INTENSE Boxing vs Karate Sparring in Kickboxing Rules!

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In this video we present a round of sparring between a boxer we happened to meet at the gym, and Deni (Shidokan Karate 1 Dan).
Hope you enjoy!
OSU

[@SaikouKarate]

Hello, I know style vs style type sparring can induce intense discussions about which is better and so on, but I just want to remind some people in the comments that sparring is not a fight or competition 😂 It’s not about winning or hurting each other - it’s about working on techniques and strategies against someone who is trying the same against you - and there is nothing to gain from slamming leg kicks or head kicks at full force, especially against someone not used to kicks. We work getting hit and general conditioning outside of sparring. Same thing with punches to the head, you know you’re hit without needing to induce CTE. Point is, let’s just have a technical discussion and less about how much damage and fatality could be done this way or that way. 😅 Osu 🙏🥋

[@lordcardinals]

@@SaikouKarate the way I see it, martial arts is more based on skill than style

[@DouglasGomesBueno-jw9lh]

That made me reminds K1 where we have Muay Thai vs Kickboxing, Karate vs Boxing, Taekwondo vs Kenpo I miss these days in modern Kickboxing everyone use the same skills/Style.

[@Kaelan66]

Beautiful control on that spinning hook kick! And well done countering his punches with leg/body kicks making the distance favor you. Great round!

[@SaikouKarate]

Osu, thanks for watching 😊

[@AoASilverstorm]

That spinning hook kick was amazing! 🤩 Graceful and perfect control, distance and timing! 👌 The boxer had some nice "closing the distance" moves and also beautiful change of tempo on some of the combos with one slow light punch and the next cross really quick and hard. 👍

[@SaikouKarate]

Osu 🥋Thank you for your comment 🥊

[@HiroIndo16]

Finally a Kyokushin fighter who doesn't mind face punches 😂😂

[@pheghansharma5341]

@@HiroIndo16 true to that

[@sebastienleger2996]

Iko 6 and kwu pratice face punches sparring

[@crisalcantara7671]

that's tkd

[@antoniostrina82]

The Shinken Shobu Kyokushin allows face punches.

[@crisalcantara7671]

@@antoniostrina82 my dojo allows face punches

[@jaredberryman-hivelead]

It’s always cool to see martial artists from different backgrounds sharing their skills. The sparring match was well-paced and full of energy. Can’t wait to see what you guys come up with next!

[@SaikouKarate]

Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed it 💪🏻🥋

[@vadimkashlyak382]

Great sparring session. Thanks for your efforts. Osu!

[@SaikouKarate]

Osu! 😊

[@raccoonmyroom6861]

Great stuff from both of you! KZbin need more examples of sparring sessions like this! Always great stuff!

[@SaikouKarate]

Glad you enjoyed it!🥋

[@williamwilson2624]

That was pretty cool. It's interesting to see how two different disciplines work against each other. Great video!

[@SaikouKarate]

Thank you, it was fun and glad you enjoyed watching!👀

[@abu-muawiyah]

Really beautiful kicks. Made me want to go practice a few kicks lol. Great sparring.

[@SaikouKarate]

Thank you for your comment, glad you enjoyed the video 🥋😃 Osu!

[@thunderkatz4219]

All these keyboard warriors need to shut up 💀💀💀

[@JohnSmithisnotme]

I do KK for 4 years, kickboxing rules are fine(no clinch) but boxing is the hardest imo.

[@FightCommentary]

Love this!

[@SaikouKarate]

Thanks man! Appreciate your comment 🙏 Osu 🥋

[@Yuzennnn]

Man that spinning hook kick coulda been nasty 😝

[@amazed2341]

Big weight difference, nice work.

[@SaikouKarate]

Osu, thank you 😊

[@mamamia7757]

You were very kind just barely tapping his head with kicks and using low power leg kicks while he was throwing bombs to your face even with the weight advantage😂

[@SaikouKarate]

Well to be fair as a Karateka I definitely have more experience getting punched hard than a boxer has experience getting kicked hard so it’s natural kicks would be lighter🤔 笑

[@ZainAhmad-jl4vt]

it's just some practice sparring, don't think the boxer is hitting full power punches either

[@docam9938]

​@@mamamia7757 With all respect I found the boxer very very light and respectful. Maybe you never saw a real boxing sparring...

[@johnmichaelcanares2633]

@@docam9938 Correct. When you have boxed, you know quite well when a boxer is pulling his punches. It just sounds heavy because of the weight difference.

[@johnmichaelcanares2633]

I disagree. The boxer was pulling his punches as well. It sounded heavy because of the weight difference. My critique of the boxer is that he didn't respect the leg kicks. If that were full blast you wouldn't want that keep hitting you. He should have adopted in some way to avoid that in this sparring.

[@pheghansharma5341]

Next could you fight a kickboxer or muay thai guy no hate just curious as a kyokushin student myself😅

[@SaikouKarate]

For sure, just have to stumble upon a practitioner of those arts and think about what would be a fair hybrid ruleset 😅

[@Yuzennnn]

You shoulda thrown some oblique kicks he was really heavy on his front leg

[@froglet4936]

Do you want to cripple the man ??👀

[@peybak]

This is real life Balrog vs Ryu. Actually the boxer's movements are worth studying.

[@the_j_machine2254]

What kind of room is this? So many pipes?

[@SaikouKarate]

Haha just a normal training facility with unconventional design.

[@SonnyCrocket-p6h]

ball of the foot and edge of the foot kicks can easy hurt you 4x as much as a kick with the top of the foot. Those little flicks to the knee, seen here, will drop you if they land with the ball of the foot. This takes training of the toes, ankle ,foot and hip, but when you master these kicks, no untrained man will be able to touch you under the conditions seen here.

[@yaidk2458]

@@SonnyCrocket-p6h he’s clearly kicking at like 10-20% power in this video not to hurt the boxer lol

[@peybak]

Ossu, Really good sparring. Good job. What kind of gloves are you using?

[@SaikouKarate]

🙏 Osu These are Montana boxing gloves 16 oz

[@peybak]

@@SaikouKarate Thank you my friend

[@froglet4936]

I found it funny the karate guy landed more clean punches than the boxer … who I don’t think landed even one Lol

[@SaikouKarate]

He definitely landed some clean body punches, watch again! Head punches, it might be true, but more due to kicks keeping him busy than my mediocre boxing lol.

[@irvinjaycarranza6828]

Sensei, usually in Kyokushin organizations, how much is the Grading fee?

[@SaikouKarate]

For kyu-grades it’s usually completely up to the dojo owner, I would say anywhere between 20-50 euro is a normal rate. Dan gradings are paid directly to the association and will cost a couple of hundred (300-500 might be a normal rate depending on the organisation and rank).🥋

[@scottkid64u]

Does the punches and the kicks need more strength and speed? Nvm. Forget I said that.

[@david.69]

Muy bueno 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@dermaso]

This guy is not punching medium power, he’s punching so hard he’s losing balance and almost tripping over himself several times. That means around 100% lol

[@Somi-dp7eg]

Excelent please more

[@FranSalva.3]

Beautiful

[@SaikouKarate]

Thank you! Osu! 🥋

[@prvtthd401]

Were knees allowed?

[@SaikouKarate]

We went with just punches and kicks for this!

[@Shorinryukarate1]

Good sparring but since the boxing guy was hitting harder . Kyokushin guy shoulda put some weight in his strikes

[@budoka_gaijin]

How much kickboxing did you do at the Okubo dojo?

[@SaikouKarate]

None! 😅

[@edoanic6913]

@@SaikouKarate Thank you for this awesome video! I'd love to watch a video of you using just high kicks (multiple high kicks without lowering your leg for example) against his boxing techniques. I think it would be fun for you and the boxer, and for us spectators. :)

[@SaikouKarate]

@@edoanic6913Thank you for your comment!🙏 Next time I spar this particular matchup I’ll try to demonstrate some more kicks :-) 🦵

[@edoanic6913]

@@SaikouKarate Thanks! Maybe this boxer will return for more sparring rounds?

[@SaikouKarate]

@@edoanic6913 I have no idea to be honest, we shall see!

[@kadarr7953]

yeah we all know the boxer couldn't take a single full power leg kick without crying haha and this dude ate like 20

[@antoniostrina82]

Maybe you're right but the boxer looked more confident and was always walking forward and his parries were absolutely technical while the karate guy was walking backwards and his parries were too basic.

[@Yuzennnn]

@@antoniostrina82the boxer is much physically bigger and since the karate guy isn’t allowed to kick hard it would be strange if the boxer didn’t move forward. But if you notice, the boxer didn’t actually get in a single punch to the head , whereas the karate guy did… and 2 clean head kicks and many low kicks which may all have been fight ending if they were thrown hard. Boxer basically just hit body punches and full contact karate guys like Kyokushin and Shidokan eat body punches for breakfast especially with gloves . Like zero effect

[@antoniostrina82]

​@@Yuzennnn You're right, I didn't thought about that, I say sorry. Keeping in account that, I think that boxing is overestimate. Nowadays there's this trend of thinking that boxing, MMA and Muay Thai are better than any other martial art, but they don't remember fights like Peter Smit vs Changpuek Kiatsongrit, where Smit won against Kiatsongrit.

[@MAXTHALOS]

👍

[@demonic7610]

seems to me the boxer was playing "nice" but same could be said for karate being during a kickboxing match neither side actually tried for knees.... However this was sparring so playing nice is expected.........

[@yaidk2458]

Bro what the karate guy was much nicer 😂 he’s throwing like 10% power on his kicks and punching with like half the commitment the boxer guy does

[@ronselporter4739]

where is the location?

[@SamuelSocceresports]

A full contact shotokan guy could punch better if he knows how to keep distance.

[@yaidk2458]

A shotokan guy would get insta KO’d😂

[@SamuelSocceresports]

@@yaidk2458 if he trained full contact he can....its because people go only with sports version...if u ever think of this I'd tell u that I got my nose and chin broken by a shotokan guy's punch.

[@blazingdragon9607]

@@yaidk2458don’t underestimate shotokan guys

[@Toxicgamerdog]

karate guy was too controlled. The boxer didn't respect the kicks, should've dug in a bit on his legs early on and you wouldn't have spent so much time on the backfoot

[@SaikouKarate]

Here trying to avoid a gym war with someone I’m sparring for the first time 😂

[@Sadeesh-y8g]

Karate

[@Limbuvai535]

Karate would be destroyed .

[@SaikouKarate]

😂

[@Raul-k6l]

La importancia de saber manejar las piernas es la diferencia la mayoría de veces 🙏