Goju ryu Karate Kumite

[@MrMattias87]

This is real karate as it should be, none of this point-scoring crap in modern karate. Grappling is very much a part of karate and this has been confirmed by various karate historians.

[@WadeSmith-oe5xd]

Agreed. In isshinryu karate back in the 1990's and early 2000s we worked on submissions just as much as we did striking. When we sparred in my old sensei's dojo, if it went to the ground, he let it go for several minutes to see what would happen. I eventually got so good at beating the other brown and black belts that he started handicapping me by giving my opponents weapons and I had to fight with no weapon vs them with an escrima stick or okinawan bo, and I was expected to disarm the other brown and black belt students. Real street defense requires you learn to full contact "as close to no rules as possible" sparring.

[@tatumergo3931]

The problem is not the point-scoring system, it's the lack of full-contact criteria needed for an honest assessment of a scoring point. What you're referring to is the modern shiai sport karate, which basically has become like modern Olympic fencing. Basically a game of tag! In the early days of karate competition, scoring was similar in concept to judo's scoring criteria. A full Ippon was only awarded by KO or incapacitation (unable to continue fighting). Wazari for a full-contact strike with power and control, but not resulting in KO or a submission (successful strike, but opponent can recover immediately). Yuko for successful strikes but with no effect (strikes landing on target but no effect, just the potential to have caused damage if the technique had been executed properly). The criteria for Wazari (half point) is two wazaris would amount to a full ippon. Similar in concept to boxing's knock down, but with no KO or TKO. Yuko was just the total amount of strikes landed but with no effect. This in turn would not amount to a full Wazari, just to brake a stalemate. Further criteria for Wazari is a combination technique in which opponent is knock down by a sweep. It must be preceeded by a combination of strikes (knock down rules). Also a combination of strikes that would cause a momentary knock down (high-low or continuous combination technique). Because of the inherent danger involved, without proper protection equipment, these type of competitions were no longer permitted.

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

To all the people writing ''This isn't Karate'': Okinawan Karate used to be about continuous adaptation to modern threats. As soon as protective gear was available, they started using it for full-contact matches.

[@mnlbt]

i wish we would do this stuff in kyokushin.

[@싸울희망]

@@mnlbt me too, my master doesn't wants to include head striking and other stuff that aren't present in Kyokushin

[@mnlbt]

@@싸울희망 update: i switched to kudo after training kyokushin my whole youth it gives me everything i need and: headstrikes, grappling, takedowns and its budo

[@싸울희망]

@@mnlbt that's great, sadly there's no Kudo dojo's on my country lol

[@mnlbt]

@@싸울희망 yeah its a pretty small sport.. where you from?

[@KangNamPelon]

This is great. If they spar like this and train forms and conditioning like the Okinawan folks, I'd call that a hell of a martial art, by any standards!

[@JulieRocks]

I fully agree with you! If you're into Goju Ryu Karate, I recommend watching Karatemo's videos too! www.youtube.com/@karatemo

[@Unity116]

This is the style I want to practice!! Grappling + Striking = Realism 🥋

[@naha1649]

Yes, we also can do bunkai on there

[@WadeSmith-oe5xd]

This is how isshinryu and gojuryu used to train and spar every day. Sadly, most dojos no longer train and fight like this. I trained 5 days per week under a 4th degree black belt 3 hours per day. He was an 8 years veteran on the marine corps. Now people don't do real sparring, they do shitty points sparring and they get their ass kicked when they get in a real street self defense situation. In isshinryu dojos in the late 1990 and early 2000s era, we used to full contact spar and fight on the ground too, and I was one of the best at it.

[@tatumergo3931]

​@@WadeSmith-oe5xd . Here's hoping that karate combat evolves and takes off. So far it has only been a promotional showcase event.

[@soundtreks]

I trained in Goju but the club I was at didn't have enough work with others (sparring, ohyo and kihon gumite) so I switched to Wado Ryu 10 years ago and train ever since. Much more emphasis on close combat waza and the sanbon/ohyo/kihon drills are all with a partner that help develop timing and spacial awareness. But Goju had its own benefits too, just not grappling my experience.

[@tatumergo3931]

@@soundtreks. When you have like minded individuals to work with, you can start your own study group. Where we trained we had the opportunity and advantage of a huge place which was divided into different classrooms or spaces. The club owner had an open door policy attitude, and therefore people from different styles were able to practice on their own. There were people from Goju, Wado, Shotokan and of course Jyoshimon Shorin ryu. We also had a judo, jujutsu and aikido clubs. So there was an opportunity to close train with each other. The problem always is that most people are just Dojo bunnies, they're only interested in putting in the two hours of training and that's it.

[@estebanagudelo4538]

I am a Goju-Ryu karatéka from Montréal, I always wanted to try or change to Muay Thai because I don't fight in my dojo, it depresses me because I know can be a good fighter. But now that I'm seeing this I discovered more about Goju-Ryu and it gives me hope I can compete and represent my dojo.

[@ericcollins6231]

This is awesome. This is the type of evolution in sparring karate needs in order to stay relevant and practical. Also Props to the one kid that new a little bit of jiujitsu.

[@Stazzo82]

This type of sparring is classic in all karate derived from Naha-te.

[@XiangnuKhaan]

This isn't evolution.....it's old school karate

[@lucascampos3239]

This is Okinawa Karate

[@butianhao4084]

I see a good fight and I found it funny that people think that thing fake because it's not like karate, those people should really learn how to fight lol. Kyokushin karate practicer OSU

[@jedBSME]

Bu TianHao that's because many people in KZbin comment section never even fought. In fact these two will murder those keyboard warriors.

[@m5a1stuart83]

They just watch MMA Fights but never in full contact or even street fight.

[@智障-k1s]

All these people commenting it’s not karate and stuff, it was actually pretty entertaining to watch and was better than most karate fighting videos I’ve seen.

[@thetoughguy7]

Looks way better than all the dancing and hopping in garbage WKF videos.

[@drjonesjrjr]

It is karate though!

[@Bloodletter8]

@@thetoughguy7 I agree. As soon as I see the two karatekas start that ridiculous bouncing I'm out.

[@yamiroo]

O, how I miss practicing GoJu Ryu. 💔

[@Draconic]

pardon my ignorance; I thought Goju ryu karate does not allow full contact. This is really good to see karate doing full contact. Osu from Kyokushin and shotokan.

[@JKMannsr]

If you're thinking of most Goju-ryu, coming from mainland Japan and being more sport-oriented, then you're right to find this style of sparring unusual. The Okinawans did more of this type of continuous sparring, but what you see here is different, as it incorporates modern protective gear, non-Okinawan grappling influence, and the whole judging system. There are lots of ways to spar, and they all have their respective benefits. This is just one particular way of doing it. There's no official Goju kumite. Good luck with your own training!

[@johnkrummel2956]

I've seen Gojuryu schools that sparred full-contact but with Kyokushin-like rules with no head punching...

[@kevlarchicken]

depends on the dojo i would think my shotokan dojo does touch contact up till 1st kyu then it starts to become brutal

[@Morusalba-r4u]

Goju in Okinawa they are flexibel. They can fight full contact and wkf style. They join both tournament.

[@MrPietrasantino]

yong Un Mao you can train karate however you want. It’s not what you train, it’s how you train. These guys have dispensed with the WKF like rule base for karate kumite and adopted a more practical MMA set of rules.

[@DJAraRealSalsa]

I liked this. Good to see Karate being tested in a contact environment that includes ground work. Thank you for posting. I can't make out the logos on the uniforms, is this Goju Morio HIgaonna's organization?

[@guetchingsaintroselouisxvi6041]

I like your karate school

[@SenseiEli]

IOGKF

[@DJAraRealSalsa]

@@SenseiEli Thank you.

[@juanantonio192]

Yeah is IOGKF, the best goju ryu organization

[@sofuckingbadass58]

Come on. No techniqe, poor amateur street fight. Who gave them the black belts?

[@cobuspotgieter4671]

My son is also doing Goju-Ryu Karate and his Sensei also let them do the full contact version Kumite. Altough they do Sports Kumite they also compete in some full contact cents. His Sensei still wants his students to gain experience in full contact karate and let them use all the techniques they are learned and practiced.

[@jamesboydriver]

I practice Goju Ryu here in Brisbane and we do kumite with pads almost weekly.. light contact with control focusing on all the techniques we've been learning. Sometimes we go a little harder but that always comes down to you and your partner, if it's mutual, you go as hard as you like, it's good fun 😄 It's fundamental to really developing your skills. For the younger kids it's not needed as much but good to get them having a go and understanding what it's like to use what you've learned in a real setting. Great that your boy is into it, hope he really enjoys the Karate journey 🙏🏻

[@kaitennanbudoclubedea1882]

This is very good, sparring is about striking, throwing down nd still working on the ground to submit your opponent. That's great traditional karaté is better than modern

[@JulieRocks]

I think so too! If you're interested in Goju Ryu Karate, I recommend Karatemo's videos: www.youtube.com/@karatemo

[@Light-td9dh]

People saying it's kudo didn't read the discription. I do goju and we fight like this for all our sparring

[@Bloodletter8]

Your dojo sounds great.

[@Light-td9dh]

@@Bloodletter8 thanks i'm going there now

[@dojimanoryu4969]

Yep, i think that goju ryu and kudo are very similar in some aspects. Kudo is more sport oriented and borrows some techniques from other martial arts, but the pursue of effectiveness is the same. It depends on how you train it of course. I'm sure there are goju ryu dojos around where they only do kata and never spar, but in this case, it's great.

[@mikhailvasiliev6275]

Kudo is basically Goju-Ryu without the kata anyway

[@Mataninja]

This is good kumite imo. Everyone needs to learn striking and grappling nowadays in this MMA crazed era. Btw, ignore the naysayers in the comments section. Either they show videos of themselves doing better otherwise their comments is nothing but hot, keyboard warrior air! Osu!

[@stuartperry-hughes5969]

The method is great, they have a ways to go in skill but if the schools adopted this as the default for sparring they’d get very good over the next few years

[@souradeepchattopadhyay2353]

For all keyboard warriors calling it "not Karate" or "similar to Kudo" , they better know the meaning of the Japanese term Kumite. Kumi= Freestyle/engagement of grappling, Te= Hands/Arms. Goju Ryu incorporates Iri Kumi, i.e., freestyle fighting/sparring as per Okinawan dialect. Goju Ryu itself means Go= Hard striking, i.e., Closed hand punches & Kicking techniques with linear movements , Ju= Soft/open hand techniques with more circular movements, i.e., attack, block & control opponent using joint locks, grappling, takedowns, and throws!! Btw, Kyokushin Karate style is a descendant style of Goju Ryu Karate & Seidokaikan Karate & Kudo, both are descendants of Kyokushin Karate!! I myself am a 4th Dan Black Belt in Goju Ryu Karate & have sparred like this wearing only groin guard but no headgear & gloves!!KBWs kindly make a note & increase the sphere of their martial arts knowledge!!

[@lucaspisculichi]

Y dime . Has peleado contra luchadores de judo o jiujitsu? Mamejan tecnicas similares a estos o mejores que el jiujitsu? Goju ryu puede ganarle a un rival de jiujitsu y judo?

[@rgzas7071]

Domo arigato.

[@fabreddos]

Excelent fight!!, karate Goju Ryu is beautifull and efective for a real situation, greetings from Colombia.

[@JulieRocks]

I also think Goju Ryu is effective and beautiful at the same time. I suggest watching Karatemo's videos too. He practices Goju Ryu: www.youtube.com/@karatemo

[@WarriorBoy]

Really glad to see Karate sparring that goes to this level while still being safe (as safe as this stuff can be). Great work.

[@nicholasgreen4010]

Its gone full circle In 1970s karate And kick boxing You could use throws And fight on the ground

[@danhiser4891]

Original.karate had grappling mixed in good job

[@fcbfreviews]

Thats mma to be honest punches look like boxing added muay thai checks added bjj grappling added ground and pound

[@dojimanoryu4969]

Karate was mma bro, use everything you can to win a fight. It was called tode,it originated in okinawa, and every city had its style. Designed to defend yourself unarmed, since the Japanese empire forbade okinawans to carry a sword. Karate never was a unique entity and it was much different from what people see today. Shotokan popularized karate worldwide but that style is only 100 years old and it's not in any shape or form true karate. It took a lot of inspirations from boxing too.

[@fcbfreviews]

@@kakuto435 oh I’m learning goju Ryu

[@junahexhenodiala4540]

@@fcbfreviews yeah goju ryu is the best

[@ferumcastrum4097]

@@kakuto435 Specially the original Okinawa karate it has punches, kicks, elbows, knees, throws, grappling, and weapons training,

[@themcmexchange2938]

That was great sparring it had the right balance off power and technique, the kids loved the power shots and take downs bless them, the crowd loved it !

[@As61315]

Yes this is real karate . Ahmad from Iran

[@JKMannsr]

Thank you Ahmad! A salaam alaikum.

[@epramberg]

This model needs to be replicated. It, like Kudo, does not limit legitimate Karate technique. WKF kumite outlaws karate in its competition in favor of 1800's Savate techniques and stops the match every time a halfway decent strike happens. It is bogus. It has always been bogus. It needs to die. The incompetent Olympic Committee looked at the WKF model and immediately got to work removing the karate from it. The committee thought that Judo shouldn't grab legs because it thought that Judo, a form of wrestling, looked too much like wrestling. That same cadre of imbeciles looked at the ridiculous WKF model, thought that it looked too much like Judo, and began to remove even more grappling from it and began tossing in even more random nonsensical rules. Karate, at large, needs to distance itself from these absurd organizations, start performing real sparring, and save itself.

[@joeescher1776]

Is there a reason no elbows were used as I know they are used in Goju Ryu?

[@JKMannsr]

They were permitted; just didn't happen. :)

[@3badthebad]

Finally a kumite video that isn't people cat-fighting or people just jumping back and ki'ing for no reason

[@mikhailvasiliev6275]

Tell me about it. As someone who's interested in training Goju-Ryu, the slap fighting doesn't make it look good.

[@edgeplantasm6473]

this is really similar to Kudo, I like it

[@adamschmierer63]

I'm liking this a lot. I have a bit of a background in Kyokushin, Syoei Juku Karate, Muay Thai and I've trained some BJJ. I hear references to Kudo/Daidojuku (another great art), and seeing how Goju does it, then this is awesome. An art that I know will keep up with modern times. Keep up the good work, guys. OSSU!

[@mattjack3983]

This may be called Goju-ryu..but they are definitely fighting under Kudo ruleset. I love it though! - Kyokushin and Daidojuku blackbelt here. OSU!

[@switchblade800x3]

Whats Syoei Juku Karate? Never heard off?

[@leosidharta6723]

Yes. It's Goju Ryu. That is the symbol of Morio Higaonna sensei's Goju Ryu on their DoGi.

[@howdyjoe2367]

This is a great base for MMA. Both striking a grappling. Makes you a well-rounded fighter. Take GSP for example, one of greatest champion in UFC.

[@hybridwarrior4837]

👍👍

[@quiteinfluential1886]

It's amusing to watch. And I love those astronaut helmets too.

[@varianford5427]

This is how i want my dojo to be if i ever wanted to start my own dojo

[@JulieRocks]

If you're into Goju Ryu Karate, I recommend watching Karatemo's videos too! www.youtube.com/@karatemo

[@steffenebener7332]

That is awesome and exactly what i want to see in TMA

[@MrPietrasantino]

You can train/apply karate however you want. It’s not what you train, it’s how you train. These guys have dispensed with the WKF like rule base for karate kumite and adopted a more practical MMA set. Karate was never designed for point scoring, it was designed to mess people up!

[@sonic-bb]

is mma really all that practical tho? pretty sure they dont train to deal with opponents biting or clawing at ur eyes lol

[@wassupdoc2780]

You're right. Point scoring practice will get you in big trouble in a real situation. Night and day difference between that and true karate.

[@hernani34]

I've compete in Okinawa, with IOGKF in 1991. Irikumi. then had Full Contact gear, pads and gloves. They've changed now.... Fantastic display, missing that Kumite

[@loowisk1113]

In terms of grappling, does Goju use the same techniques as BJJ or is it completely different?

[@ajmjl9102]

It's mostly tegumi and some judo

[@unchocoenchina568]

es bueno ver que muchos estilos de karate estan incorporando tecnicas de judo y jujitsu.....el karate esta definitivamente volviendo a sus origenes

[@viktor7208]

Não, não é verdade. Essas técnicas já existiam no karate original. Não é jiujitsu e judo

[@pedroajax1]

@@viktor7208 o kung fu e o karate originais já tinham armlock e outras técnicas bem antes mas a sportização da arte marcial acabou com a luta.

[@アメリカとその市民私は愛してる]

I fought Iri-kumi under Hanshi Morio Higaonna and Shihan Rodney Hu Sr. Who are the fighters on this video, and what year was it video?

[@JKMannsr]

It was 2015. The guy starting with his back to the camera is me, and the other is a guy named Jeremy from CT. Not big shots in the IOGKF - just a couple of guys who like karate.

[@アメリカとその市民私は愛してる]

JKMannsr 😎 thank you for the post and reply. I was just wondering. I am with Sensei Higaonna and Sensei Rodney Hu Sr

[@mizmera]

GREAT! Fight goes to the ground and does not get stopped. GOOD.

[@briansheeran4185]

Better than most of the Karate I've seen.

[@victorribeiro2431]

You're used to watch sports karate.

[@didiervidry7687]

This kind of fight IS very important to practise. But Real fight without any protection,IS in the first 5secondes . It s for this reason morio higaonna said , fight IS ippon kumite. No less, no more.

[@scottvaj4434]

Nice, getting to Kudo level of full contact.

[@BBP081]

For those in the know, are submissions permitted in this? Last time I did Karate was 20 years ago (Goju Ryu) and as far as I know nothing like this existed then.

[@JKMannsr]

Yes, submissions were permitted. (Chokes are hard to get, though, with the helmets.)

[@kevionrogers2605]

What association were you with? Bogu kumite or irikumi go kumite as a rule set was created in 1927 by The Karate Study Group of Tokyo Imperial University, which devised its own armoured karate system and began to practice sport Karate. Then was brought to Okinawa's school system by Kentsū Yabu who adopted armour in Karate while teaching it at Okinawa Prefectural Normal School. Also in Okinawa, for a while, sparring while wearing armor was also used in Shigeru Nakamura's "Okinawan Kenpo". Remember the Pinan kata were developed for the Okinawan school system by Anko Itosu between 1905 & 1907. Before the development of Pinan the Naihanchi were taught. Then in 1940 Gekisai Dai Ichi by Shōshin Nagamine and Gekisai Dai Ni by Chōjun Miyagi in 1940. The semi-contact form of karate was developed as a kyōgi during the USA miliatary occupation, so that Karate could become a legal sporting game post 1950 when Kendo became legal.

[@BBP081]

@@kevionrogers2605 it was simply called Canada Goju Ryu, based in Toronto. Light contact point sparring was the method

[@jayzm7749]

Damn they even do ground work unlike kyokushin but both styles are badass cause they do full contact unlike sports karate 😒

[@dandirty1890]

Nice to see. It always felt to me like karate and other arts sayed to be ,,ineffective" arent really bad but rather its the spirit that got lost.

[@aaronramsden8499]

Really good fight love goju ryu

[@WadeSmith-oe5xd]

At least this is real full contact sparring. I don't knwo what has happened to the Isshinryu schools, but they aren't even teaching real fighting anymore.

[@jordiortega4436]

Very nice.

[@SenseiEli]

Love your video great work from Israel!

[@JKMannsr]

Thanks Eli! Check out the most recent fight we posted with my son. It's better than this one. :)

[@ryanfigueiredodamaia2020]

Is it bogu kumite? (Kumite used in traditional styles of karate)

[@jonasvacek6826]

Yes. In Goju ryu it's called Iri Kumi :)

[@gabrielcalvin4325]

Wait a minute those Helmet like daido juku or not shorinji kempo

[@JKMannsr]

These helmets are the Daido Juku ones. I used Shorinji Kempo helmets once in Japan; those were different. Either way, lots of fun. :)

[@lucaspisculichi]

​@@JKMannsr consulta master. Karate goju ryu puede ganarle o tambien darle pelea a un luchador de judo y/o jiujitsu?

[@Marc-wz5pv]

This is the real karate.

[@volodavolodovic4770]

I assume it´s IOGKF. Great to see creative approach to training. Good fight, guys show heart. Why shouldn´t it be Goju? It´s just another training method. How could somebody expect true Goju in a competition type fight? There is no first attack in Goju kata. The guys would be just stairing at each other, waiting for the other to attack. How could you defend in a competition match by broking elbows, knees and similar? There will never be true Goju in a competition match.

[@malasangre6700]

As a matter of fact, there is not true martial arts of any type in any tournament... Even boxing, get rid of the gloves and it becomes a totally different animal... As soon as it is a "tournament", then it becomes a sport.

[@m5a1stuart83]

They think MMA is real, Silat in its old forms are the arts of kill. Some Silat Style dont have hand to hand combat, they rely everything with weapon only. They only need one slice and the fight is over.

[@Xur______]

Best karate fighting I've ever seen!!

[@richx5064]

Karate students. Is this the new direction of tournament fighting? Are more and more tournaments looking like the MMA?

[@benb9623]

Why not? Karate should be flexible and evolve. Karate always including throws and grappling, it just got lost in the McDojofication in the US. These guys are taking karate back to its roots

[@richx5064]

My question? Is it happening today and common. Or is this just a local event

[@OkurkaBinLadin]

@@richx5064 Depends on school and its leaders. I believe it does and should become more common.

[@HayashiCatholic]

This form is more like the original karate form, karate has always been a complete art, what we see in the WKF is not 10% of what is taught.

[@yongjiean9980]

Before there is MMA, there is Karate...

[@jjac72]

Strong karate,this is what karate should be about

[@JKMannsr]

Thanks. I just posted a new video yesterday of my son fighting this past weekend. Same rules. Check it out.

[@Galimah]

didn´t know that Goju ryu have full-contact kumite. when i was traning years ago the only option was the old basic point system. Yuko, Wazari and Ippon.

[@joaocarlos2692]

Karatê lindo de se ver OSS

[@Midwinter2]

Good fight! I like the mix of skills.

[@koden24]

This is great conditioning training🤜🏽we trained just like this. Find your way!

[@blackdarius1342]

Umm, is this really Goju ryu? I train Shito Ryu, so I dont really know, can someone confirm this for me?

[@jeffmann6437]

It's an official event of the IOGKF-USA, so it's really Goju in that respect. If this looks different than what you're used to, see the reply below to Draconic Ryuken. :)

[@vicentegeonix]

No is not

[@jeffmann6437]

It's interesting that so many people equate style with the rule-set followed in kumite. While different arts correlate with different rule sets, it seems to me that any style can use any set of rules in the practice of an art. In fact, the more ways you spar, the better for developing an effective and well-rounded martial artist. So yes, this particular match is comparable to the rules used in Daido Juku, which is comparable to MMA. At other times we use ippon rules. With regard to the people who say, "This isn't Goju-ryu!" If they mean that we both really suck and are a disgrace to the legacy of Chojun Miyagi... well, then, OK. But if they mean we're not doing ippon kumite, then I would argue that they have a very provincial understanding of karate.

[@yamiyomizuki]

Out of curiosity, why if one is still on ones feet and one's opponent is on the ground would one go for a mount rather than circling around and going for either kicks or stamps to the grounded opponents head or ribs?

[@Merrick]

Only problem with gloves and face shields is that it encourages indiscriminate punching to the skull. In the true true you don't punch the skull. You punch the jawbone or use open handed technique. "break the thumb you've killed the family" That being said, this training protocol is better than what 99.9% of karate school will use. This (with shin guards) is perfect for kids and beginners.

[@JKMannsr]

Fair enough! But both of us have beautiful faces and smiles we want to keep looking good for many years to come. :)

[@bujindork]

I agree. If you aint making money no reason to bust up the face. Its just a hobby

[@fightormon]

What were the rules of this kumite?

[@JKMannsr]

Basically: Full contact striking, with elbows, knees, headbutts. Throws and up to 30 seconds grappling before being stood up again.

[@alexjkazama9753]

Better than a UFC match 😜

[@GloriettaX]

Is this Daido-Juku Kudo?

[@tatumergo3931]

Daido Juko Kudo comes from Go-Ju ryu.... It's the ancestral art of kyokushin.

[@Jefferson_oprotetor]

Goju-Ryu esse estilo é bem legal 👊😎

[@9738KANSIURAA]

Similiar with Kudo ?

[@satheeshkumar6865]

Awesome. Great Okinawan Goju Ryu 👍

[@DiPirainoEletronica]

did u call this Karate?

[@OkurkaBinLadin]

Its "you".

[@WadeSmith-oe5xd]

I'm rewatching this, and yeah, when you can punch as hard as a Gojuryu fighter is supposed to punch if they've been trained correctly, the bullet-proof glass on the face is necessary for sparring, otherwise you'd break one another's nose or jaw every time you punched them.

[@tatumergo3931]

Without proper safety equipment protection, applying karate full-contact is dangerous. Real karate training is about the knock down one punch or strike method (Ikken Hissatsu)!

[@WadeSmith-oe5xd]

@@tatumergo3931 Yes. I studied Isshinryu for six years and used to do a couple hundred push-ups per day. when I was 20 years old I had a 1000 pound punch. You hit someone that hard in the face bare knuckle and it will break something in just one hit.

[@attilaruzsas857]

This is Kudo!

[@namelesssnitchy]

Isnt this the style "daido yuku"?

[@HayashiCatholic]

No, Kudo as it is known is a mixture of karate with judo and other martial arts, but it is very similar to the original form of Okinawan karate, as karate was initially a mixture of Tegumi (grab fighting) with other arts.

[@namelesssnitchy]

@@HayashiCatholic seems like the best karate style to me. We want a full fighting / defense sport

[@HayashiCatholic]

@@namelesssnitchy I fully agree.

[@t.u9112]

ISSO SIM É KARATÊ DE VERDADE 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@t.u9112]

@Aumima Mimadino E aiiii, siiim meu sonho treinar... acho lindo demais e muito mais foda

[@t.u9112]

@Aumima Mimadino muito booom, devia voltar a treinar.. aproveita que você tem e eu não, ai fico so na vontade 😓😓😓😓

[@baphomet2827]

Nice Nice!

[@manuelsaldate.3920]

Con Respeto lo escribo, mucha falta de Técnica y falta de Fuerza en Golpes y Patadas.

[@manguel3]

Is this Daido juku kudo?

[@JKMannsr]

These are Goju-ryu practitioners doing a type of sparring quite similar to Daido Juku rules.

[@complexblackness]

Karate originally had grappling (mainly stand up/clinch work)and throws. What you usually see is the westernized and bastardized version of Karate here in America.

[@glorioussun2505]

How does someone win in this kind of sparring, if there is a winner at all?

[@JKMannsr]

We're all winners! ;) But seriously, you can win by submission or it goes to a judges' decision (which is what happened here). Competitors can also earn wazari (points) during the fight. You'll see a few of these along the way. If someone has more wazari, they should be voted the winner. There was a mistake here, as the more handsome fighter (cough, cough) had two wazari, his opponent had one, but the two seated judges voted for the latter. That is what the referee is explaining at the end, and why folks are laughing. But we're all one big family, so whatever.

[@christopherallan4298]

This looks like a hell of a lot of fun! My only criticism is that at one point, one of the fighters got mounted by the other, and he tried to defend by extending his arms to punch. If you do that against someone who is well-versed in some kind of jacket wrestling (Judo/BJJ/Sambo/etc), there's a huge risk of getting caught with a straight armbar (juji-gatame). But I'm no expert on anything though, so please don't take it like I'm trying to talk down to anyone; just my observation. Happy training!

[@jkphilosophy101]

Boxer, jj and karateka here I'm at minute 2:07. My current observation right of the bat after slowing the video down; this is really good and one step ahead of point sparring karate. Highly endorse this. However they need to project less when kicking and be more.precise. Their punches are good but they let go of their guards when striking and also when kicking. They really need.to.focus on that. I am no better than them in anyways but I sincerely want any karateka to be good in defending themselves using these few adjustments

[@johnpjones1775]

It’s nice to see that there are other karateka engaging in continuous sparring with heavy-full contact. My only gripe is the plastic face shields. If the ultimate goal is self defense you need to learn to take a face punch and how to fight through the pain/discomfort of it.

[@kevlarchicken]

i get what your saying but lets face it most people do martial arts because they enjoy it the moment they start getting smacked in the face and risk getting a broken nose or something there going to leave i think the face plates are a nice compromise as you can take a body punch without risking disfigurement ive seen clubs that wear foot, shin, groin and helmet protection along with huge boxing gloves you feel like the michelin man and you learn nothing but this i actualy like personaly

[@johnpjones1775]

@@kevlarchicken i mean there's a balance between realism and safety always, but there is no, or at least shouldn't be a risk of disfigurement from a face punch in sparring. either practice in the dojo, or competition. the face protectors create a false sense of security about taking a face punch (if anyone actually bothers to throw them) and it shifts the 'meta' of the fight so to speak away from face punches since they won't cause pain they provide no deterrence, and very little advantage of any sort. why punch the face when you can hit them in the solar plexus and knock the wind out of them for example?

[@kevlarchicken]

@@johnpjones1775 again i agree they do create a false sense of security if i were to introduce them it would probably only be for the lower grades were you dont have nearly as much control as a dan grade should

[@EgonMalik]

💪👍🙏

[@alLEDP]

One thing I wpould change is making Gi grips legal.... why else waring Gis? I am a Judoka btw.

[@ManofOneGod]

What's the difference between this and Kudo?

[@JKMannsr]

The people sparring within this particular framework of rules are Goju-ryu practitioners. :)

[@peres827]

Muito boa luta, parabéns

[@inkorps]

So many comments about this is not karate or this is karate..but do anyone can explain to me what is karate? An goju-ryu it's a style of karate and have irikumi-go..search in Google for that and then come an comment! did anyone know that karate in is origin was an mix of martial arts? this was free info, go search the rest 😉 by the way, not so good tecnik, but good effort 💪👊👍

[@oneguy7202]

Shotokan had a ton of grappling in it and luta in judo came from shotokan also a lot early judokas constrain is shotokan

[@jungyushin1206]

I think that is not goju ryu karate. This is kudo vs goju ryu karateka

[@SMuneeshwar]

This is karate or kusty

[@NardaLee]

Always fun to see sensei roll. ;)

[@두발라이크]

Isn't it Kudo? The headgear is Kudo's headgear..play ground like Kudo It's almost like Kudo.

[@tatumergo3931]

Where does Kudo come from? What's Kudo ancestry, aren't the origins of Kyokushin in Go-Ju and Shorin-ryu?

[@philipfansworth]

Cada vez me convenzo más de que el único estilo de Karate Do de fantasía es el Shotokan. Aquí una muestra del Karate Do real, del que si sirve: el Goju Ryu.

[@Eliyahu97]

What weren't they bouncing???

[@tatumergo3931]

Because in full-contact karate there's no bouncing. That's just something shiai sport-karate does to develop dynamism, since sport karate is a game of touch and not about effective technique. In full-contact karate you need to be grounded, otherwise you just get thrown around like a rag doll...

[@bryanbrown8870]

If either one of those people were just a little less good at karate and better at ju jitsu, that fight would have ended a lot sooner. Ju Jitsu incorporated with judo is generally going to come on top in every fight, as most fights make it to the ground.

[@oneguy7202]

Bjj came from judo and mix it with catch at atsrat and with everything else in process, all the stuff Royce did in UFC you can find at traditional judo howere bjj evolve too much after 1993

[@dandruff3414]

What I imagine Karate before being brought to Japan would look like

[@kyoshinronin]

Isn't that Daido Juku? To everyone who says that even Karate has started incorporating grappling in its system, must know that Daidu Juku (Kudo) has been doing it for far more years than MMA.

[@OkurkaBinLadin]

Grappling was always part of karate.

[@quinsan3543]

This is awesome 👍

[@IsaacLausell]

Now that is karate!

[@lopezb]

Karate or MMA?

[@hagaibinsealtiel3745]

No wonder SHOTOKAN style Karate is considered The Best