi ha), nidan in Kempo, and a shodan in chokushinkai(hybrid of kyokushinkai, shooto, and muay thai) and am instructor certified in Muay Thai under Master Toddy. For many years when I was younger I always wanted to do kyokushinkai but couldn't find a dojo nearby but was still doing a lot of shito ryu(3-4 hours 5 days a week and 6+ hours 5 days a week in the summer)..than when my shito ryu sensei closed his doors I couldn't find a good karate dojo nearby so I started doing muay thai so I could learn how to leg kick, knee, etc..I than excelled in muay thai at a faster pace than Karate(took me over 8 years to get my shodan in karate). I have competed in full contact knockdown karate events(Sabaki for one) by combining my shito ryu and muay thai training. So your question is what are you looking for? research all the dojos and don't assume just because some knucklehead on a forum says this style is better than this that it is at that dojo near your house..Over a year ago I finally had access at a kyokushinkai dojo and checked it out..I was very dissapointed when I watched the black belts in that class train. I still hold a lot of respect for kyokushinkai but know that not everyone that does it is an exceptional fighter.