My first Japanese karate tournament

[anlaff]

looks more like a wrestling match

[XviRANDOMivX]

Im a blue belt in karate and we only fight half as bad if i was beaten by a whitbelt though i would quit

[TheDavid2929]

nice keep it up bro!!

[santaClaws90]

y did they swing so damn wide? punch straight dammit like what your suppose to do in karate.

[GAMERGUY11111]

what belt rank are you, and in what karate style do you fight in?

[ghostrank007]

is that plastic over there face.......someone with a good punch could break it then what

[Really0Hot0Ice]

the masks arent plastic, their metal infused glass which provide protection unbreakable to a lot of damage, I'm pretty sure a hammer couldn't break one completely

[aznshrimp90]

this looks so reckless

[euston24]

lee would moop the floor with all of you ugly battle fighter losers

[xavier596]

i am the same grad wit u....blue

i believe u can do it better...

try practice ur speed,defence and attack.....

u can do it!!!

[jockstrappers]

Which style of Karate is this? It seems like there are elements of jiujitsu in your fighting style.

[buri2zaemon]

Shotokan

[SerialTherapy]

@jockstrappers Jiu jitsu is so effective, mostly all other arts use it's effectivness my friend, Jiu jitsu all the way!

[Furyeous]

Take their headgear off and put them in a ring with a real boxer and watch them cry lol

[paranoiuhh]

Say that to Lyoto Machida

[chudanjufood]

@paranoiuhh Trust me dude, this isn't the way Lyoto Machida trains. This does look like it could be fun if I could talk my instructors into letting us practice it with a little less protective gear and a lot more technique.

[Buli0n]

or GSP or Bas Rutten or Chuck Liddell

[psychomyke2008]

Now that's real karate with no special effects nor ballad dancings. :P

[rodriar]

They still got to learn a lot

[StarPowerCantSaveYou]

lol a white belt vs. a blue belt

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who will win!?

[AusseSurf3r]

were you versing a white belt :|

[shuriken86]

HOLY CRAP FACE CONTACT KARATE?!! what karate is this that has face contact and grappling? is this in america also?

[shoulung]

I don't know about this stuff. but look up daido juku kudo

[manuchamp99]

are u fighting a white belt?

[ovroyalty]

looks blue.

but in japan their belts go: white yellow purple blue black.

[kenshin715]

Nice!

[juligirl00]

I wish I could do that before I beat up the bad guys from hell!

[animegirl786]

nice

[thejijjic]

wow dat teacher must suk evry students ballz 1 by 1 and treat dem like kings and tell them theyre ready for their next belt to graduate those imbeciles

[teched246]

undisciplined no stance not sharpness

what is the point of learning karate if youre just going to throw wild undisciplined punches and kicks and sloppy grapplining techniques

this is what bullshido is

[brayden12345]

I KNOW it looks like two street fighters pretending to know martial arts, sure, there probably ok at actual fighting, but this has no soul, no nothing. thats why you gotta do years of kata and forms before learning how to really fight, its gotta look like the art your doing.

[teched246]

agreed

[breakerofcodes]

No match for my breakdance fighting!

[volcanik11]

why are they swinging in a curve?? that is not karate..punches should be in a STRAIGHT line

[malasangre]

straight punches is kihon.

[TAKENnameARGH]

nice kneeing.

[DarkSasuke4]

nice

[WildSoul47]

Good job

[nirretto]

OMG whit belter why hit in the air xD.. haha his not vg xD.. but why does he meet a blue belter :S

[DaVinci85]

I'm still convinced that high kicks are totally useless.

[porterhouse101]

this ain't Zen Do Kai, Zen Do Kai tournaments don't have those sheiled faces

[klvrmarc]

this isnt zen do kai.ive over 25 years trainning in zen do kai(bjc) and this crap is it!!!!!

[klvrmarc]

hahah type o i ment to type this isn't it!!!!

:)

[simplicius1]

Where do you practice If your seperating Zendokai into "Zen Do Kai" then you likely practice the Australian variant which is 100% different, as mentioned by the video poster already.

This is Japanese Zendokia. Read the kanji on the damn gi if you think otherwise.

[klvrmarc]

ah i see and yes i do train in Australia. Bob Jones zen do kai and its a very different art,hence my confusion.i wasn't aware there was a Japanese zendokai. and where does the video poster mention this difference? Also i don't read kanji

[simplicius1]

Better learn your budo styles (and kanji) before dismissing what you see in video's as being a fraud, or "crap".

[klvrmarc]

get over yourself mate.

[simplicius1]

After you.

[klvrmarc]

thats not going to happen anytime soon champ.

[arismendyhill0814]

I would love to watch you punch him in the heart..lol Lmao he will go Down!.

[brokenheartboy]

hey nice work your fighting well

i just took up zen do kai myself..

i cant wait til i can get to the standard of fighting in a tournament, i used to fight when i was young in the under 13s division.. but i think im not as fit as i used to be. im turning 21 now, and hopefully i will be able to fight alot better haha =).. sensei says im a natural, but we'll see... i hope my 175cm 75kg helps

[pasquesi]

lets all leave really long comments

[BlackstarSirius]

So Zen Do Kai is a form of Karate, like Shotokan or Kempo?

[LOLatMMA]

And also, more people should have some degree of respect. I mean, you competed in a full contact competition. Headgear or not, that takes heart to do. And your comment about the sensei tall tales is very true; someone could be learning under a great master, but it doesn't mean that they're even a decent practitioner.

[LOLatMMA]

Despite the fact that the punching technique was kind of sloppy at times, I think that this video was pretty good overall. I'm glad to see that there is some sort of karate competition that is as realistic as this. Here, in the states, its all point sparring. You had some nice reversals on the ground!

[DeadlyHands]

haha that looks fun no feet gear or hand gear...good job but one thing when they open their body forward, dont try to do a round kick cuz ur just hit arms. SIDE KICK SHIT OUT OF HIM AND END IT. (break some ribs)

[DevilTrito]

Not bad. As for the guy with "Kung Fu", if he was truely IN Kung Fu, he'd know thtat Kung Fu isn't the real word for it, it is Chuan Fa. (That was at the dude with the comment.) Back to you, person who posted this video. You would have done better to put some music up... otherwise, it's not a bad video. Good job. (More or less)

[MoreChi52]

Chuan Fa.... lol.I guess thats the important part.

[MoreChi52]

those helmets look interesting... are you able to breath in them?

[TenkennoGunshin]

"I was once taught karate by a master who could break baseball bats with his toe"----- STUPID DUDE

Man, you're either VERY naive or just plain stupid, or of cours you oculd be some fat nerd, sitting at home, wishing he started doing MA when he was a child, and all you do is search for vids on youtube and read MA ebooks while ddrinking cola

[simplicius1]

Mate, do you know sarcasm whn you see it? Haha.....bet you feel stupid now, dont ya.

[TenkennoGunshin]

well, no :P

Egnlsih is still my fourth language, and when you read stupid comments on youtube for a while, you kinda get the idea that many are stupid enough to say stuff like that^^

Not sure how to say it in english, prehaps someone better at it might translate :P

私は。。。あほうですよ XD

御免なさ^^

[bjjforme]

new zealand I mean lol

[js1701d]

Yeah, and I was once taught karate by a master who could break baseball bats with his toe. And another who breaks sheets of concrete stacked a foot thick with his fist. These stories are all well and good, but they say little about my own experience. Everyone's sensei has similar tales. I have no interest in trying to argue whose daddy can beat up whose.

[bjjforme]

Thats funny, Im giving you an answer to some thing you seem to think I know nothing about??? Not putting out a challenge to sensei V sensei. You've veered way off the main topic. Calm down lol Have a beer lol laters lol

[simplicius1]

Dude we study zendokai ryu karatedo in JAPAN, and you study in New Zealand at the Academy of Combat" and want to tell us about Japanese karate? Dont be ridiculous! Also while "putting out a challenge to sensei V sensei"? Hah.

[bjjforme]

I think you need a cone lol

[bjjforme]

So please dont embarrass yourself by saying I know nothing about it and if you want to know who my master is then look for geoff aitken in new zealdn who owns the academy of combat. And at the end of all that, best of luck with all your martial arts training :), later.

[bjjforme]

why the hell do they call it full contact and then they have head gear on, thats ridiculous.

[js1701d]

Because unless you want a broken nose/mashed up face, you wear head gear. Higher ranks sometimes wear head protectors without masks, though, for special fights. What I think is ridiculous is you making comments on something you clearly know next to nothing about. God bless the intarweb!

[bjjforme]

Excuse me, my chief instructor is a 6th dan in zen do kai and your telling me I know nothing about it...lol nice one nigel lol hes also a black belt in machado/bjj and a 3rd dan in shootfighting(mma). So yes I do know about it. Back in his days there was no head gear and full contact was FULL contact. Thats where my argument comes from, my chief instructor and a ZDK master. Saying I know nothing about it is a ridiculous assumption considering you dont even know what I do...lol

[MoreChi52]

yea! HE TOLD U!... no seriously though I do kung fu so i dont know anything about karate, but the whole head gear thing kinda takes the "full" out of the contact dont you agree?

[Heywhatss]

you got it wrong. there are three types of contact which im aware of. no contact(self explanatory), light contact: its just sparring with touch and stuff... not even all that hard. and Full contact is where you start hitting hard. the contact is not about if they wear armor/safety gear but by how hard they hit.

[YeLL04YeLLow]

oh didnt know that thx. so, your telling me that you can have a full contact match and still have armor?

[Heywhatss]

yeah haha. mostly black belts and adults though. there are age limits for different types of contact. i know that 17 and up is full contact with red belt or higher. but thats just the martial arts that i am aware of like in Olympic Tae kwon do. i dont really like olympic tae kwon do... but its fun to watch. its to much kicking for me. haha

[1239the]

As far as I have been taught, traditional Zen-Do-Kai tournaments are usually full-body contact. And grapples are not allowed unless you are grappling for a kneeing or elbowing position.

Also, Katas have been employed extensively throughout Zen-Do-Kai. Katas are even a requirement for passing belt gradings.

[js1701d]

I believe you are refering to the Austrial Zendokai started by Bob Jones in 1970. It has no relation to this Japanese Zendokai. I suggest you look on this website for more information: gaijindo dot com

[nuvo1000]

interesting

[KTLZ]

one of you has got to be kyukushin

[js1701d]

We're actually both Zendokai students. Zendokai is similar to Kyokushin but less traditional, as is typically the case with MMAs. There are no kata and on the ground we practice BJJ grappling. As I mentioned, I'm not high enough of a rank to use grappling techniques in tournaments, so the fight stops when someone gets mount, side mount, guard, or if no one can firmly establish control.

[judgec]

bring on the pain

[dragon04]

Congrats man, good job.Not bad for first tournament, nerves get you alot.

[Demarreau]

No offense, but you aren't that good at karate.