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The Long Beach International Karate Championships is an International karate and martial arts tournament in Long Beach, California that was first held in August 1964 by Kenpo Grandmaster Ed Parker. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The tournament ran competition til 1999 under IKKA organization/Parker family.
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The tournament rules of full contact or "knockdown" styles of karate often don't award any points for controlled techniques delivered to the opponent. In fact, they usually don't award points for full-force techniques delivered to the opponent either. Instead, points are only awarded for knocking, sweeping, or throwing your opponent to the floor.
All world open tournaments operate under knockdown karate rules which involve standup bareknuckle fighting with basically no protection. The more characteristical rules in knockdown karate compared to other styles are that you are not allowed to punch in the face and a point system that only counts hits that actually "hurt" the opponent.
Ippon (three points) . Jodan (head, face, neck) kicks; Any scoring technique delivered on a thrown or fallen opponent; Waza-ari (two points) . Chudan (abdomen, chest, back, side) kicks
Russian Karate Federation: Kumite −67 kg details: Steven Da Costa France: Emil Pavlov North Macedonia: Ali El-Sawy Egypt: Soichiro Nakano Japan: Kumite −75 kg details: Dastonbek Otabolaev Uzbekistan: Abdalla Abdelaziz Egypt: Nurkanat Azhikanov Kazakhstan: Thomas Scott United States: Kumite −84 kg details: Youssef Badawy Egypt: Fabián ...
The Sabaki Challenge is a full-contact single elimination tournament intended to fulfill Ninomiya's vision of a showcase of a "true," stand-up martial arts skills competition. [4] The tournament is open to advanced male and female competitors of any style.
Alexio debuted as a professional kickboxer in early 1980, losing to Mike King via technical knockout in Culver City, California in his freshman appearance. The outcome of the bout was later overturned to a no contest by the PKA, however, with the fight deemed a mismatch as Alexio was competing for the first time with no amateur fights or any fighting experience, while King was a Professional ...