USSD Final Sparring - Men's Black Belt

2011 Winter Tournament at Soka University
The participants are Jose Rodriguez from USSD Temecula, CA and Brent Murakami from USSD Torrance, CA

[@Don_Orotelli]

Basically The All Valley Tournament

[@archetype253]

Literally 💀 never thought I would see something like this irl

[@Don_Orotelli]

@@archetype253 Same Same

[@warriornikhil762]

😂😂😂cobra kai

[@punk702]

😂

[@jj-wp6wc]

Whoa!! That was cool. These guys are fun to watch. Talented.

[@keithgreen5678]

One of the black belts on the outer edge of the mat was my Sensei back in 2006-2007. Sensei Richard when he was teaching out of San Mateo, right outside of the backside of Camp Pendleton. He was awesome and one my best teachers. I only wish I could have continued studying under him.

[@davidbowen5443]

This isn't supposed to be full on contact street fighting, it's point sparring. However, with that said, either one of these guys against someone who is untrained would probably do very well using very real techniques. This is not the norm for sparring in tournaments though. Most people aren't this good.

[@gking3734]

David Bowen it’s USSd man best system out there

[@kermit1211]

@@gking3734 what is USSD exactly? I never heard of this system before

[@michaelterrell5061]

@@kermit1211 I agree. Seriously this looks great.

[@italianduded1161]

@@kermit1211 it seems some sort of karate kempo

[@Sirmonke69]

@@kermit1211 USSD stands for United Studios of Self Defense, it trains Shaolin Kempo Karate which is Shaolin Kung Fu, Kempo Karate, and Judo all together

[@shinbooks]

That last punch was splendid

[@MezbahRijvee]

Damn son, where’d you find this?

[@RafaelLiraDeOliveira]

Incrível, dá gosto de assistir os dois lutando.

[@alexarriola3714]

very proud, excellent

[@sanddocon]

Awesome lots of energy!!!

[@thedisabledchef2159]

This is the type of tournament fighting I remember

[@snazdogdbfan251]

Watching an actual power ranger fight lol

[@Holygroundmma]

Dang bro this is some good good stuff😵‍💫

[@fightspur]

Nice footwork. Though I'm surprised those shoes are allowed?! Landing a head kick with those could lead to some pretty nasty cuts.

[@grupoyawarete5321]

GREAT FIGHT !!! EXCELLENT TECHNIQUE !!! WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS MARTIAL ART ???

[@ShinigamiTheReaper]

Interesting match... What is the rule set? Seems like continuous sparring but they fight more like regular point sparring.

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Yeah this is point fighting.

[@ShinigamiTheReaper]

@@jestfullgremblim8002 then the tefs suck cuz they weren't calling points when they should have

[@oscarmartin9080]

Muy bueno este combate

[@brentschoning]

All those advanced kicks and the punch took him down. I punch like that from the start of the fight and defence

[@tong-ilmoodocavite5897]

amazing fight,, 🥋🥋🥋🥋❤️💖💗💓

[@danarief]

Man, that's better than most martial arts movie

[@ksanjay3542]

Super fight 👌💐🙏❤

[@2yamashita]

Brent Murakami in the all black gi and Jose Rodriguez in the white and black gi

[@nerohopper]

This was a sick match

[@tanto20]

What martial art is this ?

[@chromeskull6248]

what's that martial arts be called?

[@miamichi5]

That was a great battle. They need to wear feet protection gear. Too darn dangerous. Good battle. 👍

[@masterofyawyantv3434]

Galing

[@billymink7676]

Dang bro, My Sensai over there go ripped apart! I saw him at the test I failed at so now you feel my pain lol

[@sergeyleopard8872]

Прекрасная техника👏

[@user-hx6ty1og6g]

What is this martial arts? Tkd? Karate?

[@karateka2079]

Pretty good

[@hankypankywhoopdydoo284]

Later that day, the water buffalo Matera ate the finalists. He belched loudly.

[@GearShifter925]

He looks like real life NINJA ...!!!!!!!

[@TheSeeking2know]

What is this?

[@lekimngan5892]

Hay quá

[@fernandorr3749]

Que luta é essa??

[@Shi.Hengyi]

why one has shoes and other don't?

[@ninjasolarteam]

What style is this?. Kenpo or taekwondo. Because they are waring black gi. So it's got to be kenpo but they acrobatically kicked like taekwondo. Or was this a combined styles?!

[@bugboyjax]

the system they train with is USSD, which like other systems such as Z-Ultimate are karate, kenpo, some taekwondo and some judo

[@DiegoH1312]

Que tipo de karate es ese????

[@tc47101]

Rất hay 😄😄😊👍

[@uchiwaai2691]

please someone tell me what this marshail art is called

[@angry408w7]

mc dojo

[@honigdachs.]

@@angry408w7 I dare you to move like one of these guys for even 10 seconds, bitch.

[@laceviolet7831]

😍😍😍

[@jm7578]

These Kempo brothers kick better than many Taekwondo practitioners

[@KenpoInside]

They're very skills!!!

[@jellymop]

That Asian guy reminds me of Street Fighter. The way he was flying around. Kinda like Ryu.

[@feyenoorder20]

What style is this ?

[@sgt7]

American kickboxing? I think the same style as Wonderboy Thompson.

[@blackmetalcumbia]

kempo

[@sgt7]

@@blackmetalcumbia I practiced Kenpo for about 1.5 years and all we did were self defence techniques that involved a lot of chops. For example, the "five swords" technique. I wonder did my instructor just not practice the kickboxing part of the curriculum or are there different forms of Kenpo.

[@giorgioquaresima6795]

Cobra kai

[@fazesalv8707]

hows it fair if onne is barefoot and the other has shoes

[@tuna9977]

Does anyone know the name of the fighting style?

[@roland-plus]

Its called "We're Throwing Spinning Shit Now?"

[@tuna9977]

@@roland-plus how did you make a blank

[@WyteChinpira]

Listen with pure respect these guys have great athletic abilities is high, Good flexibility, Could KO a Untrained or trained guy im sure (If presented the opportunity) and so forth, Now my Issue is...Those flashy kicks are not needed they look cool, But Strong and short attacks are better..And 2nd KEEP YOUR HANDS UP more, defend after you attack other wise your getting hit back, when kicking have a stronger defense poster (Your base of the feet), Too many flashy (Little effective) Kicks..All it takes is a good wrestler to end it....Other wise...Looks fun...Your a good fighter

[@deekay1310]

its like the karate kid... SoCUTE!!!!

[@SeventhDoorOpen]

best fight I ever have seen. Fuckk MMA

[@florielacroix8701]

Fiou, il a pris cher!

[@lukeskywalker2913]

These are some talented fighters I'd like to spar with. I alway find I fight better on a Mat as I normally train on hard floor so it's harder to spring forward and bounce on the toes

[@tonynomikos3702]

Its always vetter to spar with people who are better, that way you can learn a thing or two from your opponent, but sparring people who you know you are going to beat doesnt help you improve at all, it just doesnt

[@lukeskywalker2913]

@@tonynomikos3702 I agree however sparring against those on a lower skill level does give you the best opportunity to assess them so you can help them improve

[@franciscogutierrez4248]

he ejected himself like a rocket op shit

[@simplyzatoro]

Who!

[@suhasbanik6961]

was not expecting to see a dance performance

[@ProfessorBulletMG]

Lots of wasted movement. If he tries this crap on the street-the bunny hopping-he will certainly have his ass handed to him.

[@user-xh3jm4oo1i]

The biggest problem of this fighting style is you could fall down very easily, you easily loss your own balance and fail down, if you fail down in a real fight your enemy would kick your head like kick a foot ball.

[@kermit1211]

That will only happen if the opponent is close enough. Plus these guys know where to fall to avoid getting kicked

[@manuelluna5695]

Circus

[@Senseibilly]

What are the names of the two that are sparring?

[@vexotoniks]

Sensei B Jose Rodriguez and brent murakami

[@user-le9tx7uq4c]

😲

[@shevetlevi2821]

The guy in all black looks like he has some Capoiera in his background.

[@Katcom111]

This some karate kid competition. Lol

[@jacobsmartialarts]

Man got litterly murdered in the final round

[@EirinYagokoro]

Aren't black belts supposed to be wiser when fighting? Doing flashy attacks simply gives the opponent an opportunity to strike you down

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Yes but as you can see, neither of them were even good enough (or didn't want to interrupt each other) to catch their opponent while they were doing an unpractical move. This will sound repetitive, ignorant even, but a Muay Thai (as an example, it could be most kickboxing styles) fighter would end up wrecking these people. They try way too much to give a show, yes, yes it is awesome that you make the sport greater for the eye pf the untrained, it will bring more people, but one also has to show practical fighting technique too. For first, their stance, it is good for powerful spinning kicks and for quick side kicks (which are very practical, yet we didn't see enough of them), and as they are somewhat squared like a boxing stance, they can also throw solid punches. Now then, agresive punching has shown many times to defeat this stance if the user tends to do this many flashy moves, yet we didn't get to see such here. I'm not even a striker, i'm actually a Judoka that practiced some other arts and cross-spars a lot, and even still, i can see such things.

[@stealthyyoutube3864]

that's only if they aren't fast enough. Most of the fancy kicks are for gaining distance, that's why they are so fast, because it doesn't give the opponent a chance to attack

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

@@stealthyyoutube3864 i mean, yeah. But if you are close enough and still do a fancy kick, your opponent will be able to get you first (which matters a lot in point fighting) with a push kick/front kick/teep

[@stealthyyoutube3864]

@@jestfullgremblim8002 yeah if you are close enough

[@Agbahizzal]

Idk man. Those feints there were throwing would freeze u long enough for them to know which "flashy kick" to throw.

[@vlads.3865]

Mac Dojo

[@amigonts]

he is allowd to kick with shooes on?!

[@quickreviews8248]

Jesus loves you ❤️❤️❤️ Give your life to Christ before it is too late 🙏🙏🙏.

[@timwilsin6816]

the last fight was ended with just a fucking superman punch! am i wrong?

[@Meowface.]

Go go power rangers

[@user-pv6km6wd8p]

Балет.

[@pinkydavis6113]

Point Karate drives me crazy. Both guys with their chins way up in the air and pursuing the cheap points. This particular match was much better than most I've seen but the entire sport should be replaced with full-contact matches that don't get stopped when points are scored. Point Karate instills bad habits in it's practitioners if in fact these skills are intended to be used in real empty hand self-defense situations.

[@shevetlevi2821]

I agree 100%. Most of my background is in Okinawan karate but I trained for 3 years in BJJ. On Saturday mornings in that BJJ school they did the best system of sparring I've ever seen. We'd wear gloves and start the sparring standing up, striking. It would continue in striking/ standup mode until one fighter did a takedown and then the sparring would seamlessly transition into grapling just like it would on the street. It would continue like this until one of the 2 tapped out or a time limit was reached.

[@pinkydavis6113]

@@shevetlevi2821 I’ve done a lot of that kind of situational sparring myself. You’re on the right track…

[@Agbahizzal]

As some1 whose done amateur MMA, I can see the benefit of point spar. U cant get this footwork when ur allowed to slug and Stephen Thompson has shown that even at the highest lvls that if u out class some1's footwork, who cares what else they got.

[@TheSilenc]

@@shevetlevi2821 Where do you train at? Cause my gym, SBG HQ in Dublin, separates BJJ from wrestling, so that wrestling stops when someone gets a takedown and with BJJ one starts on the ground and the other stands. And it's even a MMA gym so it's not ideal. Might be different with the pro fighters though

[@shevetlevi2821]

@@TheSilenc I stopped training there due to a bad hand injury 6 years ago. Unfortunately the school, in Fort Lauderdale, FL, doesn't exist anymore. But I still believe that my teacher's system was the best balance between safety (it's easy to have life-changing injuries if your training is too realistic) and what happens out there. AND, it was alot of fun.

[@Meta_Meech]

This is some Cobra Kai type of shit lol

[@valdineisantos4768]

I don't know this martial art!

[@mohdhishamuddinbinkamarudi4403]

I see all these comment like.. wow.. its a great sparring.. but to be honest nothing much except both keep on dancing on each other oppenent.. lol..

[@mohdhishamuddinbinkamarudi4403]

They cant even make any kick on point..😅

[@xsystem1]

is this karate???

[@EirinYagokoro]

United Studios of Self Defense

[@xsystem1]

@@EirinYagokoro what is that? sounds like an united americans mcdojo association

[@markarnsberg1591]

When you call these ( black belts) One dose a disservice to the art it self.

[@eddted2876]

Men's black belt?! They look like kids! Fancy stuff boys first part.

[@dadimark7729]

kangkarot style 😅

[@karate.brothers]

osu

[@pablo49kskskw]

dude this makes the fighting scenes from movies and anime look bad

[@orlandogonzalez9360]

What is USSD ? These guys would get murdered in any NASKA tournament. By guys that would not even be ranked.

[@Tianshanwarrior]

too much silly jumping and score with a simple punch at the end

[@rafcmagus]

The japanese guy looks very amateurish. Flashy moves that consumes a lot of energy and a none of them were cautious at all. In a real fight you use a lot of energy and circular kicks should be executed with caution. Those guys were exposing their backs everytime wich is very dangeorus if they take a kick in the spine. When I was a kid a sparring partner had that bad habit too, he exposed his back to me very easy and I almost make the guy paraplegic with a straight kick, because obviosuly the rotation movement is slow. The acobatic maneuver in the air also can be counter attacked easily. Is ok to be flashy in movies, but since these kids are trying to learn self defense, if they keep doing that kind of fight, they will get accustumed to those moves and in a street fight they will pay the price.

[@kevintse2870]

I don’t know, I don’t think a regular assailant would see ANY of those kicks coming, as fast as they were, and they looked like they had power.

[@rafcmagus]

@@kevintse2870 Well there is a common misconception about an assailant. People tends to think that they opponents are armless logs that don't react at all. Those kid for some people can be seen as fast but for me at least are slow enough to be countered. In a street fight you usually finds people that are stronger and faster from what you would be expecting. The other day I watched a video from a survellliance system where a thief just grabbed a gas tank those one used in kitchens, and climbing over a 3 meter wall while was holding the tank with one arm and uses the other to climb, and he was a very skinny guy. Most fights in the streets usually involves knives or guns, and if you do a innecesary move you could get a nice stab in the guts for free, and the key is to finish the fight in the first minutes because stamina in a fight is something that will be depleted fast. And if the assailant throw you in the floor, you will be losing more than just a match, fighting on the ground is essential. You can't know in advance if you will fighting in an open or closed ground, and that also must be taking in consideration in the defense. Using innecesary moves that may put you in a disadvantage if the assailant react accordly could be fatal for you. If the kid is pushed in the air where he obviously doesn't have a way to stay stand, he will fall on the ground for sure, and the assailant would take the opportunity to finish him more easily

[@petkoterziev2]

👎😎 is this even a martial art or it's just some hopping around?

[@iconcanada3660]

So bad. What a shame. Karate sucks now

[@user-hx6ty1og6g]

He don’t have any technic he just jumped and spining kick terrible boxing skill terrible TKD skill

[@komodot9249]

in real life these techniques would not work they are fancy but in real life they would be knocked on theirs but I am in Martial arts (soon to be black belt) and I know this cause I have tried them.

[@robertreaves4716]

komodo i dont agree

[@alastairlance4295]

Wow, impressive. Ur a black belt eh? The one in the full back gi could rock your shit and anyone elses. He is my personal master, these techniques are actually quite effective

[@daltonxdalton7306]

They def would fuck up the average guy. This guy could make it work.

[@Romans15.4]

@@daltonxdalton7306 Yeah, they've got energy, timing, and ferocity. Good fighters.

[@williamwest7008]

@@alastairlance4295 Your "master" fights like a fool, throwing kicks just to show off instead of strategically. Jumping and spinning all over the place, 'hey look what I can do'.