2011 Full Contact Karate World Challenge

This is the opening segment from the 2011 Full Contact World Challenge, held at the Souths Juniors Leagues Club.
Originally screened on Fuel TV.
(C) 2011 Power Productions

[@rorschach8167]

Love the amount of keyboard fighters here....

[@Bruno08931]

fight sucked dude

[@SubMaster95]

First fight starts at 5:25 - Thank me later! :)

[@theend2107]

thx lol

[@mr.shikir6556]

thanx lol

[@saporob]

But you miss a Miss blonde at 4:37 ...

[@SamuelSilva-zz8vu]

@@saporob kkkkkkkkkk

[@turic95]

thanks

[@gustavoribeiro781]

the fact that they don’t wear gloves during fights and that’s why they can’t hit the opponent’s face annoys me a lot, this is something that puts an end to the realism of the fight

[@miyu_myu21]

Yeah it's probably because the tournament isn't about who is more skilled

[@miyu_myu21]

But if u want to see one where heat hitting is allowed just search kudo karate

[@samydc310]

Yeah mate but think about the amount of stamina and resistance to Not get their air blown out. Focus on defending body blows+headshot kicks The pain crawling up overtime of your ribs getting constantly pummeled.

[@Macrohard_On_Fire]

The fights would probably be a lot less karate like if punches were allowed to the head because everyone would just be trying to knock each other out. I think it’s cool because they are still allowed to kick each other in the head so they have to be more creative with their striking if they want a knockout, and more entertaining. Just my opinion

[@pradipchaterjee9576]

Why can't you mf look at it as a sports And art

[@FreekyDeeky21]

So many keyboard warriors trying to talk shit about karate.

[@henryc7548]

"full contact"

[@zakzac1]

OMG real life angels! So much sparkle!

[@DrSekharBose]

Many thanks Dr.S.C.Bose, Kolkata

[@malasangre6700]

It is not only to protect their hands. Gloves are the only way to allow punches to the face with acceptable injuries, and acceptable injuries are the requisite to approve professional tournaments, and all the industries around them. Remember that long time ago, boxing was bare knucle, and gloves were implemented when they decided to create an industry that complies with social standards. On the other hand, in karate there is still the idea that tournaments are just part of the training.

[@schlaznger8049]

My little brother and I fight like this. No shots to the face.

[@dizzyblaze01]

Thats what I thought too, Looks like I'd own these dudes without any Training lol

[@veetioldenburg2908]

@John Smith Haha they don't know how to block hit to the face nor do they know how you punch the face with form any one whose done a bit of boxing or Thai boxing/ kickboxing can take these guys

[@JaybayJay]

Uh. No gloves. Have you ever had someone's tooth cut your hand? I cracked my brother in the mouth with a hook before I took karate and on my right hand between my pinky and ring finger. The next morning my hand was the size of a grapefruit. It was so disgusting getting it squeezed, all that puss and bile being pumped out. I had the choice of hospital or spend a week in a mold and had to keep my arm in a constant elevated position.

[@JaybayJay]

@John Smith I agree. The keyboard warriors know nothing. There's a huge difference between competition and a real fight. They only see body punches and some kicks. They don't see the development, the conditioning to take those punches, years after years of training. The skill to throw those kicks and the skill to defend against them. Kocic did a great job of demonstrating how simply moving a little can avoid a huge kick to the face. Even if it is only a half inch step.

[@thegeniusand7256]

@@JaybayJay the most basic mma fighter could just take these guys to the ground and submit them, that is where karate is incredible weak

[@janitraclan5643]

HEY..lets see Andy Hug & Francisco Filho, they are karateka and K-1 CHAMPION,,Lyoto Machida & George st pierre, karateka and UFC CHAMPION!!

[@dickbison]

Nice fight, so sad to see all those keyboard warriors and their ignorant comments. Karate is supposed to be a balanced art, you can compete and still have a life. Professional boxers are trading their health for success, that's why they can barely string together a sentence when they're older. And nobody says "that's not a real fight, take the gloves off!". I'm not knocking boxing btw. we do both kyokushin and boxing in my gym.

[@URN-A55]

I just love how everyone is a fucking expert. 🤦‍♂️

[@johnpjones1775]

i've always thought kyokushin is hilarious. it almost completely drops foot work, and any attempt a blocking, deflecting or evading unless it's a head kick...they have kata that teach all of that...but their ruleset really discourages it...

[@ardianaz5599]

In my opinion the one who hilarious is shotokan karate, cuz its not effective in real battle, the kyokushin one is effective, the kick&punch maybe not look so hard, but it is actually some brutal move I remember watching some random (common guy) chalengging kyokushin fighter, the random guy just keep throwing punches and kick but never landed in kyokushin guy, and when kyokushin guy just kick the random guy once, the random guy just completely losing his ability to stand So yeah, their kick not look brutal cuz their opponent is a trained to receive a heavy kick Fun fact : kyokushin is different from shotokan, their body is extremely trained to receive some heavy punch or kick, thats why you just seiing a hillarious punch that have no damage to both participant

[@combatsportsarchive7632]

@@ardianaz5599 "In my opinion the one who hilarious is shotokan karate, cuz its not effective in real battle". Like how Chinzo Machida knocked down a Muay Thai fighter (Cristiano Rosa) twice with the reverse punch and thus won by KO?? I'm referring to a video titled "Karate VS Muay Thai! Chinzo Machida's First MMA Fight" for example.

[@ardianaz5599]

@@combatsportsarchive7632 i apreeciate your opinion, im not forcing you to agree, and im sorry if my opinion make yall uncomfortable But for me shotokan is not that effective, and he is MMA so it was mixing with other martial art I've been watching so many video about karate vs other martial art because i was so proud of myself since i join karate But find many of shotokan is lost against other martial art

[@ahmedbukhamsin4733]

@@combatsportsarchive7632 he still mixed shotokan with other striking arts

[@crusademortal3981]

Muay Thai has the same footwork. If anything the top Muay Thai athletes are just people who studied boxing and kick really hard the shins. (With some few throws.) If anything, pure Muay Thai shouldn't even have any pro boxing skill. They forbid punches to the head ONLY in tournaments. They practice head punches in the curriculum.

[@rsobrien]

What techniques do you think they were open for?

[@blackomega4061]

This is Kyokushin style right? I recognize the symbol on the left side of the gi.

[@Matt_Mosley1983]

Yes. Easy to spot: bare knuckle, no facial strike (chest only) always close quarters and they never try blocking

[@dandiaz19934]

Is Kyokushin a style of karate or a mode of fighting karate?

[@blackomega4061]

@@dandiaz19934 Kyokushin is a style of karate but it's also a rule set too.

[@richterdelgan123]

@@dandiaz19934 is a high HP karate build

[@thomasknash]

Smash a guy in the face chances are you'll break your hand. I'm not a huge fan of karate but I can at least understand the reason for the rules.

[@sathishmurugesan4479]

Why they are not blocking punches

[@grazielamtsuda3574]

Sou um praticante de karatê full contact prático junto com meu pai Lucivaldo dos Santos em Lavras da Mangabeira Ceará Brasil

[@christianerobinson9573]

There are no punch head shots because long term, it does to much damage. Whats the point in living your life to be a cabbage at the end of it when theres no need. They are allowed kicks to the head because maybe 2-3 are executed per height which would be nothing compared to the amount of head punches if they were allowed. This doesn't make them weak, it makes them sensible. sense is better than stupidity,

[@bloodndestroy]

If that was the case, why fight at all then? To me thats just affirmation that Boxing is the easiest and quickest way to take out an opponent if they have to make that kind of an excuse

[@pkattk]

Bret, headgear does nothing to prevent concussions. People get KO'd with headgear all the time. There's no "used to absorbing headshots", there's just good defense, biting down hard on your mouthguard and keeping your chin down. You don't get better at taking headshots by getting punched to the head.

[@dickbison]

@@bloodndestroy Why fight at all if you're wearing gloves? That's very unrealistic, you can't cover yourself with gloves in a real fight.

[@trentmichaels7170]

If their not wearing gloves and they know what their doing they'll still only strike to the head sparingly. Hit hard bone with an ungloved hand full force you'll shatter your hand. Boxers have so much brain damage because everybody wears thick gloves taking away 90% of the consequences of throwing to the head.

[@marcokerbl6896]

Finally people fighting without gloves

[@tonfariameira3688]

participei de vários campeonatos de Karatê de Contato, 1989/1990

[@temtrocopra3026]

Qual a diferença desse karatê?

[@tonfariameira3688]

@@temtrocopra3026 Karatê de Contato a base é parecida com o boxe, chute nas pernas, o Low Kick, utiliza socos do boxe no tórax, não vale soco no rosto, vale chute das pernas até na cabeça, joelhadas, muitos nocautes nos campeonatos, a maioria dos lutadores de Karatê de Contato participam de campeonatos de Kickboxing K1 e alguns ganharam de lutadores famosos de Muay Thai, exemplo foi Andy Hug e Peter Aerts que começaram no Karatê Vc é Contato e foram pras competições de K1

[@temtrocopra3026]

@@tonfariameira3688 ata, o karatê de contato é mais agressivo, obrigado pela resposta eu treinava judô, sou faixa laranja, mais estou a muito tempo parado, um amigo uma vez me disse desse karatê que ele erra coisa de louco, os caras vão com tudo pra cima . Tô pensando em iniciar nesse karatê, mas vem cá os treinamentos desse karatê é igual ao outro ? Com kata?

[@tonfariameira3688]

@@temtrocopra3026 Sim

[@jamessimpson6487]

are side kicks and hook kicks and axe kicks front kicks and crescent kicks and jump kicks and takedowns all illegal in this style?

[@WadeSmith-oe5xd]

No. They are just a bad idea against another black belt fighter, so nobody uses them.

[@jamessimpson6487]

@@WadeSmith-oe5xd thats strange logic. in wado ryu it seems the opposite is the case. i dont get it

[@WadeSmith-oe5xd]

@@jamessimpson6487 Think of it this way. If i can block a straight punch and a straight kick, which fly directly to target, then i can definitely block a hook kick or crescent kick which don't fly straight to target.

[@AssTroll]

Why no heads hots allowed?

[@malasangre6700]

Different sports, different rules. Fighting a boxer, a karateka would use lots of low kicks. Anyway, neither this kind of karate nor boxing are self defense oriented, but competition oriented, so comparing them is pointless.

[@thomasknash]

I mean there is a reason why boxers, kickboxers, muay thai boxers and MMA fighters wear gloves. To protect their own hands.

[@david420ist]

if u cant punch in the face its not full contact. ..its a kicking dance

[@dickbison]

If you're wearing gloves it's not full contact either by that logic.

[@RMON2K98]

b i g o s u kyokushin baby got pissed off lol

[@RMON2K98]

b i g o s u cry more baby

[@matox01tekk]

wait i was expecting some anime like fight but it looks like They cannot hit each other to the head with hands but only feets, it looks so weird when they hitting just lower body

[@boogeyman1016]

Well that's on you because Anime isn't real. Like what were you expecting? Fireballs to come out??

[@flyingguitars3470]

Les Murray is that U

[@Tdwoodcrafts]

so much better than TKD@!!!! JAPANESE PRIDE!!!!!

[@lordarkham94]

This is real Kickboxing

[@RingJando]

No, this is *Karate* - learn Mr. Chaos - Karate concentrates on punches and kicks, as well as the formal open-hand strikes. Kickboxing uses kicking, punching, elbow and knee strikes, throws, locks, & grappling. Work on this, okay; kickboxing is considered a 'sports' event and is not a major martial art. As to Karate; the emphasis is on both physical, as well as mental discipline. Now, go take a bath and have a beer!

[@RingJando]

Here is the difference for your education, while you have some pretzels; the combatants have agreed not to 'punch each other in the face' & *both* are 'wearing boxing gloves' - nighty night & sleep tight - kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYjJYaSpZallqdU

[@270cliff]

actually kinda the other way around. karate is very graceful.. America is just so used to the mixed scene to appreciate the arts individually.

[@XSmak]

2:25 : Gedan Mawashi Geri is not to the head, it's a low kick!

[@andrewfuller4344]

kyokushin is weird... They Tank those body shots waiting for the chance to kick someone in the head. I always watch their fights and think PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE. but punching in the face is against their rules lol

[@zoneblue7762]

Una combinación de karate jiujitsu y full Contact debería ser interesante 🤔

[@fkngfkngdiablo2360]

Full contact no es ningún arte marcial, ni siquiera un deporte de contacto... Full contact es un reglamento, un concepto de competición

[@waldlhajatv1521]

Tooop

[@ignacioramos4787]

Who else came here thinking it’s gonna be like Cobra Kai

[@ThunderKat]

"full contact" no blood, no bones broken...Yep

[@Micha-ix1le]

Benny Hill as a ring announcer.

[@Premier17303]

I want to see full contact karate users do in mma ring like UFC... Also I want to see how mma users will do in karate ring with their rules.. Hmm....

[@efilwv1635]

HeeeEEEEEEYYYYYYYeeeeee

[@tyson1ize]

where form goes flying out the door leaving it open for sloppy technique to march in and embarrass the rest of the arts with its shamble

[@tyson1ize]

***** yes I have both in the ring and on the street, have you?? do you even know what good form is?? I think not!!

[@handlexxx]

i totally agree, that fight was pretty much shit, i was expecting to be good but damn. people who never fought would not understand let that pass by. form is very important. and its the first thing they teach you since it is important, they are too greedy to win. therefore forgetting that. let that be a real fight both of them have been knocked out by now.

[@tyson1ize]

yep!!

[@AJConrady]

If they're from japan its pretty much like fighting Kazuya or Jin from tekken.

[@stardust-hr8wh]

No head shots? How can they call this full contact

[@ajmjl9102]

Watch kudo if you want head strikes bc they use gloves

[@tritruongminh9941]

do you even know the definition of full contact? Watch kudo, shinken shobu kyokushin, it's this but with gloves and head strikes. Kyokushin prioritizes the toughness of the fighter, and they do teach all the things you expect from karate, head punches, blocks, dodging, footwork, I know this because I do practice Kyokushin. There are too much that can happen if you allow head punches, bare knuckles, extremely high chance of injuries, for both the puncher and the "patient", if you look at bare knuckles mma and boxing, there is at least some sort of wrappings to protect the hands. Of course, tournament karate, no matter the styles is always somewhat handicapped, wkf shotokan also suffers from tournament rules. What I would love to see is less full contact gut punching kyokushin and a lot more of shinken shobu kyokushin, even with gloves because kyokushin karateka would pay more attention to punching in the head, defending against them and develop faster reflex

[@ajmjl9102]

@@tritruongminh9941 yep as a shotokan karateka I completely agree I hope kudo would get more popular or full contact shotokan bc we have some tournaments her and their that's full contact but I'd hope it's standard or In the Olympics

[@stardust-hr8wh]

@@tritruongminh9941 The definition of full contact to me includes striking to the head albeit with gloves.

[@tritruongminh9941]

@@stardust-hr8wh thats mma's full contact. Mas oyama didnt like the idea of gloves and protections so he made his students fight without them, but then if someone gets punched in the face rapidly, the injuries would be too bad. This is why you can still kick to the face because its impractical to continuously aiming for the face when kicking, you could get thrown down or get your leg swept

[@rathunter0009]

Brutal karate.

[@nateza5540]

I thought it would be more like Karate Kid

[@kelbenblack1190]

You can kick to the head but not strike....i dont get it..weird

[@PSDANDY]

MALA LA WEA DE PELEA WN.

[@mzambo666]

+PSDANDY estaba rica la mina no mas :D

[@lakosta0329]

Alex Kocic from Serbia i mean hi has Serbian blood

[@lusteraliaszero]

seems extremely unfair to the taller fighter with no head punches

[@voon1032]

It'd be more unfair for them the break their hands from punching someones head bareknuckle.

[@cac7979]

not full contact

[@francolpz123]

no punch in the Facebook is not realmente fight sin golpes de puño ala cara es un bodio

[@brokenskull35]

“Full contact”

[@dayson8470]

Not really what it means, just means hit as hard as you like as long as it’s legal.

[@ajmjl9102]

Watch kudo if you want head strikes bc they use gloves

[@jimbobirdwhistle2007]

They should of sent me to fight the Hungarian , Alex has no heart and timid in this fight ......... Osu Sensei Jimbo : 2nd Dan Black belt Okinawa Te Karate Do ,, 2012 IKDA Australian Heavyweight Kumite Full Contact Karate champion / 3x Tas State champion -

[@bornfedslaughter]

Karate = Sloppy kickboxing?

[@isaacmendes1926]

Kickboxing if you couldn't punch face

[@doobski4878]

It’s sloppy cause they can’t hit the face. Look where they are aiming. And these guys aren’t blocking or dodging at all which is just bad form in the fight

[@mcwaff8661]

@@doobski4878 bc there is no reason for them to block lower then neck hits since you know they condition their bodies before they do this.

[@ensnaredbyflesh1030]

kickboxing is based on karate lol

[@FullMetalAmerican]

Check out Shidokan karate then, thats what I do.

[@tfun101]

So weird they don’t punch in the face

[@ajmjl9102]

Watch kudo if you want head strikes bc they use gloves

[@roflmows]

this sucks x.x

[@eugenebell83]

I can not believe these styles like this do not allow strikes to the head in this day and time. In the 1960s people in America thought a karate fighter would certainly kill their opponent if they allowed strikes to the head, but that has been disproven decades ago.

[@shoulung]

eugene bell Well I can't believe Brazilian Jiujitsu doesn't allow strikes, it was proven decades ago that they don't kill. Also, I can't believe Muay Thai doesn't allow fighting on the ground, it was proven decades ago that it works and is important.

[@verbotenco]

shoulung Your logic is seriously fatal. BJJ is NOT about striking, but submission, so no hitting is allowed. Similarly, Muay Thai isn't about ground fighting.

[@shoulung]

verbotenco clearly my point went over your head. BJJ is about building "gentle" skills. Muay Thai is about the science of "eight limbs" Kyokushin is the supreme ultimate truth. the truth of kyokushin is found in osu. Kyokushin isn't necessarily about fighting. its about spirit, its about will power. their sport doesn't test ones ability to do damage upon an opponent, it tests ones willingness to withstand grueling punishment, intense pain, and the utmost pressure, and still move forward, never backing down, never giving up. when people say why Kyokushin is bad because it doesn't allow hand strikes to the face, they are completely missing the point of Kyokushin. to say that BJJ is missing something by not having strikes goes against the spirit of BJJ. and same for grappling in Muay Thai. I realized that, thats why I was bringing it up. Kyokushin isn't broken because they don't allow hand strikes to the face, just as BJJ isn't broken because it doesn't allow strikes, or Muay Thai with grappling.

[@pepecohetes492]

+eugene bell - this is "bare knuckle" as it were. Only strikes allowed to the head are knees and kicks; before every event the competitors break boards (some break their hands). This is the way of Kyokushin Mas Oyama's karate. Only the tough need apply, although this was not an example of the best Kyokushin fighters.

[@DeadFail]

If you notice, they are not wearing gloves. That is why punches to the face are forbidden. If you go against a this kind of a guy in a real fight = dead.

[@ritsureim7766]

those karate fighter didnt event protect theyr head WTF

[@dayson8470]

Only can be hit by legs and those are easy reads

[@ajmjl9102]

Watch kudo if you want head strikes bc they use gloves

[@Machewching]

Wth, they wouldnt last the first round of ufc!! This is lame. Y do they waste time learning all konds of moves when all they use is punch and kick?

[@jjjayyu3440]

You do know that there are karate practitioners in the ufc right?

[@shinozaddy5939]

This was not full contact. Its no contact. I know you can GI for the face, but still.

[@tinayechigidi8931]

Karate is exaggerated

[@Shimmerstrike1]

That was awful, they cant really be black belts, i actually was watching it and feeling embarrassed at how bad they were.

[@russellp1981]

Karate - shitness = kickboxing

[@kerk4517]

it`s not full contact

[@Shimmerstrike1]

This is why martial arts doesn't help in a real fight, if one of those guys launched themselves on the other and jumped him, they'd knock him over and then punch him in the face over and over till the guys lips and gums are shredded, then you know who's won.

[@Matt_Mosley1983]

:-) come back when you know what you're talking about mate ;-)

[@Shimmerstrike1]

Matt Mosley martial arts are on of the worst ways to prepare for a real fight, it gives people a false representation of what to expect, as i said in a real fight they would charge each other. Its the same story when they show you how to disarm a someone with a knife. They train you to take a knife out a hand that A) strikes with the attacking hand positioned forward B) an opponent who uses one arm and forgets the other C) an opponent who strikes then doesn't strike again, just throws his knife out and leaves it there for you. D) and opponent who stands still, ect Go look it up and come back when you know what your talking about, there are videos online of "professionals" trying to defend against a fake knife and none of them manage, none of them, the best i saw I guy do was get stabbed six times, and in a knife fight once you get stabbed once its over, you'd lose concentration and panic, because at martial arts class they don't train you in that, i.e the important stuff. And on another note saying "come back when you know what your talking about" isn't an argument. So come back when you have an argument, which i don't think will be anytime soon.

[@Shimmerstrike1]

Matt Mosley "I'm an instructor", thats where I turned off. If you really are an instructor then your going to believe what your doing is beneficial regardless of facts. even though the only things you get out of martial arts is fitness and money.

[@oscarreece8801]

Yes but if you are trained well you'll know how to deal with a drunk charging at you...

[@Shimmerstrike1]

Oscar Reece Yeah, if you were trained well you would, thats my point, this type of sparing isn't training for that, along with most of the martial arts out there. They train you for unrealistic situations, with opponents that will stop once they've hit you. How many people come out of martial arts knowing how to take a punch? Barely anyone. It leads people into a false sense of security and makes them believe that they can handle a fight when in reality they cant. Its that kind of bullshit that makes people think they can disarm a knife attack, when in reality they end up dead because they don't realise that a knife doesn't fly at you, remain in mid air for several seconds so you can use your little disarm technique, all the while the attacker remains still. No, a real knife fight is terrifying, they slash and stab several times a second. If you really are a martial arts instructor I would ask you to do this, give your friend a pen and tell him to try and stab you with it. Tell him to go all out like he wants to kill you, none of that swinging arm rubbish, have him charge you with one hand and try to stab you as many times as he can and you see what happens.

[@KingRakyat]

This isn't real fighting

[@iancook1506]

Bit of a joke. really.

[@davidchakravarty6836]

+Ian Cook Really??? What's not a joke for u?

[@lachezarkucarov7783]

+David Chakravarty boxing?? :-D

[@davidchakravarty6836]

lachezar Kucarov OK fair enough. But u are really underestimating Kyokushin Karate. Kyokushin fighters have defeated the best fighters of the world.

[@lachezarkucarov7783]

+David Chakravarty I respecs every martial art and sport ,but man cmon a boxer will always be better than everybody.This here is like some game

[@darksouls5874]

+lachezar Kucarov kyokushin knocksout a boxer with kicks -.- and low kicks

[@jodymortimer5014]

karate is not a sport

[@1882Stu]

This sport is a joke tbh lads

[@tannermccorvey7652]

Y'all are lame street fighters in ki's

[@user-ek7fr4mz6b]

Лучше бесконтактное карате и тхэквондо, чем глупые правила без ударов в голову.

[@user-ek7fr4mz6b]

Ужары ногами в воздух медленно, руками в фанеру-говно.

[@sathishmurugesan4479]

Why they are not blocking punches