Karate tournament from the 80s

[@thespamdance311]

Chopping planks of wood, blokes getting knocked out cold and magnificent mullets, all to the tune of synth rock on grainy VHS. This video is utterly glorious! My compliments to the editor.

[@mr.wilson9941]

Back when the world was good, before I was born

[@eysan90]

Yeah the music just makes it all the more epic and drives home that 80s vibe

[@Imnotevenhuman]

Im high af and just vibing

[@Adl-pk4hg]

When men were men

[@EnriqueMartinezAgraAgra]

Don't forget the epic mustaches

[@nibirunomicon3203]

Is it just me or does it seem karate went a hell of a lot 'harder' back in the day?

[@OtakuKota]

It did, I would say there were tournaments up to like 2010 that were softer than this but harder than what it is today. I did TKD back in 98-99 and I do like TKD but they went softer than Karate did. Karate really didn't get super weak till 2011ish plus. In Japan, and Brazil they still do it hard. Doubt you'll find many places in America or Europe that goes that hard though, maybe the Netherlands/Dutch. Since they love Kickboxing. Mikes Gym, go hard will doing Kickboxing Training.

[@youtube-nutzer2895]

Kyokushin still goes hard I believe

[@Ken_Jones]

@@OtakuKota in the Netherlands there are hardly any karate fights, and TKD is kata tournaments only. But yea, Kickboxing and MMA are hot here. If you ask people if the know Canelo or Mayweather, they won’t know what you are talking about. The only known names of boxers here are Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson.

[@Kenzaki1010]

Kyokushin always go hard

[@kiko393533]

Kyokushin still like this tho.. If you search full contact karate you'll see pretty much same..

[@fierypickles4450]

Brutal and efficient. Damn, the damage these dudes took. Way more cool to watch than modern Olympics snore fest

[@sharwenboedhai8493]

Totally agree

[@CephlonMayngrum]

This is kyokushin. They still have tournaments like this

[@psychedashell]

Tho is an offshoot of Kyokushin. By this point Kyokushin Knockdown tournaments didn’t allow any kind of grabs in general - makes for an odd situation where two fighters literally lean on each other as they fight in close quarters. Not unlike two thugs fighting chest to chest to prove they’re all hard and everything but not quite the same either.

[@lloydkline1518]

Make bruce lee scary

[@plamenferdinandov5083]

Snore fest is to you because it is a game of timing, speed and moment... Not everyone can get intelligent and tactical sports like WKF karate. Maybe if you read the rules and the criteria for a point, you'll get it... MAYBE. Ofc it has its downsides - light contact to the head, a lot of sneaking, the game is too dependent on the judges. But full contact to the head will make almost every fight finish early because of the criteria for acquiring a point.

[@UrielManX7]

Fucking hell man, there will never be a more awesome decade than the 80's

[@ObeyNoLies]

The 90's was the high point of western civilization.

[@FemboiMars]

@@ObeyNoLiesyou sound like a fella who wasn’t around to experience the 80s

[@harryv6752]

💯 🔥 🤘

[@Christopher26021994]

In my opinion 2000s were the pinnacle, untill The Great Recession in 2008 came. Then everything went bad and never really got better...

[@SavetheWestNow]

@@UrielManX7 80's was the peak of human civilization and best decade. (Arguably with 50's) The 90's were good as well, but they commenced the slow decline. Being marked by GHW Bush's NWO and Slick Willy selling us out to Chyna and UN etc.

[@ZakZ8915]

Holy shit, this looks EXACTLY like the martial arts movies from the 80s and 90s!

[@UrbanDefenseSystems]

I think people were trying to emulate the movies. In a way, life imitating art, rather than the other way around. And they made it work.

[@darthpheez]

“it’s karate. old school karate.” -johnny lawrence

[@lightorchestrator]

I was scrolling through for a Cobra Kai reference. This video plays into that mantra of 1980's being a time of more manly prowress and people getting softer nowadays.

[@dylanplumley280]

This is exactly what he meant. I wish there was a sensei like him in real life, I would become his student in a hearbeat

[@Neko_Medic]

Old school Karate, before mcdojos ruined it for everyone.

[@thunderkatz4219]

@@dylanplumley280there are

[@thenson1Halo]

I felt that line so much when he said it. We might be getting a bit older and slower, but we learned real Karate and not whatever the McDojo's teach these days.

[@Visionary0001]

A good number of the scenes from this video are from the early to mid 1990's, and not just from the 1980's. There are a couple of clips featuring the great kickboxer Patrick Smith, who didn't start fighting in major tournaments until 1990-1991.

[@joshuabrant3487]

Pat Smith won one of these tournaments also fought in the ufc and k1.

[@SyzranetsVolodya]

Pat participated in the tournament in 1989

[@ninjaman1138]

you mean pat smith the child molester?

[@AnGhaeilge]

@@joshuabrant3487 Sabaki challenge.

[@trumplostlol3007]

Kickboxing is really not a single fighting style. You can be a Muay Thai fighter and participate in a kickboxing match.

[@chrisinfiesto835]

In 1978 I fought in a Mas Oyama tournament similar 2 this. I think the emphasis on “kicks only” 2 the head was an effort 2 keep the competition from turning in2 kick boxing matches.

[@sadatrafsanjani]

Osu!

[@IlyuuJrry34]

Makes sense

[@교쿠신카이]

Mas Oyama was forced to make this stupid rule, i do Kyokushin with true full contact, we've been champions in more than 15 open tournaments with true full contact rules in 20 years (the only rules were no groin hits, only MMA gloves were allowed and only 18+ purple to black belts were allowed)

[@Kenzaki1010]

@Spectre Owl He did want to used gloves and at the time MMA gloves were not available. Bare knuckles to face cause bleeding, skinning of the knuckles… which is messy, potential infectious etc. Thus, bare knuckles and no face shot it is.

[@Kenzaki1010]

@@교쿠신카이 Didn’t even know Kyokushin have purple belt. What IKO are you under?

[@jackmehoff9595]

Brain and spine trauma combined with 80’s techno metal, glorious.

[@Hachizukatenzo]

More retrowave actually.

[@krishnateja3419]

This completely rocks

[@Ac22768]

Techno metal? Uh no.

[@KEVS6975]

😵‍💫 🤣 😉

[@TheCakeWizardGuy]

This is like the intro of a karate series I'd love to watch, with all those cool characters shown briefly and you only get to know them as the series progresses. Big respect to all the athletes!

[@billywashere6965]

Heck yeah! The 1980s went hard with the awesomeness.

[@joshuabrant7689]

Karate minoru

[@PANYHK]

like WMAC Masters

[@IlyuuJrry34]

Back when traditional martial arts were actually badass. Most of these guys are just kyokushin fighters.

[@Lasombrosidad]

In fact, these are enshin karatekas, enshin is a school derived from kiokushinkai, that studies extensively the evasive and counterattack footwork, like the ashihara school.

[@blakeimortal1084]

@@Lasombrosidad interesting

[@GokuInfintysaiyan]

@@Lasombrosidad but even ROUNDER (footwork). Also Ashihara, from the schools I've visited, LOVES elbows. Enshin also tends to have less ukeru but that might just be all of kyokushin these days

[@johnreidy2804]

Back when men were men and women were glad of it. Today...we are worried about peoples personal pronouns...we are raising a generation of sissies. God help us if there is another world war

[@billywashere6965]

This! It's unfortunate everyone is all in on the whole UFC thing, but most of those guys are not martial artists. Fighters? Sure, but their technique is nothing like what's on display here. Closest we get is Wonderboy.

[@PapaBeastyy]

Fun fact, these types of tournaments still exist today. This is Enshin karate, which derives from the more popular Kyokushin karate, as does Ashihara karate which is similar also. These are knockdown rule karate fights, punches to the body, kicks to the body, legs and head, knees to the head body and legs as well. They do not punch or elbow to the face, and it's hard to find a universally recognized reason for that, but the general consensus i've seen is that people say punching and elbowing to the face would make it too brutal. Personally I'd love if Kyokushin/Enshin/Ashihara karate would go ahead and put gloves on and start doing punches to the head. That said, I have the utmost respect for Kyokushi/Enshin/Ashihara karatekas, they're tough son of a bitches, i've done some fights with these rules and they're very intense and the body shots are potent as hell, I have a heavy background in Isshinryu Karate and loved training with the Kyokushin guys. If you want to see karate fights with more modern type rules, check out Karate Combat on youtube. Also worth checking out the style "Kudo Daido Juku", which from my understanding, is a more modern japanese MMA style heavily consisting of karate kickboxing and judo.

[@christopherjones7023]

Enshin ryu is my jam.

[@PapaBeastyy]

@@christopherjones7023 there's an enshin place here where I live at the community center. If I didn't already spend my time doing MMA I'd consider doing it! Love my mma class and the family I got there, but definitely miss traditional karate after studying it for 12 years.

[@poprospektu2962]

I do both ashihara and kyokushin karate, and basically while you don't have gloves on it would be very "violent" to have such tournament rules as permissible punches to the face. It would be almost real street fight :D But there are some categories in big tournaments they call them "full contact", allowing face punches but with gloves and helmet on as in Kudo.

[@christopherjones7023]

@@PapaBeastyy yeah I hear ya. The one place in my town that used to teach it is gone now and has been for years sadly. I think I officially trained for something like 4 years in Enshin-ryu and since then trained at home off and on for like 20+. But man do I miss it. Godspeed and OSU!

[@angelsjoker8190]

@@PapaBeastyy Check out Kyokushin Shinken Shobu. It's Kyokushin with gloves and punches to the head. I don't like the Karate Combat ruleset. They don't allow lowkicks and hooks even thogh those are legitimate Karate techniques.

[@mandingosaurus3553]

This is just pure epicness, truly marveling. The technique and brutality, this is full on fights, everyone is so brave, risking everything in seconds, warriors.

[@chriswiggins4842]

I wonder what the winner got at the end just a trophy?

[@knuckledragger2412]

​@@chriswiggins4842 for real man, trophy's don't pay any bills... These guys can rotate their hips around their giant balls pretty effortlessly and I'm impressed.

[@JustMe-vz3wd]

warriors???? warriors are people who fight for a good cause to defend their ideals or country or family. Punching and wacking eachother in the head is pretty cool to watchbut no bravery there or anything noble or valuable.

[@LINKchris87]

@@JustMe-vz3wd I'm afraid you don't understand the heart of martial arts.

[@crisalcantara7671]

Your name is fkn hilariousn 😂😂

[@Tungar111-mv2hw]

My taekwondo teacher always taught me the kind of karate/martial arts tourneys they had back in the 80s were practically UFC without grappling and faceshots. These videos are always so fascinating.

[@scaryhenski]

Karate in the 80’s were truly badass 🥋🔥

[@KeyserSoze23]

Did they get exposed by the UFC in the 90s?

[@vazi011]

what u call badass is the normality of 80 . I bet some say too much rules or control. anyway nerfing promoted wimps and karens.

[@scaryhenski]

@@KeyserSoze23 A lot of styles have their strength and weakness, it all depends on the fighter, to me the most effective karate style Kyokushin.

[@snicklesnockle7263]

@@KeyserSoze23 By that logic boxing also got exposed at ufc 1

[@thr417]

@@KeyserSoze23 Lots of UFC fighters have Karate background, like GSP, and Anderson Silva

[@thallescastellani317]

2 years ago, this video (plus Cobra Kai, I admit) reignited my passion for martial arts. Thank you. I'm much healthier, stronger, bulkier and deadlier than I was before that. Osu!

[@CultureSamurai]

1:44 axe kick to flying kneee wow the speed

[@Kzany42]

He is a Taekwondo black belt.

[@brunoteixeira5703]

Tiger kick Sagat

[@loloycajilla7221]

@@Kzany42 no he is also karate lmao.Karate has also axe kick.

[@damian4727]

That’s some street fighter move you press red then yellow + ↩️

[@Kzany42]

@Abinanta Maheswara Taekwondo has knee strikes kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmenaHeBmpmaeJY

[@wl7291]

I realize I always loved the hard styles and abilities of kicking. Minimal telegraph low kicks, dexterity for close range high kicks, kicking both sides of both legs, spinning kicks with ease.

[@Dragonfly491]

Feels like a different world, a different era, a different time.

[@SonOfVenus92494]

Because it is.

[@SonOfVenus92494]

Because it was.

[@delinquenter]

Now this is what real martial arts looks like. Either do it right or not at all. Nothing but full commitment and passion in sight.

[@justinhogue9861]

I dunno if a flying knee to the face is needed. Crazy stuff.

[@delinquenter]

@@justinhogue9861 Then don't do it. That's what I'm saying. You're singing yourself up for martial arts, so either properly learn how to put someone six feet under, or do something else. But dumbing it down is just disrecpectful to the tradition in my eyes.

[@АлексейКазаков-и5ц]

Hate to disappoint you, but no tradition until really recent includes full-contact sparrings. Or any sparrings for that matter. “True” old martial arts were all about conditioning of your limbs and katas. All training. Putting somebody six feet under is more or of a boxing/MMA thing.

[@delinquenter]

@@АлексейКазаков-и5ц Uh, wrong actually. But I don't feel like disproving people on the internet today. Just make some research yourself. Cleary, you're just uneducated and want to disagree with a fact, because it doesn't align with your believes. But whatever. Don't care.

[@bjam27]

You miss the point hard.

[@zenyxx9789]

Atleast Karate Combat is slowly bringing back the glory of Karate

[@jordyissappig]

have you not seen the new karate shit? they straight up just hold hands and dance

[@jbird4165]

Nah not really. This dudes look sloppy in there. Too much boxing involved. Karate is more than just punches. We need throws and more flashy kicks that work

[@fr.Angel21]

I disagree, I see less karate and more MMA.

[@alexlilano1931]

I hope Karate makes a comeback. Karate is such an amazing style of fighting. I blame the UFC for the decline. I heard the early UFC favor BJJ on purpose to advise the art. It worked. BJJ got super popular from the UFC and they made a ton of money from it. In the early UFC, BJJ was only elite fighter of the their fighting art in the competition. The rest were basically amateurs. If you put one of these Karate champions or a Muay Thai champ vs an amateur BJJ, the Karate or Muay Thai guy will win especially with the Judo skills Karate guys look like they have from the video. Today's UFC shows the true match up between arts. Micheal Jai White talked about this. Karate is legit have a few champions like Lyoto, GSP, Chuck Liddel, and Bas Rutten. BJJ is still very good, but no where dominant like the early UFC portrayed. BJJ needs elite grappling or striking to make it work. BJJ wont work if the BJJ fighters cant take the oppoent down or opponents dont want to grapple if the fighter has a strong BJJ which is a strong advantage. BJJ cant stand on its own though.

[@explorermike19]

I have been in martial arts since 1973. Honestly, we were not all fighting full contact with no safety gear. I have seen so many martial artists come and go, largely due to injuries. You really cannot take a full force shin kick to the head and not have it affect you for a long time or forever. Even a few broken ribs will put you out of commission for six months to a year and most folks don't return for more abuse and injury. From all the serious damage I have seen even from controlled fights, I don't condone heavy contact fighting with or without safety gear. It just is not worth the long term damage it does. Badass isn't really very cool if you can't ride the rides at Six-Flags with your son because of a concussion you received "back in the day"

[@NJ-fi8or]

What kind of "martial arts" ?? There's real martial arts and there's McDojo specials full of pansies

[@discmod6422]

@@NJ-fi8or dawg what

[@andrewjones1496]

Cool

[@test-jb6wc]

In today’s era very unlikely to get into fist fights on the streets. I realized I rather just learn the art.

[@QWERTYUIOP-ed7sv]

Right on

[@livewire2474]

Wow!! so very impressive.old school karate at its finest OSU!!!!

[@joereidy5732]

Do you think those guys are tougher than the little sissy boys in their 20's and 30's today?

[@josechemastill1235]

@@joereidy5732 actually ur probably a sissy saying that xD

[@jacobpaint]

I love the flying knee the guy pulls out at 1:45 after a big miss with his axe kick. I have a feeling you’d be hard-pressed to find this kind of karate footage now but there must be some people still competing like this.

[@glsbro]

Me too. I noticed it, i tried to use it. Now i have the guide

[@joelweber3462]

Love that 80s Synthwave music. I began TKD in the 90s and we were no protective gear - but keeping hands up and blocking kicks to the head is rather important :)

[@CombatCorps]

Finally I found this channel. Subbed. Highly...Motivating.

[@mizutxko]

Karate doesn't even look like Karate today

[@orirosengarten2572]

If Karate was easy it would be called Kung fu

[@blxkqtysgojh1094]

You can still find legit full contact karate styles/schools around the world like Kyokushin, Ashihara, Enshin, and Daido Juku (if you count that as karate)

[@RedSplinter36]

I'm proud to call myself a student and friend of the Ninomiya family. I train directly under and with Kancho Ninomiya at the Denver Honbu... forever a proud student of Enshin here in Denver. The birthplace of the Sabaki challenge! OSU!

[@kumite14u]

Fighting in karate tournaments back in the day was the real deal. Nothing like what they do now. Even groin strikes were legal in some I fought in. What great memories!

[@afrikasmith1049]

Now that Blood Sport theme song is playing in my head.

[@m.d.f3797]

Now this is what we call proper fighting. Full power striking. This would have trained fighters to actually be tough and ready to actually defend themselves in a street fight instead of the crap they have now.

[@dababy4182]

theres even an mma offshoot from this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2akp3aZgdyUgLM

[@trumplostlol3007]

You haven't seen Premier full contact Karate? Search for it. They are starting to have full contact combat because of UFC. Lot of people are badmouthing karate these days simply they haven't seen the real karate. Imagine if you can kick your opponent's groin. Muay Thai becomes a joke. LOL

[@barriolimbas]

Yeah, the expeditious efficiency of striking is lost to these new overly grappling oriented arts and competitions.

[@trumplostlol3007]

@@barriolimbas Not really. Striking and kicking dominate grappling in almost all women divisions in UFC. Judo which is more about throwing than grappling dominates BJJ. Just look at Shevchenko. She is all striking, kicking and throwing. You haven't seen many Russians in UFC that why you believe grappling dominates the MMA sport. Watch some Russian MMA. They are not scared of BJJ at all.

[@barriolimbas]

@@trumplostlol3007Look at how these strike and at how they strike mostly at MMA. Bottom line is striking had lost emphasis in favor of grappling, though recently even in MMA one can see the better strikers getting an upper hand easier.

[@rezlogan4787]

The head instructor at our gym competed in this era. We don’t play patty cake and the belt tests are BRUTAL. Full contact sparring with head kicks allowed.

[@Kenzaki1010]

There is no “this era”, Kyokushin Karate was and still the same from its creation.

[@michaelpanetta2161]

That's incredibly stupid.

[@israelpereaortiz8030]

They dont a sportsman, they are a true warriors

[@Spiderman-ks5zn]

*I* was the one who did a sportsman

[@katokianimation]

They don't what?

[@JDo9000]

😂

[@MicBain]

He don't a English

[@obay_humran]

@@MicBain because he is busy killing chi. ldren He don't have time to study..

[@DontKnowDontCare6.9]

Karate tournaments these days are basically 3 minutes of hopping around, some feints and occasional attempts to score.

[@Fyrmer]

Sounds like an episode of Beavis & Butthead

[@chrishouse5753]

Different times, different rules. Like playing contact sports back then - you got concussed you were told to shake it off now you can be out three weeks.

[@henryuribe4322]

Dang... No gloves, no cage, no clinch, no headgear, no grappling. All strikes. Someone is getting knocked out each time you step to the line. These guys had serious warrior in them to compete like this.

[@Lith333]

Those were some gorgeous kick knockouts in the video! Beautiful technique!

[@Timmyboy505]

We need this back so fucking bad

[@IlyuuJrry34]

It wouldn't compete with karate combat and kyokushin tournaments.

[@lanky6429]

@@IlyuuJrry34 U definitely smoking sum if you think this does not compete with what you're saying.

[@danmark7352]

Nowadays not many would go through the vigorous training it demands.

[@moonsdonut5188]

@@IlyuuJrry34 karate combat does not have the look and feel and spirit of what you saw in this clip its waterd down

[@hichemgymart6615]

This is a derived style from kyokushin. Stop hard drugs!@@IlyuuJrry34

[@lingera8222]

Damn... everything was better in the 80's/early 90's... music, film, sport... even toys!

[@moonsdonut5188]

Yes I liked the Gameboy too

[@JackSparrow-ct4mh]

@@moonsdonut5188 modern hardware and software are obviously better than gameboys, but honestly the games were a lot more divers and creative than modernage crap. all the AAA titles look and play the same

[@EnvisionAgencyByMartin]

Everything was better in the 80's including the music!

[@anakhap.mathew1521]

Which is this music ❤

[@abelwritesmusic]

Regan took away mental health institutes and made many homeless people.

[@harryv6752]

💯 🔥 🤘

[@Ac22768]

Too bad this footage is from the 90s.

[@WillTheMoneyMan]

Cobra Kai has me in an old school karate rabbit hole 😂

[@Александр-г6в5ж]

Вот это было каратэ!!!! Я в восторге и музыка супер!!! Спасибо. 👍

[@sergiogastoncarrizo159]

This is like an entire different martial art compared to Olympic karate nowadays

[@paulbianchi7877]

Exactly, many real good comments, it was tough, crawl home after a work out, bruised but not without it also being fun... nothing but good memories. A lot of great people.

[@cunjoz]

throws, knees, takedowns, one kick knock outs - god damn

[@garrettriddle4139]

My father was in Karate and fought in tournaments and became a brown belt before he went into the U.S. Marine Corps for 8 years after the Vietnam War was over. R.I.P DAD. 🇺🇸🥋👊 ✝ 🙏

[@EZ_Case]

I wish I could relive the 80s and 90s. Obviously the best consecutive decades in history.

[@kevinnorris6157]

Pretty much. Everyone was rich and the music was awesome

[@Uaroth]

@@kevinnorris6157 It heavily depends on the location, actually) My apologies for the long comment in response to one phrase, but we have such an interesting contrast of memories.... For example, the 90s in my Russia - the famous time of hunger, poverty, mass drug addiction and lawlessness. The bosses did not pay wages for six months, sneering at the workers that they would not find another job anyway. Instead of money, people dragged self-made furniture from factories to barter things for food with their neighbors. Dozens of narcomaniacs and alcoholics were lying everywhere right in snowdrifts and in front of house entrances, dying in back alleys and attacking passers-by in the streets. The police (then still "the militia") could simply kidnap a man at the behest of local crooks and beat him in the basement. Entire departments were blackmailed or bribed by criminals - or turned into armed gangs of their own. In the general chaos, police officers also went months without being paid. Guns were sometimes not taken away from those dismissed, orders contradicted each other and got lost along the way. And the oligarchs who were able to rise on the back of this horror - they could simply drive into a restaurant in a limousine and shoot the customers for fun. The next day, TV was already praising them as new parliamentarians, and their accusers disappeared. "Nineties" is a swear word here, politicians remind about them in contrast, to show that now we live quite well) And you remember that everyone was rich.... But there are small reasons for nostalgia. Free-thinking, no one controlled daring musicians and comedians... So music was awesome, too) And drunken orgies everywhere. People reveled in sex after the end of decades of mandatory ideology and strict morality. Everyone tried to emulate the famous American nightlife and European hedonism from movies and racy travel stories... Especially universities were a horny mess. But other than that - no, no more 90s, please)

[@ericastier1646]

for usa history only. For Europe the best time was the 19th century, of course at that time usa was still an ex convict frontier land without civilized manners except in major cities.

[@aflodesigns]

fuck ya...movies...shows...cartoons ..music .man we had it alllll

[@EZ_Case]

@@ericastier1646 you watch too many movies.

[@bagtroll6587]

Вот ЭТО Я ПОНИМАЮ....ЖЕСТКО И БЕЗКОМПРОМИСНО. ВЕЛИКОЕ УВАЖЕНИЕ ВЕЛИКОМ БОЙЦАМ 80-Х

[@cheyennew811]

Sabaki Challenge. Thought I saw Pat Smith in some of the highlights. He went on to compete in the early days of the UFC.

[@joereidy5732]

Yeah I remember Pat Smith...I didn't see him in the video though

[@cheyennew811]

@@joereidy5732 Thought it might be him around 1:20 and 1:43.

[@joereidy5732]

@@cheyennew811 Yeah that's him GREAT SPOT MAN

[@AJeziorski1967]

Started training in Kyokushin karate back in the 80s and watched my first UK national knockdown championship in '83. It was exciting, tough full-contact competition with the added excitement that there were a lot of fighters from other styles there to test themselves - especially from a Chinese style called Wu Shu Kwan (whom we saw as kind of our arch-rivals back in those days ...). Kyokushin knockdown tournaments are still that tough and exciting and over the years the best fighters have introduced some amazing new techniques and the style of fighting has modernized somewhat. But you don't get that many rival styles entering these days, which is a pity ...

[@begobolehsjwjangan2359]

thanks to 'BJJ disguised as MMA' rules of no twisting joint, soccer kicks, curb stomping, and 12-6 elbows. back then there are only silat and karate ruling the street in my country. and today MMA is not popular in my country because we already see their BS. my dad always said 'you fight with your techniques, i fight with my techniques' that's the real MMA that's how you develop thats how you survive. not this 'i fight with my techniques but you can't fight with techniques that render my style incompetent'. we used to challenge BJJ and MMA fighters in a real MMA no rule style, but they always refuse. they just want to stay in their own bubble.

[@Hurry_Revive_Me]

Straplocked - Lasers and bombs You're welcome! Train hard!

[@Dungeonofman]

Thank you brother !!!

[@LINKchris87]

Now THIS is Karate worth watching. Not the olimpic shit they do nowadays.

[@HomelessNinjaKennedy]

Enshin karate is, in my opinion, the most entertaining karate style to watch

[@RedKing64]

It's cool, but I think Kudo is more entertaining and complete...

[@y.wirasmoyo]

Kudo are independent now, they are no longer karate branch

[@itamiyouji4057]

...back in the days when people actually hit each other in Karate!

[@raphael1331corguit]

love this clip and music is so perfect

[@yudhanovi681]

Music Straplocked "Laser or bomb"

[@albertavedissian327]

When martial arts was still martial arts.Oss.🙏🥋

[@kevinomahoney]

The Sabaki Challenge. I think I saw Joko Ninomiya in there a couple times.

[@morpyna7593]

times when people were actually keeping distance instead of getting glued to each other for the whole fight...

[@sardalamit]

Hahahaha kyokushin guys are going to hate you for this! The style of the fights are all upto the rules of the game and the scoring..

[@morpyna7593]

​@@sardalamit hah, I'm training kyokushin myself and I've seen way too many fights that were looking exactly the same. And yeah, the most ''boring'' (in terms of repetition) fights I had a chance to see were coming from kyokushin players who were specifically trained for tournaments, so rules and everything definitely mean something.

[@sardalamit]

@@morpyna7593 hats off to you for Kyokushin.

[@CYB3R2K]

"That's why they call this thing bloodsport, kid"

[@charlesmartins5671]

Enshin was an Ashihara offshoot, and Ashihara was the other legendary guy in karate who was famous for streetfights, whose teaching fundamentals were what's WYSIWYG here and still stands pretty well even today. Those wild kicks, knees and Tai Sabakis were more Ashihara styles then more traditional stuffs, whose more like current karate matches but with actual power and dialed up to 11. 80s was the time when you get 1 point for hits that could actually KO someone, it's a different era.

[@benwilcoxpearce5211]

The song is lasers or bombs by straplocked

[@BakiNorthStar]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@deepsoul7418]

Now these were the REAL Karate/Martial Arts Tournaments I remember as dangerous as it was! Not more or less this BS we're seeing today!

[@dababy4182]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g2akp3aZgdyUgLM this was an mma karate style back in the 80s

[@ltmandar]

it all seems fun and games until someone loses an eye

[@Tokmurok]

​@@ltmandarYou sound like an overprotective mum.

[@ltmandar]

@@Tokmurok thats a first :)

[@kohank5938]

@@ltmandar So what? Did those fighters need your sympathy? Don't think so high of yourself, they knew what they get them into and your opinion means nothing.

[@bigkroner766]

Why couldn’t this be the Olympic rule set?

[@epicmetal7462]

What is the Olympic rule set?

[@epicmetal7462]

Ok i just Googled Olympic rule set and it is total bullshit

[@zarand4301]

Politics

[@Kenzaki1010]

Different Karate style.

[@ninjafruitchilled]

There were quite a lot of injuries in those days, the Olympics probably don't want that. I mean that's why you don't see much karate like this anymore in general.

[@cinimatics]

This is real Karate. The contact, the throws, the complete disregard for self preservation. I love it!

[@andyward8430]

Somehow this makes the movie “bloodsport” so much more believable.

[@GMFeanor]

Man what a great vibe i feel watchin this video) I was born in 90's, but I miss 80's)

[@sadatrafsanjani]

Upload some sedokaikan and ashihara tournment videos. Ashihara sensei was expelled from school by Mas Oyama due to a street fight. His style of karate was very practical and the tournments he arranged were very dangerous.

[@Samperor]

Street fights? I thought it was the way he trained the students. He was teaching Sabaki .

[@johnpittsii7524]

❤ these old school fights

[@joereidy5732]

What do you love about them?

[@lanky6429]

@@joereidy5732 They are actually fighting duh. Kinda a stupid question if u ask me.

[@joereidy5732]

@@lanky6429 But, I didn't ask you did I Sparky? NOPE!

[@lanky6429]

@@joereidy5732 Did I ask you to make that comment? NOPE!!!! Not that hard to make that comment LMAO.

[@lanky6429]

@@joereidy5732 Someone might as well point out you're low iq with that stupid question it's only fair 🤷

[@dash4800]

When you see those videos of mma guys exposing traditional martial arts, i dont think they ever come at theae guys.

[@gamerx30]

I miss the 80’s and 90’s💯

[@garichar]

These guys are the best around, nothing's gonna ever keep them down!

[@steelfalconx2000]

They're the best!!!! AROOUND!!!

[@Gr8Incarnate]

@@panorama4526 😏

[@jaymthesn5981]

2:20 "Boards don't hit back..." - Bruce Lee LMAO, Newton would say that Bruce Lee tricked us all.

[@arborinfelix]

In retrospective, Blood Sport was not an action movie but a documentary

[@Glenn1967ful]

There are some throws allowed as well that adds to the variety. These are just as effective as hand and foot techniques.

[@Chapperino]

I would love to see the full tournament

[@alexisdominguez3133]

What karate combat is trying to bring back.🥋👊

[@cahallo5964]

with no thigh kicks lol (they did exclusively to mess up with full contact karate practicioners, the "differentiate from kickboxing" is just an excuse)

[@nvanguy6868]

Karate combat sucks its so corny

[@Tophatguy665]

​@@nvanguy6868no.

[@righthere888]

"It's Karate. Old school Karate." Johnny Lawrence a.ka King Cobra Kai

[@MiguelBD]

"You gotta block that"

[@bendonahower5325]

Now there are some techniques in this that I'm glad are now not allowed, but on the other hand, this looks like a lot of fun.

[@tantoonie0]

This is the version of karate that was so cool it led to a slew of f--ing awesome action movies in the ‘80s and had every kid begging their mom for lessons. So much more badass than what you see today.

[@Handotr]

I was an active competitor in world Oyama karate in the 80s. This was how we trained and this was how we fought. OSU!

[@Professor_Bugs]

how would you compare this to muy-thai we have today? I do BJJ and i see some of the takedowns in this video and they look brutal as fuck. BJJ is legendary for its shitty takedowns, its basically just a little better than aikido. "first do this, then do that". If it takes more than 2 or 3 big movements its usually bullshit. There is a reason many just start on the ground, and its because the takedowns suck I hate it when my gym teaches these kind of low percentage stuff. They think they have to teach a new takedown or move every fucking week instead on focusing on single leg, double legs, back take or high rate submissions. That's it. Get good at a set of moves that are high percentage rather than 50 that you suck at.

[@knightshousegames]

Soccer Mom Krav Maga Gyms: "We can't teach full contact, our techniques are just TOO DEADLY to practice at full speed!" 80s Karate: "Watch this replay as this dude lands head first off the stage after getting kicked in the head and getting knocked out cold. I'm sure he'll walk it off, his mullet caught most of the impact. Anyway, onto our next fight..."

[@hb9145]

If anyone says "too deadly to practice", I'd turn and walk away from that place.

[@knightshousegames]

@@hb9145 I'm sure the kind of "senseis" who say that sort of thing would get absolutely mauled by even the most "average" guys in this video

[@dianecenteno5275]

I miss this!! Thank you for sharing!💮

[@garrettriddle4139]

Karate was more popular in my state before I was born but now Taekwondo is now popular but it's still a martial art style and I'm willing to be my father's successor.🥋👊🇺🇸 🇯🇵 🇰🇷

[@kwykwyk8447]

Dang these guys took home concussions as consolation prizes And props to the guy bringing his home colors to the fight 0:46

[@eltonbrandao4386]

I agree that many of these fighters may have developed chronic traumatic encephalopathy due to lifelong concussions. I understand the desire to push your body to the limit and turn your fists into weapons, but I always ask myself: “Is it worth it”? Honestly, in modern times I think it's nonsense, currently there are more effective means when it comes to self-defense, and if the intention is competitions, what's the point of subjecting yourself to a future fucked up old age with neurological and bone diseases such as arthritis and osteoarthritis without ANY financial return from this?? It's stupid to submit yourself to the risk of becoming an outcast in old age, a dead weight for your children and your wife. Nonsense!

[@junaid.0814]

if karate was still like this i would do it

[@theman0110]

The dojo I go to teaches us how to fight like this there are still old style karate dojos out there there just harder to find

[@epicmetal7462]

@@theman0110 which country

[@theman0110]

@@epicmetal7462 mine is in amarica but we learn old style okinawan karate so I imagine Okinawa has alot

[@epicmetal7462]

@@theman0110 ok i go to okinawa

[@Kenzaki1010]

Karate is still like this, but you can’t bother to look.

[@wt_kao]

It's more interesting than an Olympic karate match. 💪

[@P12ooF]

what song is this? Slaps super hard.

[@yudhanovi681]

Music : Straplocked "Lasers or Bomb"

[@exe_]

It all changed when dojos with 4 month black belts started popping out

[@GermanGDragon]

80s/90s were the golden age of humanity.

[@gabrielalfaia8154]

Wow. How did this become the sport of who yells and touches the opponent more?

[@abrahemsamander3967]

This is so badass. I always wondered about he karate kid movies “did they seriously compete without gear?” This basically confirms it. Any links to dvds or full videos of old tournaments like this?

[@SeanLarsDogma]

I recognize the clips from the Sabaki Tournaments. The videos are here on youtube. Search Sabaki Challenge ‘92 or Sabaki Challenge ‘93. Here’s ‘92: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpLHlGaMrNF_m7c

[@Jonsson474]

Karate kid was points karate though. Not the same.

[@groberti]

Kyokushin karate still does this

[@averagedbeatenjoyer]

"karate" is not one thing. theres soo many different styles, most of this is just kyokushin which still looks like this. Also karate kid is a movie.

[@Rufio1975]

@@Jonsson474 That kick to the face that Johnny got look like just a point? Johnny felt that

[@garrettriddle4139]

This music is very motivational. Whatever the name it is I like to know cause it's good for people to keep them going. 💪 🏋🥋🥊👊

[@ikko93]

When you finish playing in the Cage and fight for real with precision and calmness. Top notch. No punching or kicking on the ground just a clean fight. very nice

[@TapPaires]

B....Bu....B....But... You can't knock someone out! That's evil! - The olympics

[@mikesim6589]

No wonder karate kid was so popular in the 80s

[@filddethora8682]

Awesome video. What is the name of the music ?

[@yudhanovi681]

Music Straplocked "Laser or Bomb"

[@ericrecano8557]

This was Enshin Karate hosted by Joko Niyomiya…an awesome a beautiful style. An offshoot of Kykoshin Karate! I had a VHS of this tourney!

[@spiritchild9101]

Wow, the karate kid movie wasn’t joking. These tournaments were pretty badass back in the day.

[@brianthompson7482]

Everything in the 80s was on a different level then anything today

[@maryjanehansen7947]

Then why'd your generation ruin everything man

[@brianthompson7482]

@@maryjanehansen7947 what did we ruin ?

[@maryjanehansen7947]

@@brianthompson7482 As in why'd your generation implement all the excessive safety rules and procedures that defines the "pussy" generations of the future?

[@VNSnake1999]

0:13 Wow was that a wrist throw in a real match!?

[@jvogler_art4708]

More like a judo collar throw

[@ИгорьЧабан-з4с]

Вот это КАРАТЕ! А на современное, без слез смотреть невозможно. Поэтому ММА и Муай-тай "задавили" каратэ по зрелищности и популярности.

[@rh_BOSS]

Каратеки сами убили карате, выдавая пояса всем подряд.