Low Kicks Only - When Kyokushin Guys Dominate

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0:00 Kyokushin vs MMA
1:01 K1 vs Muay Thai
2:42 Kyokushin vs MMA 2
4:43 Suggestions for league
4:59 Exclusive update for viewers from league
5:33 Question for viewers

[@FightCommentary]

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[@FightCommentary]

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[@vipr1142]

@@FightCommentary Why are you saying its dirty to kick the thigh muscle above the knee? Its literally the best place to kick and thats where we Daido Juku / Kyokushin fighters are trained to kick. Its the "low kick championship" - not the "thigh kick championship" lol The place of the thigh above the knee is where the thigh is at its smallest, its the best place to kick if you wanna sabotage their leg in a fight. You recover quickly tho. Go watch Uechi-Ryu and other parts of karate, we condition our bodies more than any other. Our bodies can withstand more than anyone

[@atomic_wait]

I guess this is technically less dangerous than small slap fight, technically.

[@flowrepins6663]

Yeah muscle can recover. Brain cells dont regenerate.

[@unknownentity8256]

Technically? It just is in every aspect, I mean they'll recover and they only have better conditioned quads after recovery. Slap fighters are dumber after every match they take, lol.

[@thebluescaptain]

@@unknownentity8256 Sad thing is that's not even a joke. They'll start developing dementia by the age of 40 I guess.

[@sagaciousmortal4681]

It is no doubt.

[@unknownentity8256]

@@thebluescaptain It is to me when they're consciously doing it.

[@shaolin224]

This makes more sense than slapping your brain. I'd do this 😅

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

More sense ≠ Making sense at all (for me) I want to be able to walk 😂😂

[@shaolin224]

@@jestfullgremblim8002 you'll be able to walk as long as your quadricep doesn't detach 🧐

[@kamikazeblackjack]

Yeah for a week or 2 after that you be fine​@@jestfullgremblim8002

[@flowrepins6663]

​@@jestfullgremblim8002muscle can recover but brain cell dont regenerate

[@Ishikawa-Goemon]

The only kick what I used with full force in sparring (and of course I also got many). It was part of the fun. Every other place could be dangerous, but a leg kick isn't very dangerous, but can be very painful.

[@candyman111881]

this is nothing, back in my days we threw fireballs at each other. 🔥

[@crisalcantara7671]

😂

[@ROMANTOROJ]

Ah yes, the classic →←↙↓↘→ 🟩🔴 technique taught in old school dojos

[@kadathsmith]

Is no one noticing the guy that goes first has a huge advantage?

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Of course

[@gordonwong2798]

like power slapping

[@r3fus32d13]

why

[@kadathsmith]

@@r3fus32d13 Because he gets the first hit. Like playing white in chess.

[@uchihafilms1768]

@@kadathsmith playin white first is good???

[@BoomDabba]

Bro it's not even a competition with most legit karate practitioners. They eat those kicks for breakfast at every few dojo practices they attend on a weekly basis as a way of conditioning for pain tolerance. Just another day at the dojo

[@stoopidhaters]

Yeah they literally drill Leg kicks, Body Punches. Nak Muays and Dutch Kickboxers just train Technique, Condition Shins and Spar.

[@soumikdey7305]

You are right

[@acexae2411]

@@BoomDabba can you really condition pain tolerance?

[@whawhaa]

@@acexae2411 well your muscles get physically tougher too so besides being able to tolerate the pain since youre used to it you will also take less damage comparatively

[@GabrielKlippel-o8m]

@@acexae2411 yes, you can. It does not mean it won't hurt, but it surely will hurt less on you than on someone who doesn't work body conditioning for martial arts.

[@liamjohn6464]

this is so much better than slap fighting

[@FightCommentary]

As long as they dont injure the knees 🤪🤪

[@haicha4938]

Low kicks are deadly when executed correctly and strategically. Thanks for this upload!

[@lainhikaru5657]

Much better and healthier than powerslap.

[@FightCommentary]

Totalmente!

[@AroundElvesWatchUrselves96]

Would rather watch this tbh

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

I don't like either of them but you are right lol, you would have to pay me a whole lot for me to even think about participating on one of these two tho haha 😂

[@lainhikaru5657]

@@jestfullgremblim8002 We kinda did that in goju training though sometimes. But kyokushin is way harder they peobably do this everyday 😅

[@Kookko94]

They should add russian roulette as sport too

[@joaoguilhermebastos519]

Humanity always find new and exciting ways of stupid. Quick note on Kyokushin guys: It's remarkable how they seem to kick diagonally *downwards* and let the leg for some time, digging in, just like the manner of an old school tsuki.

[@petrihaikio7002]

lowkick downwards yes, knee high up, turn and press on downwards, forces the opponent to eat the energy as the floor stops any potential give for the leg. worst is when it is done to the front (not side) of your leg ..

[@brdr6012]

Kyokushin guy here. Confession time: I'm not a leg kicker. I'm always working on taking the leg shot and trading that for my own mawashi geri, yoko geri or mae geri to their core. Broke a guy's ribs trading shots unfairly that way. I walked away with sore legs, while he had to go to the hospital! While he's not a Kyokushin practitioner, a good candidate for this sort of thing would be Gabriel Varga.

[@SuperKendoman]

I remember Gabriel Vargas actually won against Lerdsila which is crazy, that guy is so slippery and has amazing fight I.Q as well

[@mengmao5033]

Did you aim a certain way to maximally stress the ribs/under the ribs? The few times I’ve taken a full power kick to the ribs, I felt them flexing but holding up much better than muscle. That was with a shinguard spreading the load, though.

[@flowrepins6663]

Liver shots and face shots are enders but low kick suppose to be faster and more ez and open the oportunity to land higher kicks after condition. Also the faints with brazilian kick or kakato

[@brdr6012]

@@flowrepins6663 yep! The logic behind them is solid. I'm just not very good at them and would rather use a different strike

[@thunderkatz4219]

Gabriel varga has a bad understanding of karate

[@HiroIndo16]

Kyokushin's low kicks are DEADLY. it's a shame only a few people realize its strength

[@geryquin4214]

This looks fun! Kinda reminds me of Bodyshots in the school yard. Kyokushin and Muay Thai should dominate. MMA, Kickboxing, Taekwondo and other styles don't do the bone conditioning that is as important as strength and technique in a competition like this

[@Zeusspupp]

not true, any good old school karate does conditioning. Kuoshukin is essentially a sport, where you can get hurt. Their fighting is centered around their rules.

[@TheMisterGuy]

@@Zeusspupp "any good old school karate does conditioning" That's true but most of them also teach you to avoid damage by blocking or avoiding attacks, not just wade through it like you're a living statue.

[@lainhikaru5657]

There's no blocking and avoiding all though, eventually something will hit you, so better have good conditioning.​@@TheMisterGuy

[@ZainAhmad-jl4vt]

@@TheMisterGuy like said, they do plenty of conditioning in more old school karate. Also karate blocks can also be used as devastating strikes, the condition there bones to the point the could break their opponents arm with a powerful block.

[@Zeusspupp]

@@TheMisterGuy I agree, they also teach you to get out of the way, use evasive footwork, not play rockem sockem robots

[@paparadeliko]

Their way of low kick differs and makes a massive differerence, how they dig their shin inwards instead of swinging it around and hit with the fatter part of the shin.

[@biochemicks2709]

As someone who got kicked by my mma coach and is still in pain after 2 weeks, my respect for these guys is off the charts. Kyokushin is no joke damn

[@TheMisterGuy]

Pausing when FCB asks who we're betting on. My answer is Kyokushin guy, because their training and overall style is usually just tanking hits instead of blocking or avoiding. Therefore, this rule set is taking away a major thing the other guy uses. To me it's like a "punches only" match between TKD and boxing.

[@mysticramen4104]

Kyokushin is not all about taking hard strikes, it also requires a lot of defense and footwork, and i say this beacuse i train it and apply deffensive techniques.

[@TheMisterGuy]

@@mysticramen4104 "Kyokushin is not all about taking hard strikes" I understand, but compare it to how they spar in almost any other Karate style. Even Shotokan. I'm not trying to present Kyokushin guys as idiots who just take hits, but they put much more emphasis on being able to walk through attacks than other Karate styles.

[@mysticramen4104]

@@TheMisterGuy well, yes, we put a lot more emphasis on body absorption, but you can't just be taking full contact bare knuckle hits indefinitely (althought you can take them a lot better than head hits), and you must defend yourself, when you see kyokushin's punching exchange, they are not actually just trading hard blows, they are cutting the trajectory of the punch with their own punches, and although blocks are a also an effective tool, this is a lot faster for hurting your oponent while defending from his punches, which will grant you the w in a kyokushin fight. And about head movement, yes, there isn't a lot of it in kyokushin's sports combat due to the no face punching rule, although it would need to be modified if it was applied in any combat ruleset with kicking allowed, you can't use boxing head movement for something like muay thai for example.

[@3ReJuv]

I feel like the gi also adds a specific layer of protection to the leg especially over fight shorts. It's not much but it's amazing how a thin layer of cloth can affect the feel of an impact. Also it seems really unfair for whoever goes second. Cool idea though.

[@daniel_q40]

good point! should standardize the clothing imho

[@suplexed]

This was really cool. It's vaguely similar to English shin kicking. I love seeing these new unique combat sports crop up. I recently saw a Russian hockey fighting promotion called 'IceFights' that I'm sure you'd love

[@FightCommentary]

Ive reached out to icefights before. I will reach out to them again. Thanks for the reminder!

[@kayonji]

I'm blackbelt in shotokan karate and a few months back I started training kyokushin karate... I tought shotokan experience would help but boy... my first training session conditioning for low kicks was the most humbling experience of my life 😂😂 it feels like getting hit by a baseball bat, and they take it like its nothing.

[@FightCommentary]

Wow!

[@daquayatcherson]

4:04 I'm A Boxer who trains sparingly in Kickboxing and Muay Thai. In some styles of Kickboxing, for example Dutch Style Kickboxing”, we're trained to kick downward in a diagonal angle just above the Knee. That's literally our profession. So, I'm literally not sure what you mean when you imply that another fighter is more professional by kicking a different way. 😉No hard feelings though. Love the channel.

[@CrazyAspyKid]

Kick downwards and close to the knee are different though

[@xiMaarKo]

That's a cut kick or chopping low kick?

[@alexsadural6198]

Some of the greatest Dutch style kickboxing were Kyokushin practitioners

[@mysticramen4104]

No style has a chance of beating kyokushin karate in a pure low kick championship, their body conditioning (blow absorption) is the best of all martial arts. Muay thai is tough, and their body conditioning is amazing too, but kyokushin just takes it to a whole other level.

[@davidjones8043]

😂

[@xristosrizos8406]

Hahaha yeah, just watch how Buakaw destroyed Kohiruimaki 's legs in K-1 😂😂😂

[@iROChakri]

Good stuff. Thats why Muay thai beats Kyukushin in K1 Kickboxing 😂😂😂

[@AroundElvesWatchUrselves96]

Also thanks for covering Kyokushin as of late. Alexander Volkov who fought this Saturday against Sergei is also a Kyokushin Brown belt.

[@Skaxarrat]

Happy to see that this championship is getting recognition. This was done 60 km away from where I live. By the way, the first one wasn't condescending, but more like "Come on, man, you can do it".

[@FightCommentary]

Glad to know it was an encouraging gesture!

[@Randomoter]

My old man was a Kyokushin black belt. The one thing I remember him teaching me leg checks when I was a kid. What the heck! Most dads teach their kids how to throw a punch.

[@wolfhard3997]

as much as you can legit criticize Kyokushin for not dealing with head strikes, any other target zone is usually very well conditioned. This is just another tuesday in many dojos

[@questions9856]

As dumb as some ppl may call it, this is WAY more entertaining than power slap. Imagine this with the promotion and spectacle and presentation that power slap has

[@K1-Glory]

K1 is actually Kyokushin but wd boxing elements

[@vladimirzapata4128]

What is not knowing history in general hahaha to begin with, k1 descends from karate hahaha you don't even know the history of your sport, the less you are going to understand the styles of karate😂😂😂

[@karatewithelian9014]

I had a stroke reading this ​@@vladimirzapata4128

[@kaliduncanel3356]

​​@@vladimirzapata4128correct. even in America and Europe the base for kickboxing will start with karate and not Muay Thai or Boxing. The techniques from those styles are needed to succeed but, karate is the base so when someone says Karate vs Kickboxing it is baffling to hear.

[@Combatlife365]

It makes more sense than slapping and fighting with pillows, the next competition, for example, could be a middle kick, since they've been inventing all sorts of strange things lately.

[@acexae2411]

can you really condition pain tolerance? And to people who train for low kick tolerance like as shown in the video, do you ever get hip joint pain after a session of this?

[@PriNcEoFSpAcE009]

how do they determine who goes first? that seems to be such a huge advantage both in this and power-slap?

[@shadowjoker830]

Next I wanna see Spinning Wheel kicks to the face edition.

[@nooneiszzm]

this is honestly insane

[@NeillWylie]

Super interested in how the karate guys check the kick. Does anyone know what the technique is called? Thanks

[@VileScarMind]

As a kyokushin practitioner our targrt for low kicks was taught to me as 10cm/4" above the knee, where the tendon sheathe is. When we were training up for tournaments we used to do 3 sets of 50 low kicks at the end of the training session - 40 light followed by 10 full power each set. It hurt like hell but you got tough real fast.

[@LB-is4vr]

Dope!

[@YouCallThataKnife253]

It looks like by pushing the knee out while absorbing the kick, the Kyokushinkai are actually choking off their opponent's power, as well, since it appears to prevent them from following through the kick

[@SuperKamiGuruu]

I am infinitesimally more okay with this lmao

[@billthompson8182]

Kyokushin low kicks are great. I love how they are just like the hapkido roundhouse.

[@keirancollier8836]

Im loving this...

[@sunflowerbadger]

If you're on the red mark you win. It's all about the colour of the floor.

[@daniel_q40]

can anyone explain what the kyokushin guys do differently on low kicks compared to muay thai?

[@heliopijpe]

Congrats to the MMA guy,, amazing resolve and spirit, especially since he got probably hit on the knee or near it 2x ... THe Kukushkin guys know how to absorb too

[@ZainAhmad-jl4vt]

the second kyokushin guy has longer legs too, he seems to be struggling to aim for the thigh. A lot of his hits are kinda just with the upper back of his shinbone, which I assume would have less power than if would've hit with the lower shin part of his shin.

[@netanelohimwarren3629]

Yeah but more shin means your leg is being hit with MORE SHIN lol😂

[@ZainAhmad-jl4vt]

@@netanelohimwarren3629 it's not more shin it's just a specific area of the lower leg which has less movement and momentum

[@g.sergiusfidenas6650]

Wonder if it would be better or worse if the contest was decided with inside low kicks instead, maybe the chance for low blows makes that option not as feasible.

[@loristronci4897]

You want to kick right above the knee. That is where the max pain comes in, and it's best for damage as well. You wanna kick downwards if you can rotate your hip enough. Just more gravity and leverage.

[@comic_food_guy]

Proper Thai boxers would own this

[@xristosrizos8406]

Don't spoil it for the karateka bros, let them dream😂

[@iROChakri]

​@@xristosrizos8406 In K1, most champs are Muay thai base. Very few Karate based champs

[@unknownentity8256]

Anyone who hasn't taken a lowkick without shinguard full force by someone who has trained for a long time cannot truly appreciate how painful this competition is.

[@kaliduncanel3356]

The issue is that most times Muay Thai fighters and MMA guys are taught to attack musculature and skeletal parts of the leg and Karatekas are taught to attack the nervous system of the body. Very hard to do in real time combat but, for a competition like this its a put over.

[@praiasurfboards]

Very good

[@Mastafa_G]

Are calf kicks not allowed?

[@ahriman6669]

Why would you even try to go to a low kick competition against a Kyokushin dude? They’ll chop your leg off man. These guys are no joke when it’s about kicks.

[@nhatho1723]

There are mma guys that try to outbox boxers all the time. Then lose. It’s overconfidence. Or arrogance. Take your pick

[@Explorshon123]

It even hurts just holding the pads for some guys, this is crazy.

[@ŁukaszZabijak]

Nice lowkicks😊

[@johnwick-ff2ql]

Ernesto hoost, rob kaman , tawanchai known for their devastating low kicks

[@James-wd9ib]

Meanwhile, in the back room: (Kokushin guy adjusting his prosthetic leg)

[@DubiousDubs]

In what way is it dirty to kick in a more effective way? If the rules allow kicks just above the knee, then youre a fool not to target that spot.

[@Seven-not-Six]

I'm wincing😮. Yea. It only takes one of those in the right spot. Lol. This is Crazzzzzy. (When they're done, they're done. No faking it. No powering through😅)

[@spinwaus]

Kyokushin is basically kickboxing without punching the head.

[@BilboBangBang]

Kyokushin low kicks target the space just above the knee. Their low kick is also thrown almost like a thrusting action.

[@juanjosuehuascorondinel2000]

Será genial ver cuando se unan también los de Muay Thai. Imagínense como sería si hubiese un representante de cada País!!! :) Osu!

[@jurjendijkhuis6977]

I would be good at this! When is it?

[@agrippada-rippa1932]

Would love to see a crazy native Muay Thai fighter take part in this

[@gokuworld]

Vs Karate Would be epic

[@tonymai1870]

Considering that kyokushin take hits while muay that checks kicks instead of just taking it. Kyokushin has the advantage in this type of competition.

[@VoxPopulasse]

The one who kicks the first has a huge avantage.

[@raysaliquor]

Geez... These guys are nuts!!! That hurts like hell. Light kick on the correct angle and position will send people on knees. They're doing it full force again and again???

[@ivanildocafu3452]

I thought it was continuous combat, not like the slapping contest but with Lowkicks, I thought it was round by round only Lowkicks allowed and blocking dodging allowed.

[@UnskilledGrappler]

Stuff like this is why the aliens will decide we’re not worth saving

[@change9929]

Oyama had made the real study of winning karate.

[@saiyanpena6075]

He kinda looks like the guy that was like I need my pooping pills

[@rodrigocrispim]

Dude... You think everything! I never imagined this type of competition existed.😂 Can u find a fight until knockout using rubber chickens?

[@Skaxarrat]

This is the first championship, done 2 weekends ago. That this thing is going outside Spain it is strange for me, lol.

[@sage1d590]

Rodtangs invite must’ve been lost in the post😂

[@pavnazwisko9196]

Just above the knee its where muscle is weak and its where you actually want to kick. The same just belowe hip (more less). There muscles are small and weak. No one can take it a lot in there.

[@magvs_mæstro216]

Do Divekicker next, please

[@owenwright4927]

Dunno who the Thai fighter is but stadium fighters literally take multiple full force kicks to the leg multiple times a round in some cases maybe it isn’t a good representation

[@darrenstettner5381]

You want to put a downward angle on the kicks. The taller guys have an advantage. Tall or really flexible wins.

[@slothmaster101]

It's interesting that a Korean founded Kyokushinkai.

[@upgrade1015]

Mas Oyama while yes Korean in decent, tried as hard as he could by changing his name and taking a Japanese wife. and wanted to become Japanese on record . Also, Japan brought karate to Korea. Yes Korean modified it with high flying, kicks , said to remove soldiers on horseback , Mass Oyama, trained in Japan. The only records Korea had was some drawings in caves that are most likely of old school (visiting Japanese style karate.) If you look at the cave drawings, the technique is a little off. We’ve all seen them of the ( high blocks) Of course I’m not stating any of this as matter fact because much of this unfortunately is passed down word-of-mouth some of it can be proven, but I will admit this was passed down to me as someone who practices both tae known do and kyokushin ..

[@MaxPayne909]

Koreans always seen to improve things!

[@ruffgook]

@@upgrade1015 False info.he never did try hard to become japanese. in an interview he explicitly said having korean nationality was a big hurdle in japan, especially discrimination and for travelling as he often went overseas, the japanese customs always gave him tough time. he directly translated korean word BAEDAL into Japanese which is MASUTATSU not to forget his korean roots, it was mandatory to change your name in japan to be naturalized. also he had 2 wives, 1 japanese and 1 korean. all his sons are registered koreans.

[@thejapanarchocommunist]

Yup; guy was Zainichi Korean. Iirc he was also good friends with Masahiko Kimura, the famed judoka that beat Hélio Gracie and because of that, was honored by having the submission hold named after him.

[@DouglasGomesBueno-jw9lh]

Sensei Oyama are loved for Japanese people he have millions of students in Japan in His Prime.

[@zukodama666]

*how to not be able to train for 1-2 weeks*

[@yannamare9435]

Practiced Kuyko for few years and I am far from being good or anything but low kicks and punches on the body are really efficient. A pb is the lack of punches to the face, I felt.

[@unknownentity8256]

Kyokushin guy was timing the bracing perfectly against the lowkicks and if done correctly like he did and correct timing it works similar to a parry against straight punches, reduces the effectiveness to almost nothing + he was targeting the knee which is dirty af, like is he trying to end his career or something?

[@yaboibSLT]

I remember this was called a charliehorse competition in elementary school

[@user-ov1ys2ib2n]

This has much more sense than the cte contest sponsored by dana white

[@michaelleckie232]

Dude put the K1 fighter with his kicks with any of them

[@SNNS-nq5zg]

Inviter mr Ernesto hoost 😂

[@TimRHillard]

Finally something a karate guy can win at.

[@user-ph1hk6pk4w]

Ну это лучше, чем соревнования по пощечинам😅 👍

[@manbiteslife3110]

The 1st kickboxing guy was clueless on bracing the leg

[@saptarshisutradhar9379]

Only thing I don't wish upon even on my enemies is a shin break

[@prettycolors2]

Lol, legit used to play this game in high school.

[@FightCommentary]

Was it popular in your school?

[@julesrenard6322]

After that, you can say goodbye to your poor knee...

[@haianhly1237]

Just love that he use the laundry Room for videos and have 200k sup , much respect mr “ i dont give a f…” 👏👏😂

[@FightCommentary]

Laundry room XDDD

[@eNoqfOu]

Elite muay-thai Thai's who start kicking and taking kicks from the moment they can walk would dominate this sport.

[@p-medical3012]

It obvious that the taller guys can create a more devastating kicks. I believe that there are also different weights here

[@ibnmixcv7676]

Isn't a low kick with the heel more effective?

[@Han-nk3io]

No. they are just different.

[@flowrepins6663]

They should do a hit to abs competition too.

[@FightCommentary]

That would be an interesting one too!

[@GiovanniGiorgio74]

When do we get headbutts only?

[@FightCommentary]

That sounds like a horrible time 😝😝

[@Jandejongjong]

What’s the rule? They kick knees..

[@mightynathaniel5355]

Better concept than powerslop

[@GANRIK]

Lyoto Machida, Georges St-Pierre Say hello to everyone

[@petrihaikio7002]

the place to aim is just above the knee, if you feel for your leg muscles you will find a spot where there are... basically none, but your nerves still travel through it. kicking muscle is pointless, you want to kick through the muscle and this is why you kick where there is the least amount of muscle

[@chansoopark9953]

This is good game!!!! Slap fight someone is gonna seriously get hurt