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the rules seem to favor striking the head... not a good thing. I can fight a lot longer with an injured head then an injured chest...or knees... but then I am not into the sport aspect of karate at all.
 
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Yes, well as you seem to suggest, a sport where the goal is to attack the knees probably wouldn't go over well. And participants' careers would be extremely short-lived.

I would suggest looking at exactly as it is -- a sport. Do you criticize basketball because you can't punch people?

I would also like to say that, even in the realm of self-defense, sometimes a measured response is the better response. It's not always best to immediately try to maim your attacker for life.
 

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"Yes, well as you seem to suggest, a sport where the goal is to attack the knees probably wouldn't go over well. And participants' careers would be extremely short-lived."

Kyokushin karate does allow vicious kicks to the legs/knees and it has "gone over pretty well". The rules may, possibly, state that you can't kick to the knees — I'm not sure— but plenty of brutal kicks do land on the opponent's knees in Kyokushin kumte competitions.

-Russell
 

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