My Kung Fu Brother fighting in a Kyokushin tournament

Here's a vid of my Sidai Kelvin in action
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3LG4F9tw3A"]YouTube - 8 second knockout[/ame]

 

Nicely done!

 

Beautiful!

The weird thing is, just last night, I was thinking of possibly competing in a Kyokushin tournament if one comes around. Why not?

Tell him I said nicely done. Thank you for the vid.

 

Very nice.

Cheers!

 

I watched that one and a few of his other videos. You are fortunate to have such good training partners.

 

Good stuff Ben.

 

Too bad the first six seconds the referee was in the way, can't see much of the hands. The end kick was nice though. Good job!

 

great thing !

 

Saw that the other day. Very nicely done & good to see!!!

 

Your Sidai was using the Kyokushin style to fight a Kyokushin opponent really.. that high roundhouse is classic Karate technique :thinking:

 

Karate is not the only style to teach round kicks.

 

Lol wow, wrong.

 

Wow, I didn't know each martial arts style have a patent on physical movements. In that case Kyokushin can pay White Crane people royalties on the horse stance, reverse punches, katas, etc.

 

Lovely clip. Nicely placed kick.

Actually I think crane76 is kind of correct. The 'snapping back' roundhouse was invented by the son (or grandson - temporary brain fart) of funakoshi (modified from a low kick found in Okinowian Karate). So therefore it is not 'traditional' or orthodox Kung Fu (or even 'original' Karate- technically) - you will not see it in any pre-20th century forms as it was birthed by Japanese Karate. Though of course, as we can see on the clip it is an excellent kick and well worth training for any practisioner.

 

Certainly not, but the way he executed the kick was not Kungfu style, not Muaythai style, not even TKD style. I've practiced enough martial arts to know what is Karate.

 

High kicks were invented by my Dad when he had two cups of tea in his hands and needed a pack of chocolate digestives off the top shelf. Previous to that no other human being had ever lifted their feet more than 8 inches from the floor.


True story.

 

That's a pretty good observation for a kick that was mostly blocked out by the ref and the opponant. You must have x-ray vision if the think you know the exact mechanics of that technique. From what I could see it was a fairly standard unchambered round kick which was used traditionaly in kung fu. What about the kick specifically are claiming was karate?

Chris, what do you mean by a "snapping back round kick"?

 

it was a kick to the head/neck.....

thats all....it left the ground, came up past a chamber position and connected with his target.

to say that it was definatley karate is like saying " yeah...his breathing was definatley swedish...look at the way his lungs moved...totally swedish"

get a grip. it was a kick...and a great kick at that.

:bang:

 

Oh please we get this same tired argument every time someone comes out and shows Kung Fu being used effectively in a competitive setting:

"That's not real traditional Kung Fu."

Whatever.