Kyokushin IS karate. Akimoto rightfully WINS in a kickboxing tournament using karate techniques from the Kyokushin style. I know it's painful to admit for all the karate haters, but it's fact.
I'm not a karate hater, but he's not the best karate fighter in the world., since he has a relatively low percentage of blocking his opponent's attacks.
To those who are asking yes he is a Karateka but a Kyokushin based Japanese Style Kickboxer. If you want to see the difference watch Tenshin Nasukawa vs Kyoji Horiguchi. Both have heavy Karate backgrounds but look different using them.
As you say, it is kickboxing. Some karate mixed into kickboxing may work but focusing on mastering the basics of kickboxing is always the most effective way.
@@patmanpatmanson you do realize that both Japanese and American Kickboxing evolved directly from Karate and the pipeline of talent is still Karate for the pipeline of talent. So it's not like Taekwondo where you have to master the fundamentals to make it work. 80-90% of what he does is still Karate just optimized for this ruleset and either way he's still a Karateka.
I dont know what you're talking about. Those two are shotokan based. The difference is Tenshin already adapted in kickboxing, while the other still in delusion by using shotokan stance directly. Lol
@@enemymine1335 Well Dutch Style kickboxing and Japanese style kickboxing all took there techniques from Kyokushin Karate, which is in my opinion the superior style of all karate.
@@ferumcastrum4097 We know of course that Kickboxing’s kicking technique is from karate,but base on videos that i watch,Muay Thai has influnce to dutch kickboxing with regards to effectiveness not kyukushin karate(the low kick).l am not a sport historian but i am sure that when dutch kickboxer founded their kickboxing club,they already knew or even encounter MT fighters.
@@butchreed5764 we would expect Dana to be Dana and say that but realistically speaking One FC has some serious warriors that can match the UFC's best. Ben Askren was a disappointment we all had high hopes he would shine in the UFC but his style was one dimensional and he eventually got caught by an intelligent fighter. Regardless One FC has serious contenders especially in the welterweight and lower weight classes.
Why there are so many martial artist wanna be here in the comments saying that there's no karate here? Oh my foccin balls. It's kyukushin . A karate style created by the late mas oyama. It's more of a kick boxing style than of a point sparring and this is where Kudo evolved. Karate style with grappling, throws and ground work.
If Akimoto wins, Muay Thai paranoid supporters will say he uses Muay Thai techniques. If Akimoto loses, Muay Thai paranoid supporters will say he uses Karate techniques. Correct ?
I love watching kyokushin karate its like lets see who is tougher but if you try this to long reach good footwork guy that moves laterally its gonna be downhill
pretty sure this is kyokushin. It resembles kyokushin but I think he's adopted some kickboxing as well. Kyokushin is the only karate that seems to work tbh. Before someone mentions machida or connor mcgregor, theirs aren't karate either. Machida dad's karate is different and machida himself said he's adopted techniques from other martials are and changed his karate a lot for the ufc, and that traditional karate does not work. He even outright says stuff like kata wont help u fight better. Mcgregor has karate influence earlier on in his career, but still most of his techniques are kickboxing. Later on he changed his entire style to boxer/kickboxing
Kudo Daido Juko ma friend. That art is complete. Plus the tournaments allows headbutts, grappling, throws,ground and pound and no limits just don't hut the nutzzz. that was hybrid karate
Hiroki Sensei is a karateka, and hence his fighting style is legitimately karate. For all the ignorants karate haters out there: Karate is an eclectic family of martial arts. It is in its nature to adapt to new purposes; to evolve, and diversify. And like all grandmasters of the past, Hiroki crosstrained, dropped the techniques that didn't work in kickboxing, and appropiated the techniques that did. Muai Thai, in contrast, it is a static uniform thing. All Muai Thai fighters fight in essentially the same, boring way. Ossu!
As a Karate guy I was confused on his style but I’ve read he’s displaying Kyokushin? That makes sense but the Karate we were expecting to see is Point Style
Kyokushin/full contact karate guys call what they train is karate. Non contact/point rule guys call what they train is karate. More traditional Okinawan karate guys call what they train is karate.
Anyone doesn't realize that kyokushin always doing kumite with different weight class!!! Put akimoto with a head class fighter and he will fights them all. 100 kumite, non weight class are those kyokushin full contact training and tournament!!! Small guy vs big guy must passed all of them before they get mastered.
@@DJF7819 well precision is something you can learn plus finding the range.Some people have a natural instinct for it so it's hard to say but with as many years of training i'd say the chance is 50/50.
Yeah, but it's not about which karate techniques/move he used. It's more like karate helped his condition. He really calms with low kicks in close distance, while kickboxers usually low kick when they are far. And his low kicks are not traditional Muay Thai low kick. AND karate taught him to be light on his feet. Thats why he is bounding way more than other kickboxers.
Kyokushin karate with a little bit of boxing, he's not normally that defensive but his opponent is literally named "One punch man" so he had to keep his guard up and in close range in order to avoid knees and kicks
But to be fair someone told me that he apparently trains with Nong-O. So he does train some Muay Thai. His base and style is more like Kyokushin though
@bo xer Traditional Japanese combats don't use knee or round kick. And more than half, if not most of all high level Japanese fighters used to train Muay Thai.
@@Alexander_S_K Kyokushin does feel more like MMA since it includes Judo, Boxing and 2 other karate styles as it's fundamentals. The boxing stance and techniques makes a whole lot of sense as Mas Oyama made it so that it's more effective in today's standards. The Karate is there if you look hard enough.
For a karate fighter he sure is using a lot of low kicks and inside knees, not karate in my book just look at his form, I am unfamiliar with any version of karate that trains in those strikes or stance. That said he is hella good at what he is doing so keep rocking it.
It's called kyokushin karate low kicks are part of the main techniques in this martial art so if u say not karate in my book tell that to the late mas Oyama 🙄🙄🙄🙄
The way he sets up his roundhouse kicks are pretty obvious karate to my eyes, power is generated by twisting the waist followed by a snappy follow thru then a quick retrieve, although the roundhouse kicks for both muay Thai and karate are similar, if you've watched long enough you'll notice the difference
That Japanese karate-background kickboxer fighter is great.But i am being piss off When you people are still complimenting Karate,Muay thai or Wushu(which result to quarelling)…you forget boxing which make other prevail due to superb boxing or atleast in combination thereof.Muay thai,karate and wushu are way less effective without boxing.
@@ajmjl9102 I don’t agree.I like the art of striking than jujitsu or wresling but in the street i prefer to use boxing,wresling and some jujitsu technique. I have a flexible legs but i think kicking is quite unreliable,it’s only looks awesome in sports.If your shoes is on and there’s a fight,you even feel the need to throw your shoes just to feel more comfortable kicking…thats the reality.
@@enemymine1335 yes but karate is more than just kicks to the head we have low kicks sweeps joint locks throws trips takedowns of all kinds elbows knees clinch work headbutts and we train mostly bare knuckles or with MMA gloves while boxing trains with 12 oz above gloves which gives a false sense of security and allows for alot of unrealistic techniques like shoulder rolls and encouraging blocking over parrying in a actual fight alot of boxing things can be used while karate has unrealistic elements also it's a much more complete style instead of having to learn 4 MARTIAL ARTS boxers can even check a low kick or defend a takedown or even properly block a body kick
@@atomic9781 he's got boxing. also are there knees in karate? it just looks like he mixed a lot of styles together but one is pushing him as a "karate guy" to prove karate works in a fight. if you really want to see karate in a fight go watch somebody like wonderboy thompson.
He trains with Nong-O, a champ Muay Thai fighter. Stop telling yourselves lies. He uses Muay Thai techniques, there is are videos from Evole MMA. So many delusional people in here.
There's No Karate here at all, he's fighting using mainly kick and Thai boxing techniques. On a personal level a karate practitioner in this arena would get schooled senseless.
Lol someone's salty, that's Kyokushin Karate, one of the most effective styles of Karate, and they fight like this Toe to Toa watch some sparring matches and you'll see.
yeah he uses real karate as others have stated. not the kind where you get a black belt at the age of 12. Also yes I am a hater of useless striking forms. It's bad for martial arts
Kyokushin IS karate. Akimoto rightfully WINS in a kickboxing tournament using karate techniques from the Kyokushin style. I know it's painful to admit for all the karate haters, but it's fact.
Facts tell them.
I'm not a karate hater, but he's not the best karate fighter in the world., since he has a relatively low percentage of blocking his opponent's attacks.
@@WadeSmith-oe5xd …Nobody was making that argument…?
To those who are asking yes he is a Karateka but a Kyokushin based Japanese Style Kickboxer. If you want to see the difference watch Tenshin Nasukawa vs Kyoji Horiguchi. Both have heavy Karate backgrounds but look different using them.
As you say, it is kickboxing. Some karate mixed into kickboxing may work but focusing on mastering the basics of kickboxing is always the most effective way.
@@patmanpatmanson you do realize that both Japanese and American Kickboxing evolved directly from Karate and the pipeline of talent is still Karate for the pipeline of talent. So it's not like Taekwondo where you have to master the fundamentals to make it work. 80-90% of what he does is still Karate just optimized for this ruleset and either way he's still a Karateka.
Kyokushin is Karate,foh..Japanese kickboxing style..its KARATE..Get it right..
I dont know what you're talking about. Those two are shotokan based. The difference is Tenshin already adapted in kickboxing, while the other still in delusion by using shotokan stance directly. Lol
@@rehan-ci1tk Tenshin Nasukawa doesn't have a background in Shotokan
This is example of extremely professional style adaptation from karate to kickboxing
I can’t see karate there except
A superb kickboxer
@@enemymine1335 Well Dutch Style kickboxing and Japanese style kickboxing all took there techniques from Kyokushin Karate, which is in my opinion the superior style of all karate.
@@ferumcastrum4097 We know of course that Kickboxing’s kicking technique is from karate,but base on videos that i watch,Muay Thai has influnce to dutch kickboxing with regards to effectiveness not kyukushin karate(the low kick).l am not a sport historian but i am sure that when dutch kickboxer founded their kickboxing club,they already knew or even encounter MT fighters.
Akimoto is a beast. real karate
These guys in One FC are serious warriors !!!
Agreed But Dana white claims the best are in the ufc 🤔
@@butchreed5764 we would expect Dana to be Dana and say that but realistically speaking One FC has some serious warriors that can match the UFC's best. Ben Askren was a disappointment we all had high hopes he would shine in the UFC but his style was one dimensional and he eventually got caught by an intelligent fighter. Regardless One FC has serious contenders especially in the welterweight and lower weight classes.
Kyokushin karate 👊🥋
Why there are so many martial artist wanna be here in the comments saying that there's no karate here? Oh my foccin balls. It's kyukushin . A karate style created by the late mas oyama. It's more of a kick boxing style than of a point sparring and this is where Kudo evolved. Karate style with grappling, throws and ground work.
Negative it has nothing to do with kick boxing, its Karate..stop watering it down..if any thing its Shotokan & Ryu karate mix
@@elmal23 you do know seidokaikan (kyokushin offshoot) started K1?
@@elmal23 kick boxing came form karate brow
The Real jin kazama.
Hhhhh, damn true
Yes
I'm the real one actually 😁
If Akimoto wins, Muay Thai paranoid supporters will say he uses Muay Thai techniques.
If Akimoto loses, Muay Thai paranoid supporters will say he uses Karate techniques.
Correct ?
Correct
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I train Muay Thai, he is not using Muay Thai
Guess who he trains with...
Nong-O. Guess what style Nong-O is based in.
Correct?
kyokushin karate and all the offshoots of kyokushin karate are the strongest karate oss👌👌 love them all
Yea Kyokushin style🔥🔥🔥
Had my eyes on several other bouts (stacked!) at OneX but Hiroki stole the show 🤜🏼🔥🤛🏼
Superb fighter. It is great to see how Akimoto has evolved “wink” “wink” his defence is near perfect
To allow his offensive capabilities to shine. Great work ONE FC.
why are you winking
@@flyingturtlemonkeyindatrees a bad joke Akimoto represents Evolve MMA
I love watching kyokushin karate its like lets see who is tougher but if you try this to long reach good footwork guy that moves laterally its gonna be downhill
Kyokushin power 👊💪
Akimoto is No.1 fighter
Kyokushin karate and muay thai mixed is deadly 🔥
@bo xer yea he trained in muay thai aswell
@bo xer it's facts look it up
@bo xer don't care bro
@@Blue_Eyed_Samurai no proof. He may have trained Muay Thai, but his game is still 90% Kyokushin
I wish there was a good kyokushin school near me.
To this day i still can't believed that Akimoto beat Capitan like that
Very good!
This organization is serious
very good match
If/when I get into kickboxing Akimoto is my idol at the moment I have to get to this guys level and then some.
Short hair akimoto looks different, he is leaner and shredded there.
New masato 🔥
It would be nice to talk about Taekwondo with Tanh le
So the ufc is the only one with warriors huh?Okay Dana!
pretty sure this is kyokushin. It resembles kyokushin but I think he's adopted some kickboxing as well. Kyokushin is the only karate that seems to work tbh. Before someone mentions machida or connor mcgregor, theirs aren't karate either. Machida dad's karate is different and machida himself said he's adopted techniques from other martials are and changed his karate a lot for the ufc, and that traditional karate does not work. He even outright says stuff like kata wont help u fight better. Mcgregor has karate influence earlier on in his career, but still most of his techniques are kickboxing. Later on he changed his entire style to boxer/kickboxing
Kudo Daido Juko ma friend. That art is complete. Plus the tournaments allows headbutts, grappling, throws,ground and pound and no limits just don't hut the nutzzz. that was hybrid karate
@@carltorres1006 yes but the astronaut helmet gives a false sense of security. But yes it's a step in the right direction for aure
one fc proof the kickboxing in cage are more awesome than ring
Hiroki Sensei is a karateka, and hence his fighting style is legitimately karate. For all the ignorants karate haters out there: Karate is an eclectic family of martial arts. It is in its nature to adapt to new purposes; to evolve, and diversify. And like all grandmasters of the past, Hiroki crosstrained, dropped the techniques that didn't work in kickboxing, and appropiated the techniques that did. Muai Thai, in contrast, it is a static uniform thing. All Muai Thai fighters fight in essentially the same, boring way. Ossu!
Bring back Jeff Chan mmashredded
Japan domination!!
Hopefully he fights nong o next
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Where video clip Rodtang vs Jonhson ?
As a Karate guy I was confused on his style but I’ve read he’s displaying Kyokushin? That makes sense but the Karate we were expecting to see is Point Style
no he uses real karate
Kyokushin/full contact karate guys call what they train is karate.
Non contact/point rule guys call what they train is karate.
More traditional Okinawan karate guys call what they train is karate.
Kyokushin isn't for point sparring shotokan is
@@ksmsepk607 Karate is not a martial art. It is a family of martial arts. All that you mention is, indeed, karate.
not all Karate, Kyokushin is the one!
Akimoto is kyokushin practitioner right?
Yes
what I just see is boxing mixed with kicking.
Well, kickboxing is a mix of boxing and karate, so...
He has a karate kyokushin background but i think he 's training in muay thai for years.
Have kickboxing with smaller gloves
Anyone doesn't realize that kyokushin always doing kumite with different weight class!!! Put akimoto with a head class fighter and he will fights them all. 100 kumite, non weight class are those kyokushin full contact training and tournament!!! Small guy vs big guy must passed all of them before they get mastered.
Extreme amount of fists thrown and extremely many of them where missing the target...
Genuine question, not meant to be passive aggressive, I am sincerely curious. Do you think you could have done better?
@@DJF7819 well precision is something you can learn plus finding the range.Some people have a natural instinct for it so it's hard to say but with as many years of training i'd say the chance is 50/50.
@@DJF7819 yeah he can definitely do better than the world kickboxing champion 😂
Isn't Akimoto applying Karate here in this fight? Please clear my doubt
Yeah, but it's not about which karate techniques/move he used. It's more like karate helped his condition. He really calms with low kicks in close distance, while kickboxers usually low kick when they are far. And his low kicks are not traditional Muay Thai low kick. AND karate taught him to be light on his feet. Thats why he is bounding way more than other kickboxers.
@@xiongvaj2014 Thank you baby
Go watch some kyokushin karate videos and compare
Patanong vs akimoto
would this be considered more of a dutch style than karate?
Kyokushin karate with a little bit of boxing, he's not normally that defensive but his opponent is literally named "One punch man" so he had to keep his guard up and in close range in order to avoid knees and kicks
Well the Dutch style has heavy roots from Kyokushin karate.
Lmao that Dutch style copied Japanese martial arts and you're here tryna credits them🤣🤣
Dutch kickboxing comes from kyokushin karate so the answer is yes
..except this has nothing to do with karate?
i don't get how they are able to go at it at this tempo, absolute machines
His main style is Kyokushin and he won in Kyokushin style- toe to toe with the opponent until one of you drops
The footage is sped up slightly
Also, One FC allows steroid usage
@@DrGetgood source trust me brow
The way he kicked , knee and some of his moved. Definitely learn from Muay Thai.
No, that is Kyokushin Karate.
Just to reiterate, no. This is Kyokushin. I train Muay Thai at a Muay Thai gym (I am surrounded by Muay Thai). This is not Muay Thai
But to be fair someone told me that he apparently trains with Nong-O. So he does train some Muay Thai. His base and style is more like Kyokushin though
@bo xer go back to old videos Japanese fought Muay Thai. They don't even know how to use knee or round kick.
@bo xer Traditional Japanese combats don't use knee or round kick. And more than half, if not most of all high level Japanese fighters used to train Muay Thai.
kickboxing is a derivative of kickboxing
Where is the karate in that. Totally different stance.
With that said, great martial artist.
Kyukushin bro, kyukushin is there
@@carltorres1006 Hmmm I dont see it. Looks nothing like kyokushin, unless ofc it has changed massively over the years.
@@Alexander_S_K Kyokushin does feel more like MMA since it includes Judo, Boxing and 2 other karate styles as it's fundamentals.
The boxing stance and techniques makes a whole lot of sense as Mas Oyama made it so that it's more effective in today's standards. The Karate is there if you look hard enough.
Stop watching point crap fighting brow
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There are no Karate using in this fight.
It's so easy being ignorant
For a karate fighter he sure is using a lot of low kicks and inside knees, not karate in my book just look at his form, I am unfamiliar with any version of karate that trains in those strikes or stance. That said he is hella good at what he is doing so keep rocking it.
It's called kyokushin karate low kicks are part of the main techniques in this martial art so if u say not karate in my book tell that to the late mas Oyama 🙄🙄🙄🙄
just enjoy the show dork
@@nominionplays1682 who?
It's kyukushin
The way he sets up his roundhouse kicks are pretty obvious karate to my eyes, power is generated by twisting the waist followed by a snappy follow thru then a quick retrieve, although the roundhouse kicks for both muay Thai and karate are similar, if you've watched long enough you'll notice the difference
Mma is a chicken fight without kickboxing
First
That Japanese karate-background kickboxer fighter is great.But i am being piss off When you people are still complimenting Karate,Muay thai or Wushu(which result to quarelling)…you forget boxing which make other prevail due to superb boxing or atleast in combination thereof.Muay thai,karate and wushu are way less effective without boxing.
Yes but if you take all the arts by it self boxing is one of the least effective
@@ajmjl9102 I don’t agree.I like the art of striking than jujitsu or wresling but in the street i prefer to use boxing,wresling and some jujitsu technique. I have a flexible legs but i think kicking is quite unreliable,it’s only looks awesome in sports.If your shoes is on and there’s a fight,you even feel the need to throw your shoes just to feel more comfortable kicking…thats the reality.
@@enemymine1335 yes but karate is more than just kicks to the head we have low kicks sweeps joint locks throws trips takedowns of all kinds elbows knees clinch work headbutts and we train mostly bare knuckles or with MMA gloves while boxing trains with 12 oz above gloves which gives a false sense of security and allows for alot of unrealistic techniques like shoulder rolls and encouraging blocking over parrying in a actual fight alot of boxing things can be used while karate has unrealistic elements also it's a much more complete style instead of having to learn 4 MARTIAL ARTS boxers can even check a low kick or defend a takedown or even properly block a body kick
@@enemymine1335 and kicking with shoes is no problem for anything besides spinning hook kicks or something crazy
@@ajmjl9102 their is still a difference with movement between kicking with a shoes on and without it.
I dont see Karate, so how does it work?
Its kyokushin Karate!
Its Full Contact Style Not Point fighting
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@@atomic9781 he's got boxing. also are there knees in karate? it just looks like he mixed a lot of styles together but one is pushing him as a "karate guy" to prove karate works in a fight. if you really want to see karate in a fight go watch somebody like wonderboy thompson.
@@shindavid6484 kyokushin karate has knees and low kicks but not punches to the head
@@shindavid6484 muay thai 100% ไม่มีคาราเต้ เพราะฝึกที่ค่ายเดียวกับน้องโอ๋ในประเทศไทย
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Is this Karate ?? oculd not see any sign of Karate, it is more like kick boxing ..
Akimoto is karate world champ look up shinken shobu kyokushin plus kickboxing came from karate
Kick boxing originated from Kyokushin karate
He trains with Nong-O, a champ Muay Thai fighter. Stop telling yourselves lies. He uses Muay Thai techniques, there is are videos from Evole MMA.
So many delusional people in here.
Look up shinken shobu he is a kyokushin world champion doesn't matter who he trains with
Muay Thai fans jumping every possible hoop to explain why other styles can’t use knees and low kicks
So kyokushin doesn't have knees and low kicks like muay thai, 😂😂
@@crisalcantara7671 it's crazy how some Muay Thai fans will fight tooth and nail to tell you why no other art style can use knees
@@iceyslush9201 well they don't know allot about kyokushin that's why i think that they do that
They are brave but their punches aren't sharp and powerful like those from ufc fighters
Looks like kickboxing to me. Where's the karate 🤷🏾♂️
It's not in your ignorant brain lol
Karate? 😂
Kyokushin Karate. Just watch some videos here on YT.
No wonder the rest of the world at America, the most ignorant bunch
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Kyokushin Karate works ?
Most of the time it fucks
opponents in the ring.
Kudo is better
There's No Karate here at all, he's fighting using mainly kick and Thai boxing techniques.
On a personal level a karate practitioner in this arena would get schooled senseless.
Not a professional kyokushin fighter like him 😂
Kyukushin bro, it's there
I'm a kyukushin practitioner and I see that it's there.
Lol someone's salty, that's Kyokushin Karate, one of the most effective styles of Karate, and they fight like this Toe to Toa watch some sparring matches and you'll see.
yeah he uses real karate as others have stated. not the kind where you get a black belt at the age of 12. Also yes I am a hater of useless striking forms. It's bad for martial arts