What do you think about taking Judo, TKD and other martial arts and combining them into a martial arts category like gymnastics?
It would be organized like a martial arts tournaments with categories like forms, point sparring, grappling, etc. Each country would field a team that would accumulate points from each category and individual as well as team medals would be awarded.
I've been thinking about this for a while, but I'd like to hear from 'the community'. We could start a petition.
2007-01-18 05:21:21 · 4 answers · asked by kungfufighter20002001 3 in Sports ➔ Martial Arts
That was the first thing I thought when I heard they were considering putting karate in the Olympics. For all purposes related to awarding points, karate and tae kwon do are the exact same thing; why make them different categories? That's just going to confuse people about the differences between styles.
It would indeed make more sense to have Martial Arts--wrestling, forms, and point sparring.
2007-01-18 09:53:36 · answer #1 · answered by Zach T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They should host a Kumite style tournament in the Olympics. No particular style or form of martial art (just no weapons). Weight classes optional.
2007-01-18 06:13:28 · answer #2 · answered by Maverick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doesn't interest me at all.
2007-01-18 07:55:58 · answer #3 · answered by bms_paul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't like it
2007-01-18 05:32:33 · answer #4 · answered by SuperSoldierGIJOE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋