Competition Kakedameshi Ruleset Recently updated !
For many years, I have been an advocate of the use of kakedameshi (lit. “test of hanging/hooked hands”), or “sticky hands sparring,” for pressure testing neoclassical/practical karate, even writing an article for Bugeisha Issue #9 on the subject, and teaching multiple seminars on how to engage in kakedameshi. In short, kakedameshi is a symmetrical sparring method where both participants must […]
