Karate for striking / mma

[shs101]

Hello I was wondering your thoughts on Karate for mma.... a lot of the muay thai guys and ground fighters talk down on Karate (its the truth) but I love its unorthodox striking and movements ala machida....... Ive been studying a lot of different strikes and footwork to put in my game... what do yous think is the most underused karate manuever for mma or pros and cons of karate for striking.....I figured id join here because people will have a legit backround....thanks!

[Dobbersky]

I would go straight to Kyokushin or Ashihara or Enshin or even Daido Juku for using Karate to mix with your MMA. they are all FULL CONTACT and many World Champs UFC, PRIDE, K-1 etc use it as their core style.

Kyokushin

Notable practitionersTerutomo Yamazaki, the first champion of the All-Japan Full Contact Karate Open Championships and professional kickboxer

Sonny Chiba, actor and martial artists

Jon Bluming said by Oyama to be one of his strongest student, who left Oyama's organization in the 60's and did not return, although he continued to teach a hybrid karate/judo style in his native Netherlands.

Bobby Lowe, Oyama's first international student

Tadashi Nakamura, founder of Seidō juku

Hideyuki Ashihara

Steve Arneil, in-charge of Kyokushin Branch in Great Britain, who broke away from the IKO of Oyama and started his own organization.

Hatsuo Royama founder of Kyokushin-kan

John Jarvis

Yoshiji Soeno founder of Shidokan

Peter Chong, International Committee Member (IKO Matsui) and Asia/Middle East Chairman

Miyuki Miura

Katsuaki Sato, first Kyokushin World Champion and founder of the Sato-juku style.

Howard Collins

Kazuyoshi Ishii, founder of Seidokaikan

Dolph Lundgren

Akira Masuda

Andy Hug, the most recognizable K-1 fighter

Michael Jai White[13]

Sam Greco, Karate World Cup Champion 1994, K-1 World GrandPrix 1999 3rd Place

Francisco Filho

Hajime Kazumi

Jacques Chouinard

Glaube Feitosa

Nicholas Pettas, Mas Oyama's last uchi-deshi (live-in student)

Georges St. Pierre, Current and 2-time UFC Welterweight Champion [14]

Mariusz Pudzianowski, 5-time World's Strongest Man, 3-1 in MMA

Bas Rutten, former UFC Heavyweight Champion, 3 time King of Pancrase world champion

Ewerton Teixeira

Peter "The Chief" Graham, professional Australian kickboxer

Glen Murphy actor, 1st dan

Katsunori Kikuno, DEEP 2001 International Lightweight Champion.

Jayson Vemoa World Muay Thai Champion 1998, K-1 trainer to Glaube Feitosa and Ewerton Teixeira

Ashihara

Semmy Schilt, 4-time K-1 World Grand Prix Champion, reigning K-1 Super-Heavyweight Champion

Enshin

Joko Ninomiya

Daido Juku

Minoki Ishihara, the karateka who fought Royce Gracie in UFC 2 had previously been a champion in Daido Juku Karate.

Semmy Schilt won Hokutoki Championship two times (open-weight division, 1996, 1997).

Yoshinori Nishi, who won Hokutoki Championship in 1984 and 1985 (open-weight division), competed in RINGS, and later founded Wajyutsu Keisyukai, an MMA school that produced Caol Uno and Akira Shoji among others.

Kenichi Osada, who has participated and won seven years.

Lee Hasdell, MMA pioneer from England who has fought in K-1, RINGS & Cage Rage.

Ogawa Hideki, who has participated in all All-Japan championships in -230, always 1st place except one year 2nd place when he tried -240 bracket. Also -230 world champion 2001.

Shamil Abdulkerimov, Champion of World in Kudo 2009 and 2011 years. Shamil is fighter of M-1 Global.