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Full contact karate has many different derivatives but two main fundamental styles. One is similar to other competition karate where targets are specified and a clear strike to that target gain a full or half point. The blows are delivered with full contact, although heavy padding is often worn and in some cases body armour is also worn. The fight is stopped while points are awarded. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1400 × 2100 pixel, file size: 289 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Karate kumite. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 400 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1400 × 2100 pixel, file size: 289 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Karate kumite. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 456 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (691 × 908 pixel, file size: 117 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... For other uses, see Karate (disambiguation). ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ...

The other major style of of full-contact karate is known as knockdown karate. This style of fighting was pioneered by the Kyokushinkai, founded by Masutatsu Oyama. In fighting the competitors have no or minimal shin padding and no body protection other than groin guards. Face punching and groin and joint attacks are prohibited but all bare-knuckle and elbow strikes to the body, and kicks (including kicks with the knee) against thigh, body, head and face are permitted, as are sweeps. Score is only made by knocking your opponent to the floor, or incapacitating them, or by sweep and controlled follow-up for half a point. Most other karate styles that originated in Kyokushin, such as Enshin, Ashihara Karate Kaikan, Seido, Shidokan and Seidokaikan (the style that originated the K-1 kickboxing tournament), are also knockdown styles and uses slight variation of the competition rules. A few other styles such as Kansuiryu Karate are also knockdown style, but originated independently of Kyokushin. Kyokushin (極真) or Kyokushinkai (極真会) is a style of Karate founded by Masutatsu Oyama (大山倍達) in 1964. ... Masutatsu Oyama (大山倍達 ÅŒyama Masutatsu), also known as Mas Oyama was a karate master who founded Kyokushinkai, a major style of full contact karate. ... A groin attack is an attempt to cause pain to the groin area of ones opponent, either through punching, kicking, grappling, squeezing or biting. ... Enshin Kaikan is a style of knockdown, full contact karate founded in 1988 with dojo and students in various countries around the world. ... Ashihara kaikan ) is a stand-up, full contact, Japanese martial art that was founded by Hideyuki Ashihara (December 5, 1944-April 24, 1995) in 1980 and existed under his direction until his death, by ALS, in 1995. ... Seido is a style of karate founded by Grandmaster Tadashi Nakamura, who split from the Kyokoshinkai organization in 1976. ... Shidokan karate is sometimes described as the triathlon of Martial Arts, as it encompasses knockdown (otherwise known as bare knuckle) karate, Thai kick-boxing, and grappling. ... K. 1 is a designation given to two works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the original Köchel Verzeichnis. ...

See also

• Kyokushin
• Koshiki karate

• International Kickboxing Federation
• Kansuiryu Karate
• The Greatest Knockdown Karate Community