JKA World Champs 1973

A very rare footage of the World Championships held in Tokyo 1973

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• combat
• sports
• martial
• arts

[profesionalgm]

this is the real thing....this was karate!!!

[sroedner]

I couldn't agree more!

[ennot]

@PaKyYyY1 grappling is great one on one, but useless against multiple enemies. Shotokan - even as good as this - often favors clean strikes to the torso that wouldn't be effective in reality. Not one system alone, especially as practiced today, is without fault.

[UndeadPyro]

@PaKyYyY1 Dude. Try it sometime. I speak from experience. You're way wrong dude.

[PaKyYyY1]

@UndeadPyro If you master shotokan well you will know how to use his own power against him. And it takes one good hit to knock him down before he even takes you to the ground.

[academiadragaopnn]

D+++ nota 10

[chicagofrank10]

@johndoeshar That depends on the rules....MMA doesn't allow small joint manipulation or downward elbow strikes.Karateka master both ;) I'd take any of these guys against an MMA guy.

[markbrito26]

can someone tell me the name of the "mustache" karete master ?

i´ve been searching for a long time.

[toastyzone]

That's Shotokan. With lots of throws. That are terrible effective on the street :)

[majidvalad]

You can't see much out of these guys' brutal fighting skills in this clip, this is a tournament and they are limited to the TAG game rules. You sure will get stone if you see their free style fighting (Ju Kumite) in a class practice. I am a doing shotokan for eight years and can imagine how impressive they could be if you see them live.

[UndeadPyro]

@hiranom20 You're pretty wrong there dude. I can speak from experience enough to say that having only one fighting style against an MMA fighter, especially one who's an experienced grappler, won't have you lasting long. A smart MMA fighting would simply take them to the ground where there punches and kicks would be pretty ineffective. I've had it done to me, so I know.

[Troelsff]

@stevevandien the commentary says something about Tanaka Sensei so i guess it could be him ;)