Hiroki Akimoto's DANGEROUS Karate Style 😳🥋🥊

Before Kyokushin Karate World Champion and #2-ranked bantamweight kickboxing contender Hiroki Akimoto challenges reigning king Capitan Petchyindee for the gold, relive his wildest highlights in ONE!
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[@ONEChampionship]

Akimoto takes on bantamweight kickboxing king Capitan for the gold at ONE X on 26 March! Who you got?

[@neocloudmarts9613]

Akimoto all the way

[@user-ch1js3sx5c]

Настоящий самурай так и должен сражаться. Сила не в стиле, а в принципах и исполнении поставленной задачи. Ничего лишнего для победы. Эффективность, а не эффектность.

[@champ1159]

@Si Ro Because they don't hit the face in Kyokushin therefore they don't block the face either so on kickboxing you can't use karate defense techniques

[@jamski3902]

Capitan

[@djimmylavauxwilliamwallace4082]

C'est bien plus Thaï que Karaté....

[@user-sd1xf3ys6e]

Kyokushin Karate has a low kick with tremendous destructive power, a middle kick that hits the lever with a feint, and an irregular high kick from a very short distance. In addition, the steel bodies that attack each other with bare feet are notable. Akimoto, who has such a backbone, has experience in kickboxing glove techniques, so it is inevitable that pure kickboxers and Muay Thai fighters will be defeated one after another. The other day, he took the title by destroying the thigh of ONE FC's Muay Thai champion with a low kick. GSP, the legendary UFC champion in the MMA world, has the same Kyokushin Karate backbone as Akimoto.

[@mohammadmsheik6347]

Thai low kick is more powrefull bro

[@jamesloganhowlettwolverine1553]

​@@mohammadmsheik6347 Thai Low kicks are more powerful, but they are a little bit more riskier if missed. Just like how spinning back kicks have tremendous power, but a fighter has to sacrifice their defense for it.

[@thegooddoctor5573]

I think the hardness of karate is what makes it special to me. Each individual karate strike has so much intent behind it. It think point sparring forces karateka to spot an opening, hammer it once, and recover before a counter can connect.

[@jakubprzybylski6670]

The kyokushin style of Karate do not use point sparring system like in shotokan. Kyokushin fights either end by judge decision or by the knockout.

[@koraegi]

@@jakubprzybylski6670 full contact Osu

[@ferumcastrum4097]

Kyokushin is the only Karate syle that is pretty much tough as nails, if they learn boxing, they can compete with Muay thai fighters. I hate all other styles cause they adapted the point based system, Kyokushin on the other hand is like the original Okinawan Karate.

[@prvtthd401]

​@lordofd7111that's not true, it is the other way around. Kyokushin adopted the hard sparring style from Goju-ryy and made it their main sparring style. Goju-ryu already had the hard style, but trained it irregularly unlike Kyokushin that trains it regularly.

[@ZainAhmad-jl4vt]

@@ferumcastrum4097 Kyokushin is a very modernized form of karate. Oyama was a practitioner of Shotokan and Goju Ryu before he created kyokushin

[@DP-dd6hl]

This is how karate should be done. Great stuff a true warrior.

[@swivel5811]

That moment when a kyokushin practitioner realizes he can do punches to the head.

[@subhadramahanta452]

XD

[@megataliffhakimi1952]

kyokushin practitioner + punch to the head= death 💀

[@lucajustluca8257]

He looks so calm and in control. He doesnt use more strength and power than neccesary. He takes aim and strikes Im impressed.

[@burningknuckle26]

Akimoto movement is crazy good. He mixes up strikes like a genuis

[@timtremblay2916]

This young man has the most "direct attack" I have seen in the ring. He is focused to the max. Obviously has a very good trainer.

[@babyfacenate835]

OSU!!! KYOKUSHIN CLIMBING THE RANKS ONCE AGAIN!!!!

[@kermit1211]

Wdym? Kyokushin has always been high on the ranks

[@greedisbad9890]

Even though gsp usually use his wrestling His standing game mainly influence by kyokushin karate

[@vincentestrade1283]

For if anyone were still to question the effectiveness of Karate, I think this example speaks for itself 😅 Although it's strue that not every karate style is Kyokushin (karate is an umbrella term for various styles with a shared philosophy), Kyokushin is most definitely 100% karate! 🥋

[@no_one699]

Most true martial artists won't doubt karate. But almost everyone doubts the karate schools that only teach tournment stuff

[@vincentestrade1283]

@@no_one699 very true. And by tournament stuff, they usually refer to the point-based tournament from shotokan karaté.

[@ShredST]

The effectiveness of a style is more down to how many good fighters it can produce

[@danidanara6427]

When people say Kyokushin don't know how to head-punch and to counter it, then I see this guy.

[@fruitylerlups530]

"lol you guys dont know how to box".. "ohh we know, we just choose not to"

[@kermit1211]

And those people don’t even know how to throw head punches themselves😂😂

[@Freethink.Rebellion]

Funny thing, kyokushin has head punching techniques. They just don't do them in their tournaments because getting punched to the face bareknuckle by karate guys who train specifically bareknuckle is not pretty. Just look at how brutal BKFC is every fight.

[@tipoftheiceberg7034]

Akimoto is my favourite. It's martial arts that teach better control.of yourself mentally and it shows

[@winxza111]

Can't wait for Rodtang vs Akimoto

[@organicallypoweredlife1417]

What a talent! What an artist!

[@EvFour]

the way he can jus throw his legs so effortlessly wit so much force and it's fast asf

[@emilaubry6856]

So clean and powerful. It's beautiful to watch. Hope he goes far

[@tylerlynch2796]

I love to see kyokushin karate adapted to mma or kickboxing

[@jamesfranko1568]

Kyoji Horiguchi.

[@jamesfranko1568]

Tenshin and Takeru.

[@tylerlynch2796]

@@jamesfranko1568 my two favorite kickboxers 💪🏿

[@Hujjee]

Masaaki Noiri

[@makesenz]

Dutch kickboxing has it's roots in Kyokushin. Osu!

[@SoloDamon]

Really nice cant wait to see his next fight

[@Stellar77x]

Akimoto has crazy cardio

[@hernanedias554]

That's what I always say, to people telling Karate doesn't do nothing in a real fight...They're completly mistaken, any true martial art with right corrections (about what you intend to do), is effective...Myself took some karate guys on sparring, they're quick, good reflexes and years sharping the skills...

[@filipcesnjak2944]

Kyokushin karate, full contact karate, OSU !

[@AlainaCelestineStaMaria]

This guy is complete package

[@santostracey93]

I think this is why One Championship is the best, it’s not just MMA, it’s just ALL martial arts! I just wish more traditional martial arts tournaments would go full contact.

[@StrumVogel]

Kyokushin 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@phantomcyt]

este si es kyokushin.... buenisimo...

[@dubsbarry9963]

Goodness gracious that would be like walking into a tornado. Incredibly precise, powerful, and perfectly timed strikes. Hard to find a half-trained weapon in this arsenal. His clinch looks very muay Thai and painful. Like Silva in his prime.

[@kesenaememere8520]

Funny you say that because he also did Muay Thai

[@honigdachs.]

Very crisp and polished technique, exciting fighter!

[@nickvledder]

Exceptionally good head-movement too!

[@hellbow1851]

Nice, started out with kyokushin too

[@slumptydumpty3058]

That one two to a body kick is Nasty!! Haven't seen someone time and see it so quickly. People usually miss.

[@salvatoreshotokan]

Nice! Strong and clean technique

[@knowun]

Very aggressive... Pressure fighting and countering in combination

[@jimmijames6294]

very strong and precise.

[@wiragregory9093]

As a shotokan-style practitioner, its absolutely beautiful to see how effective even simple and subtle strikes can be seen to have its roots in karate, especially when its as effective as this. Oss! Edit: I like how people are acting as though by saying "shotokan-style" practitioner, I'm immediately saying its better than Kyokushin, or that Shotokan is generally worse than Kyokushin-- I'm just representing a sport I love, y'all. Karate is karate, effectiveness aside its an honour just to be a part of it. I don't care if its better or worse-- MMA is many parts of a whole, and I'm proud just to be a part of it regardless. Oss!

[@IlyuuJrry34]

Kyokushin

[@skobodabaws8946]

Kyokushin all the way

[@champ1159]

I would love to learn karate but I'm already doing kickboxing and boxing. Would it benefit me to learn karate at the same time as these other styles?

[@Teddy-se8qb]

he clearly trains alot with boxers.

[@gillbates1511]

@@champ1159 none really. Maybe a bit more manoeuvrability and a different way of seeing strikes.. apart from that you should be able to implement karate techniques in your boxing and Muay thai the differences aren’t huge. Mainly stance Don’t be a particular style “Be like water” -Bruce lee

[@lodic6359]

Encaixando sempre chutes logo após o soco. Bonito de se assistir.

[@hernanedias554]

Método eficiente esse. E ele não vai muito para os altos, usa os baixos e médios, mais rápidos, gastam menos energia e são mais difíceis de ver...

[@hernanedias554]

Outra coisa são as joelhadas que saem, como se não quisesse fazer e a toda hora...Ele sacrifica o poder da joelhada em prol de acertar, porque até sem carregar joelhada magoa e pontua...

[@MrIanstein808]

Beast💪🏾

[@user-bw9ib6qt4v]

日本人にも、まだ強い人沢山いるな

[@pantarei8382]

what you see in street fights and the ufc is people who swing for the head(knockout) but nothing hurts more then a well placed liver shot

[@ruelvelasco3429]

Trained a thousand days for a thousand days war..the way for the ultimate way ozzzu...

[@raggamuffinzhkyn9851]

best match for rodtang

[@tonykaewmanee5348]

His kicks are hard to telegraph.

[@futurehope1900]

The first opponent I didn't really see, my eyes closed while hearing a liver scream in pain.

[@SmVor]

Akimoto has turned Supersaiyan 2 now while other top opponents are still in 1 or below

[@pangliamlosu7477]

Dana White must bring more of these Asian fighters into UFC by this time

[@danieltakyi1793]

KYOKUSHINKAI!!!!!

[@manuelgereral6655]

Real karatéka nice mawashi geri

[@harunashura1216]

Kyokushin Forever!

[@ZAKU73]

Kyokushin for life. Osu!

[@jamski3902]

Can't wait for Capitan vs Akimoto

[@kesenaememere8520]

It was a complete dogfight , both of them were slugging to the end all 5 rounds, but Akimoto came out with the win.

[@mozacrandom5296]

what a crispy fast punches

[@pmf026]

Great fighter

[@AsuratheGodofWar]

Kyokushin and Uechi Ryu Karatekas are scary.

[@PauloGarcia-sp5ws]

Great kicks.

[@user-dh5bh5xd4x]

Good Job!

[@rozelica2152]

what a precision

[@kevingabriel7370]

speed and power

[@tc47101]

Rất hay 😊😊👍

[@user-py3zu2gy5w]

He is a karate champion

[@josealansouza9080]

Muito bom

[@user-gq4mn9ps9y]

フィリョとかはk-1に合わせてたけど、極真をそのまま持って来たみたいな間合い。圧が凄い。

[@kermit1211]

Seems like so many people in comment section are not familiar with Kyokushin style of Karate and just label it Muay Thai

[@rehan-ci1tk]

Yup. His angles while throwing those kicks, those are definitely not Muaythai.

[@user-qz3go1ft3p]

見た目が洗練されて来たし ONEのスタイルを掴んでる。 強者しか居ない中で王者になった。

[@user-qz3go1ft3p]

スタイルがONEに好かれるのは 良くわかるな。突きが当たるから 説得力がある。

[@kfukanuma]

4:00 Awesome！

[@pigmonarchy8905]

Akimoto will get the belt.

[@avengingsylph]

AAAAAA AKI!!! AAAAA AAki!

[@abdoulkhumalo9543]

Hooow wow this is my best fight ever

[@ericcaledonai9700]

OSU!

[@egipandana]

Kyokushin.

[@user-qz3go1ft3p]

慣れて来たと思ったら もう王者になった。 おめでとう㊗️ございます。

[@el_chico1313]

13:36 that face XD of utter disbelief, referee switchef names

[@defaultset]

We always see MMA (even kickboxers and muay thai fighters weirdly enough) fighters nowadays having sloppier striking and sometimes wrestling because of the fact that they could get away with it. But as soon as they meet a competent striker or wrestler you could suddenly see them be a little less confident in their striking or wrestling and end up getting hurt. They could still get away with sloppy technique, but any good fighter would just capitalize on it.

[@makesenz]

This looks like our style out here in Holland. Osu!

[@hellokatza]

That's because the Dutch imported Japanese kickboxing in the 70 s

[@makesenz]

@@hellokatza *Kyokushin. I’m Dutch, i know. Osu.

[@hellokatza]

Not just kiokusin but already evoluted kickboxing from meguro gym if I'm not wrong

[@makesenz]

@@hellokatza Jon Bluming brought Kyokushin to the Netherlands (Master pupil of Masutatsu Oyama, founder of Kyokushin). A lot his pupils in The Netherlands became kickboxing teachers/fighters. The two biggest school rivalry was indeed Meijiro gym and Chakuriki, heavily rooted in Kyokushin. Add western boxing and u got Dutch kickboxing. Osu!

[@hellokatza]

@@makesenz I agree ut also eople like Jan Plas Fred Rogers Tom hanrick a golden era really

[@hellbow1851]

Did kyokushin in my childhood

[@professionalsmunch3541]

I want one fight between Tenshin nasukawa and Akimoto. Kyokushin vs Kyokushin

[@ken244]

busy fighter, doesn't wait on his opponent

[@jazuluss]

Must be Kyokushin.fighter.

[@offline6360]

Mix kyokushin +muay thai= best striking technique.

[@stepmark6437]

Aji na moto

[@Jensoncorpuz]

He should keep his hair long, looks cooler

[@jongrey0102]

Sheesh it look similar to Muay Thai just a tiny bit but it leans more towards kick boxing

[@rehan-ci1tk]

Probably Kyokushin mixed with muaythai. Its very effective.

[@lyctriangle]

I studied shotokan from 8-13 years old. I’m 25 now, And I’m recently starting boxing. They told me to stop punching from the hip.

[@revenant3516]

real life Jin Kazama

[@casz7098]

It's funny how the commentator says mawashi geri round house kick. He's just repeating himself in two languages. It's like when they call round house kicks Muay Thai kicks when a Muay Thai fighter does them.

[@Under-Kaoz]

I see a lot of muay thai techniques mixed in as well. Very impressive!

[@kermit1211]

This is pure Kyokushin. Thai fighters don’t really focus a lot on speed. Also the way he executes his round kick is not Muay Thai. In Muay Thai, you take a small step with your standing leg so you can easily rotate and follow through your kick. In Karate you keep your feet planted on the ground and snap the kick like a whip. And Karate fighters also tend to pull their hip back a little bit if they are in a punching range.

[@Under-Kaoz]

@bo xer I know what it is. Just some of those elbows and knees looked a lot like muay Thai styled. I know his guard and kicks don't look like Thai style though.

[@Han-nk3io]

zerooooooooooooooooooooooooo muay thai

[@tejaab1429]

Agree 👍🏽

[@tanal8427]

@bo xer knees like this is a muaythai style.

[@hooman6305]

take a shot when you hear STOP

[@remyjones2844]

like a manhwa character

[@zyrhilleapines6754]

1:16 some pilipino in the crowd shouting "tanginamo wag kang tumayo/tumuwad"

[@heavyfairtex1801]

Josh Tonna has been target practice for everyone.

[@RealmOfPlagues]

Yeah, it's a little sad.

[@jeffwalters8180]

I was gonna say the same thing but looked for that comment down here first lol. Everybody whooping that dudes butt, he's not even a bad fighter!

[@heavyfairtex1801]

@@jeffwalters8180 He should train hard for couple years to get a good winning streak before coming back to ONE. I think right now he would only get hurt.

[@karate.brothers]

押忍

[@RicardoGonzalez-ww3ov]

I dont see any competitors counter with a straight kick to his kneecap to stop him from planting his foot for all those vicious kicks .

[@user-jf7jb1xj7v]

ミドルと言うか三日月蹴りがエグ過ぎる

[@OfficalMrBlue]

Need more HWs

[@jamesbrick250]

Akimoto vs Tenshin, make it happen?

[@hkma6985]

Actually, Akimoto is not from Kyokushin-kai, but he did win a Kyokushin tournament and represented Kyokushin-kai in a world tournament.

[@kermit1211]

wdym by that?

[@yellowtiger47]

Kyokushin was the beginning of dutch style. This imo is just pure dutch style. Even though I get it's kyokushin, just doesn't feel like it.

[@makesenz]

True, and it's practiced on every corner almost. Osu!

[@burningknuckle26]

His style is Japanese style kickboxing.

[@runakobannister3316]

Imagine if he went to karate combat he'd destroy his entire weight class

[@edgardo9003]

Kinda reminds me of Hiroki Kurosawa.

[@arcanjo7258]

Kyokushin ❤️ osu