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Why ???? I think its like MMA but wearing a gi ( or viceversa , cuz I guess its older )..... you can there do the same stuff that UFC guys do . Exactly, my friend. I would DO this instead of UFC. I think the appearance of this looks more "classy", if you will, than UFC.

Meh, belts. I think it was really callous to "invent" his own style. It was ripping off other martial arts--and we've seen what has happened to the million styled karate--some styles just don't have the fundamentals that they used to have. Anyway, there is more to martial arts than being able to beat someone up. There needs to be ethical code to bar martial artists from attacking people, or being too easily overcome with emotion or bogus superficial ideals of what the RIGHT way is.

I didn't know the name for it, but yeah, don't hit a wall with that technique... lol.

I agree. However, I think that it is easier for the grappler to become a striker than it is for strikers to pick up grappling. That is where the grappler's advantage lies, I think. Well, I could disagree or agree, it wouldn't matter. Such a thing depends entirely on the Martial Artist. I know that in a non-grappling style of karate that it isn't too hard to learn to grapple since there are already throwing and sweeping and arm lock techniques in it. But such tournaments as this are really fun. I would much rather do this than a UFC type of match.

All I know is that I've hardly seen a Tae Kwon Do fighter chamber their leg after a kick. That might be what he was referring to.

Except they were terrible strikers. There wasn't any technique nor much commitment. If they were intent on knocking them out, they might have been a little more ferocious. Any who, my karate dojo went to one of these events and did very well. Each student earned either first, second or third. And don't get me wrong: there is an advantage to grappling. But grappling and striking are equally as important. If you can knock a person out with a strike just as good--if not easier--than to choke them unconscious. Circumstances always vary.

My dojo went to one of those in California. It looks like a lot of fun.

He looks like a lot of fun. My teacher, who was on the US Nat'l in the 80's didn't get to fight him, but did his competitors, like Brennan. I love this type of fighting.