It takes a few seconds to load the video clip below. It shows Clayton Sensei shattering free-standing boards with his fist, at normal speed and again in slow motion.
Traditional Karate is nothing like what you see in the movies. It is a fighting technique so powerful that karate masters can kill or cripple attackers using a single blow. That makes a short movie.
Karate is for fighting multiple attackers. In real life there is no time to play patty-cake with the bad guys like the movie stars do. You have to know that one solid hit will change the odds in your favor.
Sport Karate is a game. This is good fun and good exercise, but you "fight" only one opponent at a time. Blows do not have to be effective or practical to score. Sport Karate assumes that the opponent will play by the rules.
In sport karate, the really effective techniques are all forbidden. Sport karate provides, at best, a frail defense against a real attack.
Playtime Karate is sport karate for young children, or karate aerobics for adults. These activities are great fun but they have no self-defense value.
At Claw of the Dragon, we never forget that self-defense has to be real. That's why we follow the traditional path.
Call 209-742-5020 Ask for Shihan Bruce Clayton.