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I would like to start this subject and I'm realy will be waiting for your comments.

I'm talking about Karate. Karate is one of the famous selfdefense sport in the world. Why we dont we have an association for this game. Do you know that in UAE they have a female Karate national team http://www.omania.net/evip/ubb/confused.gif Its true that they are some clubs her in Muscat teaching Karate but most of the instructures are bit afraid from the sport authority to stop them.

Waiting for your comments.

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Dear A.Hakeem
This matter I raised myself to one of the sport offical in Oman, and I got a detailed answer for it and with the reason been giving I guess there is no use to talk about it and it should take the look which is taking now as being practiced in private clubs and hotels but not under the supervision of the Omani Sport Authority.

There is only One reason giving!!! That H.M. Himself don't like this kind of sport and don't like the governement encouraging ppl to do it, that comes in the category of other sports too like Boxing,Taykwendo..... and others which teach how to fight,or as you explained to self defence!!!


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ITs a shame that they should look at so nice a sport in that way. It seems they are afraid of the violence as an outcome. But we as men first of all, should have the ability to defend ourselves from others. And in todays world, even a women also need to defend themselves! Learning to do so through Karate is good as it not only teaches you how to fight and defend yourself, it also concentrates on disipline.

So there are advantages too, which should be looked into.

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How about looking into the world with more positve way and many advantage by not knowing how to fight so we all be equal same as we born and let the competetion be with our brains and now with our bodies. everything have a tow side affect, but let us have the one which wont harm anyone physically.

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Sam4net,
That is a very nice thought that we should use our brains and not our bodies. But there is no harm in learning how to DEFEND ourselves and use our brains. We don't have to use our bodies. If the people or person we are dealing with want to use their brains, then we as muslims are more than welcome, because that it is how we are, but I sure would like to know how to DEFEND myself when the other party decides to give his brain a break. And I'm stressing on DEFEND and not use martial arts as an excuse to stop using my brain.
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Dear Balck Panther,

I truly agree with you, and we have to learn how to DEFEND using not only our brain, but anything we possibly could do, coz that's what our religon ask us to do. But not to encourge it in a way that poeple might use it in the worng way. Boxing for example very nice game and may people follow it, but here sick minds use it as a way to learn devil skills. we can't help it coz thier mind is sick. we have to bring up thier brian in better level before we teach them what to use thier body and strenght with.

let's hope that one day we will be able to see these games come up again, and use it in the right and a noble way that it was made for in the begaining.

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Sam4net,
Yeah, and I agree with you too, the people still have a lot to learn when it comes to using their brains. Anyways, I do hope the day does come when we see this sport being practiced the way it was meant to be.

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