I remember karate competition as being more exciting than MMA.

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  1. james4210

    james4210 Active Member Full Member

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    In the mid to late 80s did various martial arts, and used to go to a lot of karate competitions. Very similar to the first karate kid movie type of thing.

    I found it so exciting watching the team's of maybe 10 fighters from one karate school facing the fighters of another school, as well as individual fighters competing. They would always be a few going through the knockout stages, that were absolutely spectacular. And useful loads and loads stunningly good techniques.

    Because it was semi-contact, the worst you got was the occasional hard punch to the gut. so anyone with a little training could do it. Ah memories
     
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  2. Drunkenboxer

    Drunkenboxer Least Eligible Bachelor Full Member

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    Were they playing this song over the PA system?

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jYcW1nEsGk[/ame]
     
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    [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_Karate_Association[/ame]
     
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  4. leejunfan777

    leejunfan777 Guest

    omg i watch karate all he time at my job i think its the worst martial art
     
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  5. Stoo

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    Cheer up Lee. Lifes to short to be constantly negative on message boards :thumbsup

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCQ0vDAbF7s[/ame]
     
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  6. leejunfan777

    leejunfan777 Guest

    i watched karate competitions & i just thought these guys would get beat up by any other martial art especially if it got the the ground
     
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  7. Stoo

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    I dont think TS was claiming any different to be fair. Just expressing his enjoyment of it
    But it's true what you are saying, a strictly karate style does hold a massive disadvantage in an MMA bout.
     
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  8. Vitor Belfort

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    Yea back in the days then ufc happens and we all saw what those karate kids can do in a real fight:lol:
     
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  10. james4210

    james4210 Active Member Full Member

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    hey what about Anderson Silva's front kick? wasn't that straight out the end of Karate Kid:D
     
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  11. moreorless

    moreorless Active Member Full Member

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    ....or some Andy Hug.

    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KltbxRVP0gU[/ame]


    Learning how to "sweep the leg" won him the WGP. ;)
     
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    james4210 Active Member Full Member

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  13. James23

    James23 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If by exciting you mean "flashy", then maybe.
     
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  14. leejunfan777

    leejunfan777 Guest

    anderson silva's kick was way more a muay-thai technique than karate
     
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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBktYJsJq-E[/ame]

    is better then most mma matches...lets be honest...
     
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