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Karate Stylist?Noah Legel is on Sherdog? And he likes my thread??
*STARSTRUCK*
Karate Stylist?Noah Legel is on Sherdog? And he likes my thread??
*STARSTRUCK*
Not only that, we even know how you LOOK!Somebody knows who I am on Sherdog!? *GASP*
Not even close!Karate Stylist?
Karate Stylist?
Not even close!
KarateStylist > ALL
Not only that, we even know how you LOOK!
http://www.karateobsession.com/author-biography
EDIT: we even know that you knocked a guy the fuck out in MMA, which makes you legit AF on these forums!
http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/fighter/Noah-Legel:A1082FA2B3084DCC
Timed that shit like Barboza bro, props.Lol, no, I'm afraid I'm not the infamous KarateStylist, although I got to read a lot of those threads--I mostly lurk on Sherdog
Lol, ah, yes, my "semi-pro" amateur MMA fight. I say "semi-pro" because it was my first ever fight as an amateur, but apparently it was my opponent's pro debut, according to the announcer. I knew he had already had 3 fights, which he won by KO, submission, and KO, all in the first round, but I didn't know he was going pro. Interestingly, that technically meant that I had to follow stricter rules than he did, which shouldn't have been allowed, although it didn't actually come into play. I can say that the tunnel vision I had in that fight was insane, and made it REALLY difficult to judge how far away he was to actually do anything . It's kind of funny to watch the first round, since I basically didn't accomplish anything but failing to land armbars and succeeding at rolling with punches, which makes it look like he's just knocking my head all over the place in the video. Thankfully the adrenaline dump wore off in time for round 2, and I could land the kick we knew he was open for. It was a nice way to end the fight, although I wasn't happy with how I handled myself in the first round, and I know I could have done better. Separating out the KO from the rest of the video makes me look so much cooler
Timed that shit like Barboza bro, props.
Back on topic:
I know you've done Shuri-Ryu and Shorin-ryu. The first is modern, yet Okinawan Karate based, the second 100% Okinawan. Based on your experience, can you assess if they were also in some way influenced by Kendo? And how much they differ from the major Japanese styles?
Some do MMA-style sparring. Some, like us, do a variety of sparring methods to cover an array of situations and skillsets, some of which is that long range, kendo-inspired stuff.
This arrangement is just one of the things that I admire about the Shidokan style founded by Yoshiji Soeno. They do knockdown/bare knuckle Karate, kickboxing and submission grappling but they have separate formats for sparring between the three of them. Also, I know that there is another organization that is called Shidokan but they have nothing to do with Soeno's style/organization. I do know that there actual style is Shorin-ryu and I think the Honbu of that particular organization is in Okinawa, but I could be wrong about that. Do you know anything about those guys and how they approach kumite?