How do you know it was karate or which kind?
They actually teach spinning hook kick in some schools jujitsu but they teach it as part of a drill to defend against it
The attacker has to practice it so the other person can practice defending against it
They teach a straight punch for the same reason
They might make people of all ranks do that for warm up
Someone can actually learn a spinning hook kick from watching videos and practicing on their own without a instructor
Also straight punches are in multiple karate styles
@shortstories Thank you, those options account for 0.5% of cases where someone fights like this. Let's just say you won this internet argument because I don't have time to play "but maybe aliens taught him".