yes but bare in mind i practiced quite a rough form of karate, id done a move where i had managed to strafe behind the opponent and hit them medium strength in the back of the head to disorient them so i could arm lock them and i won the bout with that as i had them pined to the floor by the arm, twas in a regional contest too
(with the regulation kinda sparsely padded punching mits you have on in karate...theres surprisingly little padding in such a powerful martial art that focuses on fast direct destructive strikes, just mits and gum shield
but the idea isnt to beat people up in a competition but catch them out when you spot a weakness (undefended spot: grab-able limb, exposed spot on the torso, chance to trip them to score points any unguarded area) in competitions you don't hit them very hard, in a fight in a real life fight...you do lol
bare in mind be were at the time both high grades, lower graded dont get to fight like that, they dont know how to be focused and how not to take it personally, by the time youre a high grade, youve been hit everywhere about 1000 times already
you ever been a goth? guilty or not guilty