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Originally Posted by chiuchimu
1) Has karate lost effectiveness over time or is it better today?
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Depends on the school/sensei/practitioner.
A lot of the old techniques are still known by some today, but they have been removed by the majority of Karate schools because they're time consuming.
Traditional Karate would require at least a few hours every day to master. Especially the body conditioning. Most people don't have time to train more than a few hours a week, so of course modern versions are vastly lacking, but that's not to say training equal to that of the before time is not still available if you look hard for it.
The aspect of body conditioning is almost entirely absent from modern Karate schools, yet this was the most important part, I think. Just few want to spend an hour a day just getting hit with sticks anymore.
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Originally Posted by chiuchimu
2) How does it compare to original Chinese boxing forms?
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Kung Fu has a higher problem with realism than Karate does. Not to say all Kung Fu is bad, but the odds are against them in comparison to Karate. The quality of Kung Fu is vastly different in full time academies, however. I'm speaking only of part time here, such as what is offered in the West.