Is the roundhouse kick the deadliest kick in karate?
There’s no overall deadliest kick, as the deadliest kick ranges from person to person. Each kick has it’s advantages and disadvantages, and if the kick isn’t executed correctly, the kicker will probably injure themself. I study Shotokan Karate, and personally I find that this is the kick I find easiest, so maybe other people do also, which means that it is used more and therefore more people get injured by it. Not necessarily because it’s the most deadly, but because of the number of times in which it is executed.