Hokuto-ki aka KUDO

I'm in Russia right now, with horribly slow internet so I can't do my own research.
I stumbled upon a sport called KUDO(most popular name I think), I think the variations of it might be or Hokuto-Ki or Tatame B or Daido Juku(on wiki), it is VERY much like MMA/Sambo. Participants wear Gi's, protective masks and small gloves. From what I could tell rules are very much like MMA from pride days except stomping and kicking grounded opponent. I've seen many variations of fighting styles, Muy Thai, Karate, Kyokushin, Judo, Tae Kwan Do, BJJ/Judo techniques. Haven't seen outright wrestlers though, probably because take downs don't score you points.

Since it was Russian sports channel they were showing bunch of Russian fighters from some tournament(no date). They were surprisingly good. Striking was very Gerard Mousasi/Fedor like. They had pretty good ground technique etc. Never heard any of their names in MMA scene. That said, I was very impressed.

Look for KUDO on youtube, see what you can find. It takes me like an hour to download 5 minute video.

Anyone heard of it, saw it, talked about it? I totally missed it.
Discuss.

 

It was raining the night I flew in . But now it's steadily going colder. 20F right now and will go as low as -6 withing 2 weeks.
Women are, as always, beautiful.

 

From wiki
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Daidojuku literally translated means "The Big Way". It incorporates techniques which were not present at that time in full contact karate styles. Azuma, being a third-degree black belt in [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judo"]Judo[/ame] as well as a 4th-degree black belt in Kyokushin karate, recognized the potential for a hybrid martial art. These would not be restricted by the boundaries of a single style but would use techniques from various martial arts, namely, at the time of its creation in 1980, [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judo"]Judo[/ame] and [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karate"]Karate[/ame]. In the late 1980s and early 90s the style began to incorporate various techniques from [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muay_thai"]muay thai[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing"]boxing[/ame], [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jujutsu"]Jujutsu[/ame], sambo, [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submission_wrestling"]submission wrestling[/ame], and other martial arts, fine tuning each technique for use within the Daidojuku style. One of the fundamental goals of Daidojuku being the creation of a versatile and realistic fighting style without compromising safety, Azuma created a style which incorporated various offensive as well as defensive techniques which includes punches to the head, elbow strikes, head butts, [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judo"]judo[/ame] throws, [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jujutsu"]jiu-jitsu[/ame] jointlocks and other standup and ground fighting techniques.
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Incorporation of styles from way before modern MMA.

 

What I find more interesting is their pretty dynamic stand up, which I'm guessing is karate based. Also the fact that it's from 1980, way before UFC but just never went mainstream.