Originator of Your Art

[ICY]

Who is the originator of your art, as in who created/invented/revived it? And what is your art?

Mine is Shootfighting (other names are Catch Wrestling, Puroresu, Shooto, Pancrase, etc) and I credit Akira Maeda with reviving it in the the early 80s, it had faded away more than 30 years earlier as a legitimate method of fighting.

[ICY]

28 views and 0 replies, what in the name of lazy bastards is going on?

[Lone Swordsman]

Muay Thai is extremely old; as far as I've read, no one knows who first formalized it. The person who popularized it in North America during the 20th century was Surachai Surisute, a.k.a. Ajarn Chai.

http://www.thaiboxing.com/ajarnchai.php

[JKing]

Kajukenbo, created by five seperate people, but in the end taught and spread by Adriano D. Emperado. His skill in full contact fighting, and producing effective fighters, was unmatched. Now that he doesn't teach, many people destroy what he started by teaching in McDojo fashion, however some schools still remain.

[cafezinho]

I've been trying to figure this out. I can't decide between Mestre Pastinha and Mestre Bimba who were both instrumental in the popularization of capoeira. But in antagonistic and complimentary ways.

[Mark Su Kow]

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[ICY]

So, Mark, would you say your style is similar to American Kenpo? I ask because I did a little of that before I started doing Shootfighting.

[ClintEQ]

My training is mainly focused around BJJ, everyone here knows the history behind that. But then other arts and techniques are used for a more well rounded MMA skillset, but I don't know enough about wrestling, Judo, Muy Thai, etc, to really name names.

[gimpface]

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[elipson]

Jishin ryu/do Jiu-jitsu - Chris Bissett
If you recognise that name, then I don't need to say anything more.
I've personally never met the guy, but the older students and sensei's have some very, interesting, stories about him.

http://www.combat-art.com/urban.htm

[Mark Su Kow]

Similar, however I am not all that familiar with textbook American Kempo

[supercrap]

Figured you wouldn't want to hear it but...

Supposedly Ng Mui invented Wing Chun. I credit Ip Man with taking away a lot of the mystical nonsense (god knows what it was like before) and credit Chu Shong Tin with refining it further.

More than likely it was not invented by this nun but by a bunch of Shaolin Temple castaways who wanted to beat up on some folks.

BJJ urm... Rickson? :D

[JOHN DOE]

Originally posted by JKing
Kajukenbo, created by five seperate people, but in the end taught and spread by Adriano D. Emperado. His skill in full contact fighting, and producing effective fighters, was unmatched. Now that he doesn't teach, many people destroy what he started by teaching in McDojo fashion, however some schools still remain.

its a shame.you should travel out here to cali and visit some of the O.G's.Al Reyes,Emil Batista,Mitch Powell,Charles Gaylord.you would love the old school style these guys are still rolling with.

[ClintEQ]

I've rolled with some Kajukenbo guys who were definitely products of a McDojo, didn't realize there was a legit background.

[Mox_Mox]

I did a bit of Kajukembo and it was kinda McDojo but the older teachers were hardcore. It seems like it is getting watered down each time a new black belt starts a school.

[liuzg150181]

Since someone has already mentioned Muay Thai,I shall introduced Ashihara Karate:

Ashihara karate is an offshoot of kyokushin karate.The founder is Mas Oyama's well-known student Ashihara Hideyuki,whose nickname is "Street Fight 10th dan".Once suspended from kyokushin for getting into a fight and beat up 5 aggressors in order to protect a ramen stall holder from their bullying.

Later he left Kyokushin kaikan and set up Ashihara karate.Real reason why he left is still unknown.Ashihara people says that he left to start his new style of karate(Ashihara karate is modern karate which uses modified boxing stance in kata instead of the usual horse/cat/forward stance etc.) while some kyokushin people said that he was kicked out as a trouble maker who still got into street fights despite the first suspension.

Its main concept is sabaki,a method which you get into your opponent's blind spot,utilizes the opponent's power and momentum and counter-attack him or her~~~