Modern Sports Karate
Modern Sports Karate (MSK) was founded in the 1970s by Dr. Rudolf Jakhel at RWTH Aachen University (Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen). MSK is primarily geared towards athletic competition ( kumite ).
origin
Modern sport karate was founded in 1971 by Dr. Rudolf Jakhel founded as a university sports group Modernes Sport Karate at the RWTH / FH Aachen. He also took over the supervision of sports students in the elective karate . By dealing with the problem of looking after a sports group at a sports science institution, he was encouraged to develop a new, style-neutral, sports-match-oriented teaching method.
Principle and technology
Modern sports karate differs from the classic karate styles as they can be found in most karate schools in two essential features : its clear focus on sports combat and its movement sequences, which have been optimized according to sports science findings.
Due to its focus on sports combat, the technical repertoire of the MSK only includes actions that can actually be used in sports combat and in the manner learned. The development of movement sequences according to sport science findings makes it possible to justify clearly why the movements must have this or that form. Clearly defined forms of movement, on the other hand, are an important prerequisite for a sporting competition in which the aim is to measure how well the participants have mastered their sporting abilities; and the karate sport match is primarily a comparison match in which the participants demonstrate how they master the karate techniques and tactics. Therefore, in karate combat, one always fights cleanly, that is, in such a way that all attacks are carried out in a pronounced and obvious form.
In order to ensure that training is really aimed at this goal, later in the competition only those attacks are rated as successful by the judges that show the basic traits of the ideal movement learned. So that the fighters are able to meet this condition after a “clean” fight, the focus of the training in the MSK is on learning the ideal sequences of the various techniques and tactics.
In favor of a Europeanization of karate, MSK largely renounces the traditions and rites of the classical karate directions. Instead of the Japanese names, only names in the respective national language are used. The only exceptions are the so-called forms (Japanese kata ), which have Latin names: Forma Prima , Forma Secunda , Forma Tertia , Forma Quarta and Forma Quinta .
Technique and tactics
There are six different attack types in the MSK:
- straight punches forward
- straight kicks forward
- straight kicks backwards
- circular steps forward
- circular kicks backwards
- circular foot sweeps
Each type of attack can be either one-sided or diagonal. One-sided means here that, for example, the right arm hits when the right leg is pushed forward, while the left arm would hit in the event of a diagonal attack. This results in the twelve basic combinations of the MSK, each of which can be carried out with the right or left.
In addition to attacks (action tactics), the tactics in the MSK also include protecting yourself (protective tactics). This includes, among other things, the combat stance as well as the interception and deflection of enemy attacks.
Belt system
| Student grade | 12. Kyu | 11. Kyu | 10. Kyu | 9. Kyu | 8. Kyu | 7. Kyu | 6. Kyu | 5. Kyu | 4. Kyu | 3. Kyu | 2. Kyu | 1. Kyu |
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Belt color |
White | White | yellow | yellow | orange | orange | green | green | blue | blue | brown | brown |
The MSK has 12 student grades ( Kyū ) with six belt colors (white, yellow, orange, green, blue and brown). Thus, two belt grades always wear the same color, as the two belt grades do not differ externally. Then come the master degrees ( Dan ) with the black belt.
The first white belt can already be worn without an examination, whereas an examination must be taken afterwards for each additional belt. This exam consists of active participation in training and demonstration of the respective form and sparring (from 10th to 7th Kyū) or sports fighting (from 6th Kyū).
distribution
Originally only represented at RWTH / FH Aachen due to its development there, MSK is now offered nationwide in various cities. There are also schools that teach Modern Sports Karate in Alsdorf, Berlin, Bochum, Darmstadt, Hofheim / Marxheim (Taunus), Mainz and Munich.
In the meantime, the training of the MSK is not only offered as a sports course at universities, but also as training via clubs, so that not only students have access to this martial art.
Modern Sports Karate, however, is a martial art that is not limited to Germany. For example, MSK is also taught in Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Greece and New Zealand.
literature
Rudolph Jakhel: Modern sport karate . 2nd Edition. Meyer & Meyer Sport, 2002, ISBN 3-89124-903-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Modern Sports Karate Berlin: MSK in Germany
- ↑ see: Modern Sports Karate Berlin , Aachener Sportkarate e. V. ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and MSK Mainz /
- ↑ Aachener Sportkarate e. V. ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
