juey palancu Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 for all those shotokan doubters out there...got Lyoto Machida's performance in UFC 67? He dominated a good opponent using (and please accept this, its so obvious) largely traditional (not McDojo) shotokan stances, fluidity, techniques, combinations, etc. for striking (plus some pretty good grappling). His striking was very similar to what he used to do in karate tournaments (I personally saw him in a few back in the day, especially the 2001 ITKF PanAm's) and he took apart, owned his poor UFC opponent Sam Hoger. Hoger gave the excellent contender Rashad Evans hell in his previous fight, just to put in perspective.As more and more serious traditional karateka (who cross-train of course) go into MMA, we'll se similar stories, you all can quote me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obiwansbane Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 is there a video of this fight? id very much like to see it Brown belt... win trophies... grade... lose trophies... so much fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juey palancu Posted February 8, 2007 Author Share Posted February 8, 2007 yes, i got the video at UFC.com video on demandit was a good fight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stejitsu Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 I look foreword to this fight making on to 'you Tube'When it does i will watch it with enthusiasm . If already available could someone post the address on here for us all to see plz?cheers Wing chun helps you find the path to ones inner strength. I am getting stronger'''First in First served''....''Mike Walsh''' 6'th Dan.R.I.P sensiehttp://www.communigate.co.uk/chesh/runcornwingchun/index.phtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arys Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 Im not much of a karate guys myself, but I think hes great: check out some of his other fights. This is a highlight reel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stejitsu Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 I did not see much of the 'Master Funakoshi'' traditional shotokan going on in there! I seen the heart of the tiger though.Not taking anything away from the guy he is a tough cookie. He trains hard and it shows in his MMA fights. Probably started in 'Shotokan' and likes to acknowledge this as a sign of respect for karate which got him into martial arts. Good vid Wing chun helps you find the path to ones inner strength. I am getting stronger'''First in First served''....''Mike Walsh''' 6'th Dan.R.I.P sensiehttp://www.communigate.co.uk/chesh/runcornwingchun/index.phtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juey palancu Posted February 10, 2007 Author Share Posted February 10, 2007 I see A LOT of advanced shotokan kumite in Machida's standing game. Actually, that is what he does. You are probably judgind based on seeing a few white belt classes (or McDojo advanced belt classes or torunaments). How Machida does it is how its supposed to look when it's good...look for itkf kumite videos and you'll see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cross Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 More power to him. Seems he is an exception to the muay thai/boxing in mma rule. But thats all it is, an exception. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ps1 Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Yeah...there's certainly some karate influence in what he does. I agree with cross though...guys like him are few and far between. He's an exceptional athlete who has good timing and would likely have exceded with whatever standing system he picked/ picks up. "It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenius." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juey palancu Posted February 11, 2007 Author Share Posted February 11, 2007 All athletes good enough to be pros are precisely that...exceptions...no matter if you do MT, boxing, whatever.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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