June 6, 200521 yr Does anyone know whatever happened to Fred Ettish? You know, the Kempo Karate master who got the beat down at UFC 2 and shocked the MA world . Did he retire?
June 6, 200521 yr A quick google search brought up his style's home page:http://www.paulbunyan.net/users/mkobukan/index.html The only two things that stand between an effective art and one that isn't are a tradition to draw knowledge from and the mind to practice it.
June 6, 200521 yr He has a small karate school in colorado if i remember correctly. Since his UFC days he has added a bit of grappling and wrestling into his cirriculum.
June 7, 200521 yr Does anyone know whatever happened to Fred Ettish? You know, the Kempo Karate master who got the beat down at UFC 2 and shocked the MA world . Did he retire?Just to clarify a bit, Sensei Ettish wasn't "a karate master" when he entered UFC2. He was a 3rd, maybe 4th Dan. That is not a master in that system (note under my name...same system). I have never met Sensei Ettish, but did train with his instructor, Sensei Greg Ohl, once. You have to give the guy credit for entering the octagon wearing a full gi, and being half the size of most of the other competitors. My nightly prayer..."Please, just let me win that PowerBall Jackpot just once. I'll prove to you that it won't change me!"
June 7, 200521 yr You have to give the guy credit for entering the octagon wearing a full gi, and being half the size of most of the other competitors.That description sounds alot like another fighter..what was his name...oh yea ..Royce Gracie
June 7, 200521 yr You have to give the guy credit for entering the octagon wearing a full gi, and being half the size of most of the other competitors.That description sounds alot like another fighter..what was his name...oh yea ..Royce Gracie Good Point! lol My nightly prayer..."Please, just let me win that PowerBall Jackpot just once. I'll prove to you that it won't change me!"
June 8, 200521 yr yeah, its always nice to see people with a bit more control going in for things like that...
June 21, 200521 yr You have to give the guy credit for entering the octagon wearing a full gi, and being half the size of most of the other competitors.Yeah, its unfortunate that his 15 minutes (actually I guess it was only 5) was being brutalized by Johnny Rhodes in UFC 2 in one of the worst beatings in its history.Word is that he actually entered on the spur of the moment- one of the other competitors originally scheduled to fight withdrew from the match and they needed a replacement quickly- Ettish stepped up to the plate. Its good to hear as well that hes expanded his horizons and including a bit more in his schools.Cal Worsham started off as a 1 style martial artist (TKD) and he got busy and crosstrained in order to become a much better fighter. Im sure Ettish could/should do the same.
June 21, 200521 yr also - whe n you do enter somethingl ike that on a whim you're probably going to lose simply through lack of preparation!
June 21, 200521 yr That's another pretty good point! At that level, if you haven't studied your potential opponents, you are already starting at a pretty severe disadvantage.Aodhan There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.-Douglas Everett, American hockey player
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