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First episode of the second season of Karate Combat is up.
The aim of Karate Combat is to reverse the gentrification of karate that has happened over the last few decades due to the soft Olympic style rules and parents essentially using dojos as daycares instead of fighting schools.
It's full contact, free form fighting. None of that bullshit where they don't allow punches to the face or stop the fight after every scoring blow.
Rule set is similar to kickboxing except:
-they use unique gloves that are curved at the end to prevent eye pokes but still allow free finger movement
-throws and sweeps are allowed
-punches to a grounded opponent are allowed
-upkicks are allowed
-chops and backfists are allowed. pokes, hammerfists, and palmstrikes are not.
-leg kicks are allowed but only above the knee