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Karate practitioners are effective in combat sports like MMA (Mixed Martial Arts). The common training methods and techniques of these fighters are used in our training.<\/p>\n

MMA fighters with a karate background that became UFC champions are Lyoto Machida, Chuck Liddell, George St-Pierre, and Bas Rutten.\u00a0 Other strong MMA fighters with a karate background are Katsunori Kikuno, Seth Petruzelli, John Makdessi, Ryo Chonan, and Stephen Thompson.\u00a0 The latter even holds a 63 wins \u2013 0 losses kickboxing record.\u00a0 On a side note, kickboxing was developed in the 1950s under influence of Tatsuo Yamada to use karate techniques in a ring. \u00a0Semmy Shilt and Andy Hug are karate fighters who took the K-1 title, a competition deciding who is the best stand-up fighter in the world.<\/em><\/p>\n

Grappling in karate?<\/strong>
\nThe grappling aspect in class is kept simple and with self-defense in mind.\u00a0 Namely,\u00a0getting back to your feet or\u00a0finishing the fight quickly on the ground if the opportunity is given.<\/p>\n

Okinawan karate contains grappling moves, which we can be find in old, often still un-translated books. I reconstruct them with grapplers in Kudo and Brazilian Jujutsu to pressure test their effectiveness. \u00a0My studies in Japanology \u00a0at \u00a0the KULeuven University in Belgium, the International Budo University in Japan, and Sydney University in Australia on karate history in the Japanese language have brought up insights in the neglected aspect of grappling in karate.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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