UFC vs K-1

[ninjanurse]

In japanese styles, all combat / traditional styles are called jutsu. ninjutsu, taijutsu, karatejutsu, jujutsu, aikijutsu... jutsu means 'art'. do means 'way'. After peace time began, martial arts were not needed as an art of war. Therefore, they modified them to make them more appealing to everyday citizens. They then became a way of life... as stated, 'do' means 'way'.

The concept of the Way is common in all eastern philosophy and yes even in Korea( -do in Korea means the same as -do in Japan). It is also possible to practice at bugei and budo at the same time.

[y2_sub]

Also okinawan karate has a lot of grappling MMA elements. I think that depends mostly on the school; in my Go ju ryu dojo we spend about 30% of our time in grappling, sometimes we do entire weeks of training doing only grappling. So it is not 50%-50% balanced but has quite a lot of grappling in it. While I have seen once a Kyokushin karateka visiting our dojo that had very little grappling experience.

Okinawan karate contains a lot of grappling in it while kyokushin is all about striking (90% striking ,10 % grappling ) , however , karate's grappling in general is designed to be used against a non grappler , how effective would it be against an experienced MMA fighter ???

It's not weither it contains grappling or not , it's how effective would it be if you mix it with a good grappling art , judo for instance !!!

[BLueDevil]

Alot of people havent kept up with the UFC lately will say that it is a grapplers game but like ive said the last few events and a few current champions are strikers that can grapple

I dont prefer 1 over the other but being a kempo fighter I prefer a good stand-up fight rather than a BJJ match, and K-1 delivers basically nothing but stand-up matches where in the UFC there is almost a guarantee its gonna hit the ground somewhere in there...

[MFGQ]

UFC fighters are more complete than K1 fighters, they have to know a lot of grappling because it is allowed while in K1 it is not and the fighters can just concentrate in stand up fighting. But I think it all depends on the strategy each fighter uses. I have seen many fights ending on the floor in UFC but also a lot that ended before they could strat grappling. Depends on the fighter

[ivette_green]

Does UFC only have grappling under essentially no rules?

[BLueDevil]

Does UFC only have grappling under essentially no rules?

As of now the UFC got rid of the NHB rules and implemented some rules that could get them past the NGC and back onto pay-per-view

check out https://www.ufc.tv for te official rules

[ivette_green]

Cool, thanks. I just like watching stand-up fighting more rather than ground work. For me it is more exciting to watch. It's like hockey and basketball in my view.

[SubGrappler]

Its MMA and fights by their nature end up on the ground- its very seldom seen that a fight doesnt hit the ground.

That being said if you like to watch standup fighters, Id suggest you watch the UFC when fighters like Chuck Liddel, Cabbage, Tim Sylvia, Robbie Lawler, Pete Spratt and Jens Pulver are on the card. These guys tend to have quality striking matches with whoever they fight.