This was from the 1st World Tournament. The Wing Chun practitioners are in black, they had decided to test their art against a full-contact style back in the 70s. No information currently available on who the two Wing Chun stylists were. The Kyokushin fighter is Joko Ninomaya, who later on went to form Enshin Karate and the Sabaki Challenge. Joko later commented in his autobiography that the Wing Chun stylists spent too much time on their forms and not enough on practical applications of their techniques.
A tutorial on fast turning kicks used in karate, but which can also be applied to other martial arts. The master is Japanese and the cut is from a Japanese entertainment feature show. I don't have enough time to try and translate what he is saying, but you can work it out from his actions what he is trying to express. (If anyone wants to add a Japanese translation in the comments, go ahead!).
Kyokushin karate fighting (wheelkick)please post your ideas, tips etc on how to best perform this fabulous kick! Will also be transferred to myspace.com/ikyokushinkarate with permission.
READ MORE HERE !! TRUTH REVEAL !! The Cannes Film Festival was founded in 1939; it is one of the world's most prestigious film festivals. For 12 days, usually in May, the yearly festival is held in the seaside resort of Cannes, in the southern part of France kissing the Mediterranean. It has a grand festival-like atmosphere showcasing independent films of artistic quality This plush festival setting provided in 1992 a unique environment for Jean-Claude Van Damme to promote his soon to be released film: "Universal Soldier". Van Damme films have since earned over $1 billion world wide. But, in the 1990's Van Damme was known to be creative in his attempts to promote his films by giving interviews. Van Damme is colorful; his witty interviews tended to make for attention-grabbing media copy. THE CONTROVERSY : Of course, in the movie," Universal Soldier", Van Damme wins against Dolph! But, in reality, Dolph's fans claimed Dolph would surely win against Van Damme; naturally, Van Damme fans maintain an opposite view. Subsequently, both men acknowledged the "fight" was a publicity stunt to promote "Universal Soldier" the 1992 movie. Dolph Lundgren admit the truth : '' There was this special moment at the Cannes Film Festival where Jean-Claude and I decided that on th stairs of the Palace theater (the red carpet entrance to the main exhibition theater where the film was previewed), we should do a Mohammed Ali / Joe Fraizer moment. So I bumped in to him, and he kind of pushed me. We ...
Something is wrong here. The video maker says it is the ORIGINAL kyokushin vs muay thai fight BUT I remember my first sensei told me that the 1st kyokushin/muay thai fight was in Thailand!!! But the video here states tokyodome??? I searched wikipedia and it says the same thing, in Bangkok, Thailand! Anyway, I think it's not a bad fight this one! very close! And if you dun agree to this, well it's your bad, ain't mine. Update : This is at Rajadamnern Stadium in Thailand and it's Toshio Fujiwara, as been pointed out. Thanks all.
This is from the special features in the DVD of Universal Soldier - The Return (1999) starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bill Goldberg and Michael Jai White. It is a short video of how Michael Jai White trains. Michael Jai White is an underrated actor and a very talented martial artist with blackbelts in Kyokushin Karate, Shotokan Karate, Goju-ryu Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Tang Soo Do, Wushu and Kobudo with over 30 titles under his belt. Check it out and hope you like it!
