Fighting

Shura [修羅]

Whether for competition or for combat or social violence or in defense of asocial violence, it’s fighting and it’s illegal!

When justified or sanctioned it’s still illegal, it’s a matter of legal sanctions reasons often requiring proof and legal justifications.

In a modern society you will find fighting has “rules” participants follow depending on its category and a whole slew of other influences. Merely being a part of a social entity means there are rules.

Even sanctioned governmental driven “war and its combative’s” has rules (can you say Geneva Conventions?). Rules also set by governmental mandates such as the applications of forces like the types of ammunition used in a firefight, and so on …

It’s not about “winning or losing” but about being safe and secure from conflicts with a potential of ensuing violence. 

Note: psychological attacks are fighting and do psychological damage to the recipient. Often the psychological precedes actual violence and can go hand in hand with posturing and is part of “telegraphing one’s intent to do harm!”

noun

• a battle or combat.
• any contest or struggle: a fight for recovery from an illness.
• an angry argument or disagreement: Whenever we discuss politics, we end up in a fight.
• Boxing.
  a bout or contest.
• a game or diversion in which the participants hit or pelt each other with something harmless: a pillow fight;
  a water fight.
• ability, will, or inclination to fight: There was no fight left in him.

verb (used without object), fought, fight·ing.

• to engage in battle or in single combat; attempt to defend oneself against or to subdue, defeat, or destroy an adversary.
• to contend in any manner; strive vigorously for or against something: He fought bravely against despair.

Telegraphing 

Denshin [電信]

Reading intent, observing moves and actions as well as situations, environmental triggers, etc.

Reading one’s environment is critical in avoiding conflict and violence so “observe” when something is not right, therefore telegraphing to that person that maybe taking another path is a safe and secure option.  Often, mostly, and intentionally the defense programs teach detection of imminent violence to lead in to fighting methodology’s when telegraphing danger, conflict and violence occurs long before that imminent moment of physical contact.

Hint: SD in karate, focus toward minimizing time and distance in your movement; maximize body/mass & transfer of kinetic energy, etc.

Techniques 

“Labeling karate bunkai, etc., as techniques creates an incorrect impression that kata are simply a sequence of separate ’static’ positions, which they are not.” - unknown

Technically, they are wrong because technique, the words meaning, is not tied to a specific technique such as a “rising vertical strike or punch. 

noun

• the manner and ability with which an artist, writer, dancer, athlete, or the like employs the technical skills of a particular art or field of endeavor.
• the body of specialized procedures and methods used in any specific field, especially in an area of applied science.
• method of performance; way of accomplishing.
• technical skill; ability to apply procedures or methods so as to effect a desired result.
• Informal.
  method of projecting personal charm, appeal, etc.: He has the greatest technique with customers.

As can be readily perceived, technique is a method or methodologies that achieve a desired result or strategy or tactic. It is a skill whereby one applies it for effect or desired result, i.e., karate defense of ending violence quickly and efficiently by putting the attacker “down-now” within the social, moral and legal parameters.