PM: I studied several styles Chinese quanfa but predominantly Hung Gar, Do Pai, Five Form Fist and Pai Lum. PM: Day and night! In those days rounds were 10-20 minutes long and training was literally, “a lifestyle!” I first tried shoot boxing but after one professional fight decided to move over to the UWFI as I felt too confined grappling with boxing gloves.īR: As well as karate you studied many other classical arts, which ones and to what degree?

How did this type of competitive format differ from your previous encounters and how did your training have to change?

I won the North American Karate Championships in 1974 and again in 1978, and also took five Canadian national titles during the early to mid-1980′s.īR: You then relocated to Japan where you were one of the first generation of western shoot fighters in the UWFI. I’m not sure just exactly how many tournaments I won but it was a lot. PM: I was known as a triple threat and competed all over Canada and the United States in open competition from the late 1960′s through the mid-1980′s. Please find below an interview with Hanshi Patrick McCarthy, 9th dan, covering his career, teaching methods and views on application practices.īR: Whilst you are most prominently known for your historical research and kata application practices you had a successful competitive career in traditional martial arts.

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