i dont know man. i think once your basically doing meat and potatoes dutch kickboxing its not karate anymore. My fav karate fighters are machida, wonderboy,andy hug and whittaker. I can see karate in all of them. benny the jet is up there too although he takes alot from boxing.
Actually, more kyokushin than gsp. GSP only trained as a kid/youth. Schulman had a sucessfull knockdown karate competition career and held several national titles (He was never a major player internationally, though).
Ah, good point. So, back to my original question - do his pupils count as "Karate fighters"? Is he teaching MMA-flavored Karate or Karate-flavored MMA?
Ah, good point. So, back to my original question - do his pupils count as "Karate fighters"? Is he teaching MMA-flavored Karate or Karate-flavored MMA?
This is very true. I recall some old master saying they had spent 3 years (!) studying just one kata. Of course that didn't mean just going through the motions every day for 3 years but actually learning the style which was "distilled and condensed" into that particular kata. Then they'd move on to the next style and combine them as they progressed.
I like seeing guys get knocked out right before pawing with their fingers out.Kyokushin Karate 2nd Dan blackbelt Uriah Hall delivers a vicious knock-out!
instant karma?
yeah I was really impressed with GSP's karate in there. That rear leg side kick and front leg roundhouse are almost never used!What a night for Karate fighters in the UFC!
Karate is back?!
- Karate blackbelt Georges St-Pierre wins the Middleweight title!!!
- Karate blackbelt Rose Namajunas wins the Strawweight title!!
- Karate blackbelt Stephen Thompson defeats Masvidal and improves to 14-2-1!
No, it never left!
OSU!
I rarely see karate/tkd front leg roundhouses without the switch in mma.
yeah he does. You know how in muay thai instead of throwing the lead roundhouse straight from their stance they switch stances really quick and then throw it as if it is their rear leg?
