February is "Karate Rules" Month

[Gabetuno]

Oh really? Cool when did that happen? Sorry for the slight derail.

[The Fake Macoy]

GSP got his blackbelt from Bruno Fernandes last September. Also, we got this far without mentioning Andy Hug?

[TheMightyMcClaw]

Sheer awesome.
As a Shotokan brown belt, this month kind of makes me feel warm and mushy on the inside.
I'd like to give a particular shout-out for all of the non-Kyokushin derived karate schools who still spar hard and appreciate the art and beauty of two dudes punching the hell out of each other.
I'd also like to share with you all the classic old-school karate documentary, Fighting Black Kings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[yt]bEkgqAO7tl8
There's a montage (somewhere in part two, I believe) which includes, amongst others, a guy exploding an airborne watermelon with his fingertips.

[hoodedmonk]

Fighting black kings did prove one thing..........................

[Nefron]

Hooray brazilian kicks.

[1point2]

The white guy in fighting black kings is from my town. The scene where he's training on a mountain and in a field are less than a mile from my house.

I AM THEREFORE AWESOME BY ASSOCIATION

[hoodedmonk]

YouTube - KARATE SHOTOKAN JKA Kumite

[milwaukee cop]

:listen: Im sure Machida trains for his fights by practicing one-steps, and Kata, and totally ignores padwork and other alive methods

You know, sometimes people are tough fighters, despite thier training.

Im a Karateka,and a big fan of Machida, but just watch asshats like Black Toney say crap like" see you dont need BJJ, look at Lyoto Machida!" not even Knowing that grappling and pad work and "modern" methods are what got him there, not dead patterns and ibuki breathing.

Take the AVERAGE karateka and put him against the AVERAGE boxer, and i'll put my money on the boxer.

[Holy Moment]

Hell yeah!

YouTube - Harold Howard Tribute

[Goju - Joe]

Im sure Machida trains for his fights by practicing one-steps, and Kata

Apparently

YouTube - Machida Brothers team Kata - Sochin (Lyoto, Chinzo, Take)

[milwaukee cop]

I play paintball, but thats not how i train for a firefight.

[milwaukee cop]

or a better analogy, Iplay paintball, but thats not how I train for a competitive combat course.

[Bogdanel]

Let's not forget Jon Blumming. If Chuck Norris makes onions cry, Blumming's students make Grandmaster sifus cry:ingun:

[Hiro Protagonist]

http://de.YouTube - EliteXC: Heat - KIMBO VS. SETH PETRUZELLI - KIMBO GETS KNOCKED OUT!!!!! 10-4-08

[Goju - Joe]

:listen: Im sure Machida trains for his fights by practicing one-steps, and Kata, and totally ignores padwork and other alive methods

You know, sometimes people are tough fighters, despite thier training.

Im a Karateka,and a big fan of Machida, but just watch asshats like Black Toney say crap like" see you dont need BJJ, look at Lyoto Machida!" not even Knowing that grappling and pad work and "modern" methods are what got him there, not dead patterns and ibuki breathing.

Take the AVERAGE karateka and put him against the AVERAGE boxer, and i'll put my money on the boxer.

I don't think anyone will disagree

But my personal revelation re Kata is that if you train to fight (doing all the proper things like sparring and what not) then your forms or Kata make more sense and can serve some sort of purpose, from physical to mental.

They did a promo piece on Machida on UFC (which I wish I could find on Youtube) where he stated he still used all his TMA training including Kata to prepare.

It's Not Machida or his brothers doing kata that's interesting it's how they fit it in with their overall training that's interesting.