Because of this, many instructors ask their expert students to pair up with the beginner students, since the higher ranking students should be able to protect themselves better and prevent injuries while allowing the beginners to learn. On rare occasions in certain Karate clubs, they are allowed to free spar. However, this practice is not encouraged for several reasons. Expert Karate competitors make quick work of less experienced competitors, usually leaving them defeated without even having seen anything happen. Also, the potential for injuries increases, since beginners are in poor control of their abilities.
Experts are less likely to become enraged and intentionally cause an injury.
Budo Kumite is training basic techniques to work in formal situations, and it comprises the majority of sparring training in Shotokan. When free sparring is done this way, no points are awarded and no referee stops the match. The match ends when one competitor clearly becomes dominant over the other, or when one of the two concedes. Shiai Kumite involves a referee, points awarded for successful techniques, and a time limit on the match. Many people begin to advance in Karate and are told to go forward in order to win.